Middle East & North Africa
Portals
- Arab Net is the online resource for some two dozen arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The site contains an overview of each country, travel information, history, culture, government, transport, geography and business sections.
- Alexa's Middle East page Excellent for page rankings
- Islamic Resources on the Internet
- Arab Media Directory
- Parstimes Guide to the Middle East
- Parstimes Iran Index
New
- Butterflies & Wheels: In focus : Islam Good links to discussions on Muslim integration.
- Dialogueproject SAIS The culture of Democracy in Muslim Societies
- The Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB) information portal for Middle East and Islamic Studies. It provides access to online information and to digital records of printed and other offline media and thus supports the concept of a hybrid library for Middle East and Islamic Studies.
- Institute of Islamic Political Thought Set up in London by Azzam Tamimi
Blogs
- abuaardvark On Arab/Islamic Trends. Good!
- arabist.net Commendable blog.
- Danielpipes.org
- Muslim Refusenik
- Beyond normal A blog specialising in the role of the media and journalism in the Arab world.
- chanadbahraini This blog focuses on Bahrain politics. With Babbling Bahrania, it launched a campaign for the release of Bahrainonline moderators. See: rsf.org
- bahraniat A blog reflecting political and social life in Bahrain. It launched a campaign to press for the release of forum moderators on Bahrainonline. See: www.rsf.org/a>
- Serdal A very popular Middle East blog, kept up to date by a new technology specialist.
- emarrakech Blog by a Moroccan doing his best to "understand the complexity of the world".
- Arabworldanalysis Blog Weekly updates on the arab world.
Politics blogs
- Aqoul
- Lounsbury on MENA
- Juan Cole
- Christopher Allbritton
- Head Heeb
- Brian Ulrich
- Iraq'd
- ... or does it explode?
- a heretic's blog
- about afghanistan
- across the bay
- activist chat
- AFDII
- afghan warrior
- babbling bahrania
- Big Pharaoh
- blogs by iranians
- caveman in beirut
- Chan'ad Bahraini
- Crossroads Arabia
- democracy for iran
- democracy in iraq
- dove's eye view
- editor: myself
- emirates economist
- eurabia update
- eurabian times
- for lebanon
- free iraqi
- free my iran
- Iran Scan
- iraq pundit
- iraq the model
- jihad watch
- lebanese abroad
- lebanese blogger forum
- lebanese bloggers
- Lebanese Political Journal
- lebanon matters
- meryl yourish
- michael yon
- ms levantine
- natasha tynes
- one arab world
- pulse of freedom
- regime change in iran
- stavro toons
- stop censoring us
- syria exposed
- terrorism unveiled
- the elemental thoughts
- the lebanese code
- think of that
- wah dah
- window on the arab world, and more!
- ya libnan!
News (Internet)
- Middle East Online run-of-the-mill news stories. rather bland.
- Bitterlemons debates bashing both Israel and Arab leaders. Entertaining. Quality medium-high.
- Maktab-al-jihad
- HamasOnline
- KavKazCenter
- MuslimUzbekistan
- AlBasrah
- TalibanOnline
- IslamOnline
- Al-Jazeera (official)
- Al-Jazeera (.com)
- IslamicAwakening
- JihadUnspun
- ME Online London based news site.
- WarOnTerror
- Stcom - La Voix des Opprimes (fr)
- Muharridh (Indo)
- 1924 Org
- AlIntiqad
- AlIntishar
- Al-Talib
- IslamCity
- AlJazeeraInfo
- Qantara.de Dialogue with the islamic world. German-based, good articles.
- Islam Online NEWS Informative news
- Salaam News Anti-American and Anti-European news portal
- Jannat
- KhaleejTimes
- WN Mideast
- ArabMail
- NileMedia
- WarOnTerror
- ArabicNews
- Balochistan
- SabawoonOnline
- muslimnews.co.uk
Newspapers
News Agencies
Broadcast Media
State & Political Organisations
Politics (Journals)
- Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
- History and Anthropology Occasional articles on the ME
- International Politics
- Third World Quarterly
- Journal of Political Ideologies Occasional articles on the ME
- Arab Law Quarterly Brill Academic Publishers
- Arabian archaeology and epigraphy Blackwell Publishing
- Al Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean Routledge
- Arabica Brill Academic Publishers
- British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Routledge
- Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies Routledge
- Die Welt des Islams Brill Academic Publishers
- Journal of Islamic Studies Oxford University Press
- Middle East Policy Blackwell Publishing
- Middle Eastern Studies Routledge
- The Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
- Hawwa Brill Academic Publishers
- Iran Nameh
- Issues: Perspectives on Middle East and World Affairs
- Journal of American Studies of Turkey
- Journal of Arabic Literature
- Jerusalem Report Internet Edition
- Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (JAIS)
- Journal of Near Eastern Studies, U. of Chicago
- Journal of Palestine Studies
- KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt (Online)
- Manuscripta Orientalia
- Mela Notes
- MEMP by title geographically
- MERIA: Middle East Review of International Affairs
- Middle East Policy Quarterly
- Middle East Economic Digest
- Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
- The Middle East Times
- Middle East International, Birzeit
- The Middle East Journal / Washington, DC
- Mamluk Studies Review
- Middle East Report (MERIP)
- Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies
- Periodica Islamica (UK)
- Sudanic Africa (Online)
- Rahavard Persian Journal
- Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs
Politics (Magazines)
- Mideast Monitor Magazine started in 2006. Editor: Gary Gambill.
- Monday Morning Weekly magazine from Lebanon with intelligent news analysis.
Politics (Institutes/Centres)
- MEMRI
- European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation (MEDEA) Includes Arab press reviews.
- The Objectivist Center on Islam
- The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Middle East Studies Association U of Arizona
- Turkish Studies Institute
- Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Cambridge
- Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
- Middle Eastern Studies Research materials in Arabic and Persian
- Yale Near East Collection: Selected Internet Resources
- Near East Collection at Yale University
- Yale > Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations > Introduction
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- Neareast Studies Resources Princeton University
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- American Oriental Society
- The Arab Society of Princeton
- British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
- Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)
- European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES)
- The International Association of Orientalist Librarians
- Lebanese Studies Association
- Middle East Librarians Association
- Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
- MELCOM
- Society for Armenian Studies
- Society for Iranian Studies
- Turkish Studies Association