Web Resources - Middle Eastern Library Program

• 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; 101 country studies are currently available online
• Scholarly associations include:
  • The Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
  • The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
  • The Turkish Studies Association (TSA)
  • The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS)
• There are also websites for the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) and the European Association of Middle East Librarians (MELCOM)
• There are many research and educational organizations that publish journals focusing on the Middle East including:
  • Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) (publishers of The Link)
  • The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) (publishers of the Journal of Palestine Studies)
    • The Jerusalem branch of the IPS, the Institute of Jerusalem Studies (IJS), are the publishers of Jerusalem Quarterly
  • The Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)
  • The International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) publishes the ISIM Review
    • Many of ISIM's other publications, including its annual report, are available full-text & for free from its webpage.
  • The Middle East Institute (publishers of the Middle East Journal)
  • The Middle East Policy Council (publishers of Middle East Policy)
  • The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) (publisher of Middle East Report and Middle East Report Online)
  • The Middle East Review of International Affairs (publisher of MERIA Journal)
  • The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
  • The Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) website
    • MELA Notepad, the blog of the Middle East Librarians Association
• News sources:
  • Arabic
    • Akhbaar.com (links to a large number of daily, weekly, and monthly Arabic publications, as well as links to Arabic radio and TV stations online)
    • Eyoon.com (links to a large number of daily, weekly, and monthly Arabic publications, as well as links to Arabic radio and TV stations online)
  • Persian
    • Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
  • Turkish
    • Turkish Media
  • Kurdish
    • Kurdish Media
• Religion:
  • Islam
    • The Muslim Student Union (MSU) at the University of Southern California has put together The Noble Qur'an, which presents a transliteration and three English translations; and a searchable Hadith Database
    • Al-Islam from the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project presents a lot of information on Shi'ah Islam.
    • The International Association of Sufism is an international Sufi organization that publishes Sufism: an Inquiry
    • Serving the Guest: A Sufi Cookbook & Art Gallery features some good information on Sufism, as well as recipes and artwork.
    • Islamic calendar from Islamicity.com
    • Calendar converter, to convert Islamic, Persian, and Gregorian dates, as well as Kurdish & Afghan calendars, to Gregorian & back again (based on Formilab's Calendar converter).
  • Zoroastrianism
    • The Zoroastrian Archives is a good source for information on Zoroastrianism.
• Other subject guides
  • A brief guide to Naguib Mahfouz and modern Arabic prose, by Kaoukab Chebaro, Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian, Columbia University Libraries.
  • The 21 "best" books in Middle East studies, based on a survey by Garth Hall of 52 faculty members around the world (November 2005).
• Government and NGO resources
  • Most Middle Eastern countries have official government websites; there are also sites for the League of Arab States, and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
  • U.S. Government information and documents relating to the Middle East can be found in many places, including:
    • Thomas, a resource created by the Library of Congress to track legislation in the U.S. Congress
    • The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
      • The State Department has also produced a website called Muslim Life in America
    • Central Intelligence Agency
  • 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