MIDDLE EAST RESOURCES ON THE WEB

• The Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC) contains a wealth of information and links to other sources of information on the Middle East
• The Cuneiform Digital Library Intitiative at UCLA is a good resource for research on texts and scripts of the ancient Middle East. Here at UT, the Indo European Documentation Center features information on Indo-Iranian and Anatolian languages
• The Library of Congress provides Country Studies as part of their Area Handbook Series; 91 country studies are currently online
• Scholarly associations include the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) , the American Institute for Maghreb Studies , the Turkish Studies Association and the Society for Iranian Studies
• There are also websites for the Middle East Librarians Association and the European Association of Middle East Librarians
• There are many research and educational organizations that publish journals focusing on the Middle East including:
  • Americans for Middle East Understanding (publishers of The Link)
  • The Institute for Jerusalem Studies
  • The Institute for Palestine Studies
  • The Institute of Turkish Studies
  • The International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World
  • The Middle East Institute
  • Middle East International magazine
  • The Middle East Policy Council
  • The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
  • The Middle East Review of International Affairs
  • The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
• Akhbaar.com offers links to a large number of daily, weekly, and monthly Arabic publications, as well as links to Arabic radio and TV stations online. So does Eyoon.com
• The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) links to many Iranian media sources
• Turkish Media does the same thing for Turkish media sources; and Kurdish Media includes links to a variety of Kurdish media sources and other sources of information on Kurds
• The MSA at USC has put together The Noble Qur'an , which presents a transliteration and three English translations of the Qur'an; and a searchable Hadith Database
• Al-Islam from the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project presents a lot of information on Shi'a Islam
• The Zoroastrian Archives is a good source for information on Zoroastrianism
• The International Association of Sufism is an international Sufi organization that publishes Sufism ; Serving the Guest: A Sufi Cookbook & Art Gallery features some good information of Sufism, as well as recipes and artwork
• Other useful websites include an Islamic calendar , the Gregorian-Hijri Dates Converter and the Khayam Persian Calendar Program , which converts between Gregorian and Iranian calendar dates
• Most Middle Eastern countries have official government websites; there are also sites for the Arab League , and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
• U.S. Government information and documents relating to the Middle East can be found through the U.S. Congress , the State Department (particularly the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ) or CIA websites
• The State Department has also produced a website called Muslim Life in America
• Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both provide information on human rights in all countries including those in the Middle East
• The United Nations website provides access to U.N. information and documents on all countries, including Middle Eastern countries

Middle Eastern Studies Librarian: Roberta Dougherty .