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Internet Resources for Middle Eastern Studies
Starting Points | News | Country Specific Sites | Professional Associations, Organizations and Projects | International Organizations | Reference Resources
Starting Points
- Al Bawaba: The Middle East Gateway
"Largest independent content producer in the Middle East" provides a web engine, news, business information, etc. - MENALIB: Middle East Virtual Library Contains a database of online resource, the table of contents to scholarly publications and more.
- OACIS for the Middle East
(Online Access to Consolidated Information on Serials) will improve access to Middle Eastern serials in libraries in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. - Pars Times Gateway to a variety of free resources on the Internet providing comprehensive information pertaining to Iran and the Middle East.
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- Aljazeera.net
- Arab News Online
Saudi Arabia's First English Daily "offers Arab and non-Arab news from an Arab perspective." - Middle East Daily
- Middle Eastern News
- New York Times - Middle East
- Washington Post: Middle East
- Washington Report on Middle
East Affairs
Magazine published ten times a year out of Washington, DC that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and US policy in that region.
Country Specific Sites
The following newspapers, seach engines, and other sites are specific to one (or more) of the countries in the Middle East.
- Afghan Daily
- Afghanistan Online
"The biggest, and most visited Afghan web site on the World Wide Web." - (Bahrain) Gulf Daily
News
"The Voice of Bahrain" has local and world news, business information, and sports. - Bahrain Tribune Daily
"leading English newspaper in Bahrain." - (Egypt) Middle
East Times
Weekly newspaper. - Cameroon News
- Iran Daily
Morning English newspaper in PDF format. Has an archive of the previous week's news as well. - Iran Virtual Library
Social political, and economic studies. - Iraq Daily
- Islamic Republic News Agency
"established as Iran's official national news outlet." - (Iran) Payvand
Iran News, Directories & Bazaar - (Israel) Haaretz Daily
An independent, liberal daily paper out of Tel Aviv. - Jerusalem Post
Delivers breaking news stories everyday, all day. Site also includes searchable databases, message boards, and polls not found in the print edition. - Jordan Times
"An independant Arab political daily." - Kabul Daily
- Lebanon.com
- Lebanon Links
- (Lebanon and Syria)Monday Morning
- Libya Online
"Oldest and main web portal about Libya." - Oman Daily Observer
"Oman's largest circulated English newspaper." - Pakistan Daily
- (Qatar) Gulf Times
- Sudan Infonet
Education and information service on Sudan provided by the Sudan Working Group. - Syria Times
English language daily news out of Damascus. Can search the week of newspapers or browse a specific day. - Tehran Globe
- TehranTimes.com
An International Daily newspaper with politics, sports, weather, culture, etc. - Today's Zamen (Turkey)
- Tunisia Online
"Your digital gateway to news and information on Tunisia." - Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review
(Turkey) Headlines, domestic and foreign. - Zamar Daily Newspaper
- (United Arab Emerates)UAE Pages
- (United Arab Emirates) UAE Interact
Official website of UAE Ministry of Information and Culture. Has History and Archeology, Wildlife and Environment, Culture and Heritage, and Travel and Events. - Gulf News
"Leading English language newspaper of the United Arab Emerates and takes pride of its solid coverage of the Gulf Region." - (United Arab Emirates) Khaleej
Times Online
English language daily newspaper from Dubai. - Western Sahara Online
- Yemen Gateway
News, Weather and Basic Information.
Professional Associations, Organizations, and Projects
- CSIS Middle East Program
From the Center for Strategic and International Studies, this site covers all aspects of U.S. policy toward the region. - Institute for War and
Peace Reporting
"Strengthening local media through training, information, and dialogue." -
Middle East Studies Association of North America
"Dedicated to promoting high standards of scholarship and instruction to facilitate communication among scholars and promoting cooperation among those who study the Middle East." - UNESCO: The Different Aspects
of Islamic Culture
"Islam is today seeking vigorous answers to contemporary problems through its multifaceted history. Issues of poverty and wealth, inequality and demands for political expression, and respect for diversity in a difficult world of conformity are dealt with in this series." - Washington Institute for
Near East Policy
"A public educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate on U.S. interests in the Middle East. "
International Organizations
Reference Resources
- Country Studies (Library of Congress)
The Country Studies/Area Handbook Program is an ongoing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. - Arabicizing Windows
Instructions created by an instructor at the University of Chicago that explains how to enable Windows applications to read and write Arabic.
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Last modified: 10/21/09
