Subject Guides: Middle East Studies: Recommended Websites

Middle East Studies: Recommended Websites

These websites contain general information about countries.

BBC Country Profiles
CIA World Factbook
Country Reports
AFCLC Field Guides
Profiles the 12 cultural domains that account for every aspect of a society's cultural identity.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Includes in-depth information about most countries, including history, society, environment, government, and politics.

These websites contain news of the Middle East; some are country-specific, while others cover the region.

Al Jazeera
Al-Monitor
News and commentary from the Middle East, translated and presented in a user-friendly interface.
Tehran Times
The Media Line
Access to Mideast & Islamic Resources (AMIR)

These websites contain a wide array of information related to Middle Eastern Studies. Some are quite extensive - explore!

Al-Islam: Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project
Arab American Museum Resources
Offers a database of objects in the museum's collections, including documents, family histories, podcasts, oral histories, and slide shows of the current exhibits in the museum.
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
IslamiCity
Middle East Media Research Institute
Middle East Studies Internet Resources (Columbia University)
Museum with No Frontiers: Discover Islamic Art
The Middle East 1916-Present: A Documentary Record
Palestinian Refugee AV Archive
Collected by the United Nations Relief and Works agency, this audiovisual collection includes footage clips dating back to 1948.
Voice of the Shuttle
Qatar Digital Library
Archives, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs and much more, complete with explanatory notes, in both English and Arabic.

Subjects: Middle East Studies