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Arab and Middle Eastern Studies: Internet Links

This guide is intended to help you know more about Library and Internet resources in the area of Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. Use this guide as your starting point, come to the Library or Ask a Librarian for more resources and help.

Centers and Institutes

Arab Studies Institute
A not-for-profit organization that produces knowledge on matters related to the Arab world and its relations. It serves as an institute in its own right and as an umbrella organization for five other subsidiaries: the Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya, Quilting Point, FAMA (Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs), and Tadween Publishing.
Centers and Programs of Middle East Studies
French Libraries
International Directory of Middle East Studies Scholars
From Columbia University Libraries, not complete.
IRCICA Research Center for Islamic History
Part of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Libraries with Major Middle East Collections (Columbia University Libraries)
Middle East Resource Guide
Check section on Centers & Institutions
Moise Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/
Quilting Point
Quilting Point is an independent film collective that produces documentaries, educational material, video installations, and other audio-visual content related, but not limited, to the Middle East. It is a subsidiary of the Arab Studies Institute, the source of the research that informs 's films and activities.

Associations & Societies

American Oriental Society
Association for Middle East Women's Studies
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
European Association for Middle Eastern Studies
German Middle East Studies Association
Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman
Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World
International Directory of Middle East Studies Scholars
From Columbia University Libraries, not complete.
Japan Association for Middle East Studies
Lebanese Studies Association
List of Associations from TIRN
MELCom Middle East Libraries Committee
Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Modern Heritage Observatory
مرصد التراث الحديث
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The Arab Image Foundation (AIF), the Association for Arabic Music (IRAB), the Arab Center for Architecture (ACA) and the Cinémathèque de Tanger are partners in this initiative aiming to advocate for the preservation of modern cultural heritage – with an emphasis on photography, music, architecture, video and film – in the Middle East and North Africa
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies
Transcultural Islam Research Network
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Seeks to connect international scholars interested in exchanging research findings and engaging in thematic working groups on issues of importance in the Islamic world.

Resources and Collections

AMIR Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources
Open access scholarship on the Middle East and Islamic worlds
Association for Middle East Women’s Studies
Documents Pertinent to Middle Eastern Issues
Hazine
Historians of Islamic Art Associaton
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
Website of Professor Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia.
Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection (Cornell University Library)
Middle East Studies Virtual Library - Columbia University
MIT OpenCourseWare
Open access courses.
Muslim Heritage
Near East Collection: Bibliography of Selected Reference Materials - Yale
Near East Collections at Princeton University Library
Qatar Digital Library
Syriaca: Syriac Reference Portal
hosted by Vanderbilt University.
Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation
Very Basic Suggested Reading List on Middle East
الجامع.نت مركز التراث يعتز بتقديم هذا الموقع الفريد من نوعه الجامع لكتب التراث الإسلامي والعربي الذي يُعتبر خطوة عملاقة في تاريخ العلوم الإسلامية العربية ذلك أنه لأول مرة في التاريخ تجتمع كل هذه المصادر و المراجع
Syrians in New York: Mapping Movement, 1900-1930
Lebanese American Public Opinion
Moise Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Internet Guides and Sites

Al Maktaba
Middle East, Central Asia and Islamic internet resources.
Al-Bab: An Open Door to the Arab World
Al-Mashriq
ALA-LC Romanization Tables
Rules to write Arabic in Latin characters.
Digital Librarian: Middle East
A librarian's choice of the best of the Web
Historical Text Archive: Islamic History
Middle East Resource Guide
Middle East and Islam related resources.
Palestine Land and Society
Palestine Remembered
Palestine Remix
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EXPLORE THE STORY OF PALESTINE. TAKE OUR CONTENT AND USE OUR CREATIVE REMIX TOOL TO RE-EDIT OUR FILMS.

CREATE YOUR OWN PALESTINE STORY.
Rational Sciences in Islam: An Initiative for the Study of Philosophy and the Mathematical Sciences in Islam
McGill University
Visualizing Palestine
Hazine a guide to researching the Middle East

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Last Updated: Mar 11, 2024 1:08 PM
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Subjects: Arab, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, History, Political Science

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