Middle Eastern Studies Organizations




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Middle East Network Information Center - Education
Includes K12 ; Higher Ed ; Study Abroad Programs ; Research Centers & Institutes.

Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

Addameer: Palestinian Human Rights Association

American Association for Maghreb Studies

American Center for Oriental Research (Jordan)

American Institute for Yemeni Studies

American Research Center in Egypt

American University in Cairo - Adham Center for Television Journalism - (dead link)

Arab Association for Human Rights

Arab World Institute (IMA)
"It has become a true cultural bridge between France and the Arab world."

Arabic Language and Middle East/North African Cultural Studies
A distance learning program offered by Montana State University, University of Washington Middle East Center, and Al Akhawayn University, Morocco.

Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)

B'Tselem
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
"...established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel."

Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights

Birzeit University
"Birzeit University is the first institution of higher education to be established in Palestine."

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies

Canadian Committee of the Middle East Studies Association (CANMES)

Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Columbia University Libraries - Middle East & Jewish Studies Department

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Gay and Lesbian Arab Society

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."

[Hamas] Council on Foreign Relations - Middle East

  • Hamas
    Backgrounder publication, June 2006.

Harvard University - Center for Middle Eastern Studies

[Hezbollah] Council on Foreign Relations - Middle East

Human Rights Association Turkey

Interuniversity Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (ICAMES) (Montreal)

Iranian Cultural & Information Center

Israel Medical Association (IMA) (English or Hebrew)

Israeli Government's Official Web site

Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre
"...established in 1988 by a group of Palestinian journalists and researchers to provide information on events in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. JMCC's Jerusalem and Gaza offices provide a wide range of services to journalists, researchers, international agencies, individuals and organizations interested in obtaining reliable information on the Palestinian territory."

The Middle East Institute

Middle East Librarians Association (MELA)

Middle East Studies Association (MESA)

National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce

North Africa Research Group (NARG)

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Palestine Liberation Organization - Negotiations Affairs Department

Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs

Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG)

Rabbis For Human Rights
"Rabbis for Human Rights is the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights. We promote justice and freedom, while campaigning against discrimination and inhumane conduct."

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington

Syria Human Rights Committee

United Nations

University of California, Berkeley - Center for Middle Eastern Studies

U.S. Trade Representative



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