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Ajeeb - Instant Translation from Arabic into English

Al Jadid Magazine
A Review & Record of Arab Culture and Arts

Arab Culture and Civilization
"What you will find in this site is both a basic set of resources that can be used independently as an overall introduction to various aspects of Arab Culture (see the Main Menu for a list), as well as a dynamic set of resources that can be used by teachers and students as, or to supplement course materials. Each unit in the course contains a set of readings - texts that we have been able to bring to the site for public access...Each unit also contains an audio/video component, in which you will find extended interviews with and presentations by prominent scholars and cultural and community leaders.
"Modules" include: History ; Ethnicity and Identity ; Islam ; Arab Americans ; Literature and Philosophy ; Popular Culture and Performing Arts ; Family and Society ; Art and Architecture ; Arabic Language ; Geography, Demographics, and Resources.
 - The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education


Arab Reform Bulletin
- Part of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Democracy and Rule of Law Project.

Arab Social Science Research Virtual Library (ASSR)

 "ASSR's virtual library is designed to be a gateway for Arab social scientists and for others studying the Arab world. It organizes information by resource, by topic, and by country."

Arab View
"Arab View is a collection of articles written by leading journalists and editors in the Middle East."

Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1967-1968
Foreign Relations 1964-1968, Vol. 10.
U.S. Department of State

The Atlantic Monthly - The War on Terrorism
"A collection of features from The Atlantic Monthly and Atlantic Unbound..."

Beyond Borders- Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa

Brookings Institution

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
Monterey Institute of International Studies

  • CNS Reports
    • WMD Terrorism and Usama Bin Laden
      By Kimberly Resch and Matthew Osborne, March 2001
      "Following the links below to the testimony transcripts and to the U.S. indictment of Bin Laden et al. is a brief description of Al-Fadl and his testimony regarding the attempted acquisition of uranium, given on February 6, 7, and 13, 2001 during the trial at the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. Also included are a chronology of key incidents related to Usama Bin Ladenís connection to and interest in nuclear weapons as well as a list of significant events allegedly related to Bin Laden and/or Al-Qaíida."

Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID) - Publications
"...is a non-profit organization, based in Washington DC, dedicated to studying Islamic and democratic political thought and merging them into a modern Islamic democratic discourse. The organization was founded in March 1999 by a diverse group of academicians, professionals, and activists--both Muslim and non-Muslim--from around the who agree on the need for the study of and dissemination of reliable information on this complex topic."
Online Publications include: Muslim Democrat ; Conference Proceedings ; Democracy Watch.

Council on Foreign Relations

CQ Press

Current History
A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs.

The Daily Star

Declassified Documents on Iran and the U.S.
National Security Archive, George Washington University

[Egypt] Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

FarsiDic.com
English-Farsi Dictionary

Forced Migration Online (FMO)
"Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide.
Sections include: Digital Library ; Web Catalogue ; Regional Resources ; Thematic Resources ; Handbooks & Guidelines ; Image Database.

  • Lessons Learned Report (April 2001)
    Children and Adolescents in Palestinian Households: Living with Effects of Prolonged Conflict and Forced Migration - A Regional Study
    - Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Foreign Affairs
Published by the Council on Foreign Relations

  • The New Middle East
    "Summary:  The age of U.S. dominance in the Middle East has ended and a new era in the modern history of the region has begun. It will be shaped by new actors and new forces competing for influence, and to master it, Washington will have to rely more on diplomacy than on military might."
    By Richard N. Haass, November/December 2006

  • When the Shiites Rise
    "Summary:  By toppling Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has liberated and empowered Iraq's Shiite majority and has helped launch a broad Shiite revival that will upset the sectarian balance in Iraq and the Middle East for years to come. This development is rattling some Sunni Arab governments, but for Washington, it could be
    By Vali Nasr, July/August 2006

  • The Middle East Predicament (January/February 2005)
    "Summary: The Middle East challenges facing Washington today have never been greater--but there remains a chance for peace. To secure it, the United States must stick with Iraq, pressure Iran into giving up its nukes, foster a moderate Palestinian leadership, and support Muslim reformers. Success in the region has never been more important."
    By  Dennis B. Ross

  • Hezbollah's Dilemma (April 2005)
    Summary:  Byman's update to his November/December 2003 essay "Should Hezbollah Be Next?"
    By Daniel Byman

  • Should Hezbollah Be Next? (November/December 2003)
    "Summary:  The radical Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah is fomenting violence in post-war Iraq and fanning the flames of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its bloody track record makes it a natural target in the war on terror. But Washington's only option is to confront Hezbollah indirectly: by getting its backers, Syria and Iran, to help change its focus from militancy to politics.

Foreign Policy

France-…tats Arabes

Agreements and treaties in French

EJOS - Electronic Journal of Oriental Studies
"ELOS is an electronic journal devoted to Arabic, Persian and Turkic studies in their widest sense.  It has a multi- and inter-disciplinary focus covering the full range of the humaniora."

[Gaza] Brookings Institution - Saban Center for Middle East Policy

[Gaza] NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday

[Gaza] Newsweek International

Georgetown University - National Security Archive

  • U.S. Propaganda in the Middle East - The Early Cold War Version (December 2002)
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 78
    "The documents collected here describe an earlier program to expand and revitalize American propaganda directed at the Middle East, and the methods that were utilized, including graphic displays, manipulation of the news, books, movies, cartoons, activities directed at schools and universities, and exchange programs."

Georgetown University - School of Foreign Affairs - Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
"...is the only academic institution in the United States devoted solely to the study of the modern Arab world."

Guardian Unlimited Special Report: Israel and the Middle East - (dead link)
"This special report contains the latest on a region that has been particularly affected by the fallout from the terrorist attacks in the US"
Sections include: Latest News ; Interactive Guides ; Audio Reports ; Arafat and Hamas ; Palestinian Attacks ; Israeli Attacks ; Sharon Government ; Diplomacy ; Comment and Analysis ; What the Papers Say ; The Arab World ; Fallout from US Terror Attacks ; Chronology ; Maps ; Weblog ; The Mitchell Report

Gulf States Newsletter

H-Baha'i
The place to start any academic research on Baha'i Faith (H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences On-Line)

[Hamas] Brookings Institution - Saban Center for Middle East Policy

[Hamas] NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday

[Hamas] Newsweek International

Human Rights Index for the Arab Countries
"...is a repository for the entire set of United Nations documents pertaining to human rights and the responses, including reservations, by the Arab member states to the committees that monitor the core international human rights treaties. There are seven of these human rights treaty bodies, which meet regularly to monitor the implementation of the respective treaties:..."
- United Nations Development Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR)

Human Rights Watch Reports

Indian Express

International Crisis Group (ICG)

International Herald Tribune (IHT)

Islamic Cities Historic Map Collection (ICMC)
"The project will ultimately include all pre-20th century Islamic cities maps available as a part of public domain regulations."
Center of Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Israel - A Country Study
Library of Congress, Country Studies, Area Handbook Series

Israel Magazine-On-Web
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - State of Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Israel Social Sciences Data Center
"...established by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with a mission to collect, preserve and distribute data of interest to the academic community...The ISDC now houses approximately 1200 datasets including national sample survey data, local studies, census micro-data, government records in selected fields as well as macro-economic series...Sources of data include the Central Bureau of Statistics, central and local government agencies, research institutes as well as independent researchers from the affiliated academic institutes."

Israel-PLO: Peace Agreements Digital Collection
- United States Institute of Peace Library

[Libya] Minnesota Public Radio

  • The New Libya
    Listen to the interview from May 2006.
    "Libya is making a political and economic comeback, after years of being shunned as a promoter of terrorism. Some question whether the U.S. should hold the country up as an example of successful international diplomacy."

MALMAD - Israel Center for Digital Information Services - (dead link) "Its purpose is to serve as a joint framework (consortium) for the acquisition, licensing and operation of information services to all the Israeli universities."

Map of Israel
The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas, Austin

Maps of the Middle East
The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas, Austin

MELA Notes
The Journal of the Middle Eastern Librarians Association

The Middle East 1916- : A Documentary Record
From The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

Middle East Photo Archive

 - University of Chicago Library

Middle East Institute

  • Engaging Political Islam
    Conference Panelist: Maysam al-Faruqi, Richard Murphy, S. Abdallah Schleifer, Moderator: Akbar Ahmed.
    Policy Brief, November 14, 2006, Washington, DC.

Middle East Media Research Institute - Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project

Middle East Research & Information Project (MERIP)
Sections include: Background ; Middle East Report ; Press Information Notes ; Internships ; Newspaper Op-Eds.

  • Middle East Report
    Selected articles online
  • Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Primer
    "This primer provides historical background for the events that led up to the current uprising and touches on major themes and events including Zionism, the British Mandate period, Palestinians, the UN, the 1967 and 1973 wars, Camp David, the Oslo Accords, and many others."
  • Primer on Palestine Uprising
    "The primer provides background information about the conflict and poses several questions about mainstream media coverage of the uprising. MERIP encourages the use of the primer for teach-ins, in classrooms and for interacting with media."

Middle East Studies Association (MESA)

Middle East Virtual Library - MENALIB
"...is an 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."
State and University Library Saxony-Anhalt in Halle (Germany) and many partners.

Min al-Ma'had
News from the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Arabic.

Minnesota Public Radio

  • Peace and Faith
    "Scholars on Islam [Qamar-ul Huda, U.S. Institute of Peace and Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University] talk about peace and the barriers to common understanding across faiths."
    Listen to the September 2006 broadcast.

My Hebrew Dictionary

National Public Radio (NPR) - NPR's Mideast Coverage
"Due to the intense interest of NPR listeners in events in the Middle East, NPR will make available -- at no charge -- the transcripts and audio of reports about the Mideast produced by NPR in its newsmagazines and talk shows."

National Pubic Radio (NPR) - Fresh Air Online

  • Listen to Joseph Cirincione (April 1, 2003)
    "He specializes in defense and proliferation issues at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is senior associate and director of the Non-Proliferation Project. He will discuss the evolution of the Bush administration's policy toward Iraq. Its origins begin with a small group of influential officials and experts in Washington, D.C., who were calling for regime change in Iraq long before Sept. 11, 2001.

National Public Radio (NPR) - The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shia Faith and Politics
Audio and Text of the February 2007 NPR series.
"The United States is immersed more deeply than ever in the Muslim world's sectarian divide. A five-part series explores the split between Shia and Sunnis, from its origins shortly after the death of Muhammed in the seventh century to the modern-day upheaval in Iraq."
In This Series: : The Origins of the Shia-Sunni Split ; Shi Rise Amid Century of Mideast Turmoil ; Export of Iran's Revolution Spawns Violence ; Iraq War Deepens Sunni-Shia Divide ; Shia-Sunni Conflict Forces U.S. Shift in Iraq ; Profiles: Key Individuals in the Shia-Sunni Divide ; Chronology: A History of the Shia-Sunni Split ; One Thousand Years of Shiite History ; Suggested Reading.


New Media and Information Technology in the Middle East - (dead link)

  • Working Papers - (dead link)
    • The Riddle of Ramadan: Media, Consumer Culture and the 'Christmas-ization' of a Muslim Holiday - (dead link)
      Paper delivered at the American Anthropological Association, November 2000.
      By Walter Armbrust, Georgetown University

The New Republic

The New York Times

North Africa Journal and Maghreb Weekly Monitor

Palestine 1916 - 1999 : A Documentary Record
The Avalon Project, Yale Law Library

Palestine National Charter of 1964

Palestine National Charter of 1968

Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG)

PBS - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
An Online Companion to the Weekly Television News Program

  • Shia/Sunni Conflict
    "Sunnis and Shiites have not always been openly hostile. In many parts of the world they live together peacefully. Indeed, they used to get along so well in Iraq, the sectarian violence that erupted there last year took many by surprise. Lucky Severson talked with an influential and prominent Middle East scholar about the history of Sunni-Shiite rivalry, why it is now tearing Iraq apart, and what the prospects are for controlling it."
    Watch the September 29, 2006 report online.

  • Battle for the Middle East
    Web Exclusive, August 10, 2006
    "Read correspondent Lucky Severson's August 7, 2006 interview in Washington, D.C. with Vali Nasr, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California."
    Includes a description of the history and political consequences of the Shia / Sunni split within Islam, Iraq, and the Middle East.


Pluralism Project
"Our mission is to help Americans engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources."
- Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University.

Policy Review

Project for the New American Century (PNAC)
"...is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle; and that too few political leaders today are making the case for global leadership...It will also strive to rally support for a vigorous and principled policy of American international involvement and to stimulate useful public debate on foreign and defense policy and America's role in the world."

["The founding members included Vice-President Dick Cheney; Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; Paul Wolfowitz of the Defence Department; Richard Perle, head of the defence advisory board; Louis Libby, Cheney's chief of staff; John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control; and Elliot Cohen of the defence policy board." - From CBC News Online, March 17, 2003]


RAND Corporation - Research Areas - Terrorism and Homeland Security

  • RAND Voices of Jihad Database
    "This online database is a compilation of speeches, interviews, statements, and publications of jihadist leaders, foot soldiers, and sympathizers. Nearly all content is in English translation, and has been collected from publicly-accessible websites. Original links are provided, along with excerpts and full-text content when available."

RAND Technical Reports (free online versions)

Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (May 21, 2001)
Mitchell Committee Report on Mideast Crisis

[Shia / Sunni Split] National Public Radio (NPR) - The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shia Faith and Politics
Audio and Text of the February 2007 NPR series.
"The United States is immersed more deeply than ever in the Muslim world's sectarian divide. A five-part series explores the split between Shia and Sunnis, from its origins shortly after the death of Muhammed in the seventh century to the modern-day upheaval in Iraq."
In This Series: : The Origins of the Shia-Sunni Split ; Shi Rise Amid Century of Mideast Turmoil ; Export of Iran's Revolution Spawns Violence ; Iraq War Deepens Sunni-Shia Divide ; Shia-Sunni Conflict Forces U.S. Shift in Iraq ; Profiles: Key Individuals in the Shia-Sunni Divide ; Chronology: A History of the Shia-Sunni Split ; One Thousand Years of Shiite History ; Suggested Reading.


TIME

TIME Magazine - Inside Saddam's World
"The U.S. likes to portray Iraq's regime as shaky. But TIME's reporting inside Iraq suggests Saddam isn't losing his grip"
Sections include: Inside Iraq ; Weapons ; Strategy ; Gallery ; Map ; Graphic.

Transnational Broadcasting Studies (TBS)
An Electronic Journal Published by the Adham Center for Television Journalism - (dead link), The American University in Cairo

[Turkey] PBS - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
An Online Companion to the Weekly Television News Program

United Kingdom Parliament

United Nations

U.S. Department of Defense - DefenseLINK

  • Wolfowitz Briefing with Arab/Muslim Media (April 11, 2003)
  • DoD USS Cole Commission Report - (dead link) (January 9, 2001)
    "The attack on USS COLE (DDG 67), in the port of Aden, Yemen, on 12 October 2000, demonstrated a seam in the fabric of efforts to protect our forces, namely in-transit forces. Our review was focused on finding ways to improve the US policies and practices for deterring, disrupting and mitigating terrorist attack on US forces in transit."

U.S. Dept. of Energy - Energy Supply Security
"This web site provides links to energy supply security information within EIA, the federal government, and non-governmental sources. Its focus is on both domestic energy supply shortages, and international events that affect energy security on a global basis."

United States Institute of Peace

University of California, Riverside / california museum of photography

  • Journey to Mecca: Works by Max Yavno - (dead link)
    Watts, California, 1977 ; Journey to Mecca, 1979
    "...viewers may travel through the images from two different countries, cultures and decades from a variety of sites in California and Egypt. The exhibit contains a selection of Yavno's photographs from different areas of California, mainly from the late 1940s and from his trip to Cairo, Egypt in 1979...This exhibition examines relationships between the different subjects of the works, while still displaying Max's characteristic style and composition."

Washingtonpost.com

Wilson Quarterly
Published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

  • Beyond Liberalization? (Spring 2004)
    "Democratizing the Middle East may bring a different set of problems to a troubled region..."
    By Daniel Brumberg, Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University.

Written in Stone
Inscriptions from the National Museum of Saudi Arabia
"...we present and examine 54 museum objects which bear examples of ancient epigraphy. This is a small selection from over 9,000 catalogued epigraphic objects within the two relevant collections ('Pre-Islamic Epigraphy' and 'Islamic Epigraphy') of the Deputy Ministry of Antiquities and Museums."
By Dr. Ali Saleh al-Moghanam (and) Dr. Paul Michael Taylor, with contributions by staff members of the National Museum of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the [U.S.] National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution


Academic Discussion Lists
ARABIC-L - (dead link)
"...is a mailing list for Arabic Linguistics and Arabic Language Teaching, sponsored by Brigham Young University, the Arabic Linguistics Society and the American Association of Teachers of Arabic. The list encourages contributions, squibs, queries and responses in those areas. Dil Parkinson is the list moderator."

FOFOGNET
An Internet Listserv on the Palestinian Refugee Issue
"...an international email list devoted to the Palestinian refugee issue. Its more than three hundred subscribers include researchers, NGOs and policy-makers across the Middle East, Europe and North America."

H-Gender-MidEast
"This discussion network seeks to establish an active dialogue on issues of gender in the Arabic speaking Middle East, Turkey, the Caucuses, Central Asia, Western Asia, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa."

H-Mideast Politics
"...is an academic discussion forum where substantive information and analysis can be presented of Middle East current affairs and of its relevance to the foreign policy of states outside the region. The list takes the entire area from Morocco to Malaysia and from Kazakhstan to Somalia as its purview. The emphasis is on contemporary politics."

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