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Princeton's Near East Resources
 

About the Near East Collections	Library Staff
Princeton's Near Eastern Studies Department	Electronic Databases (Princeton only)
Princeton's Catalogs	Persian & Hebrew  transliteration
Microform Sets:  Africa &  Middle East	Other Princeton Web Sites

• Columbia University Library
• Cornell University Library: Middle East & Islamic Studies
• Harvard University Library, Middle Eastern ResourcesAccess to Catalog
• Library of Congress: African and Middle Eastern Reading Room
• McGill University: Islamic Studies Library
• New York Public Library:  Oriental Division
• New York University Library
• University of Arizona, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• University of Chicago, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• UCLA, Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
• University of Michigan
• University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center Access to Catalog
• University of Texas/Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• University of Utah, Middle East Center
• University of Washington
• Yale University Library

    North America:  Institutes

• American Institute for Maghreb Studies
• Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies  (University of Denver)
• Institute of Turkish Studies
• Washington Kurdish Institute
• Middle East Institute

• Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC)
• Arab Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS)
• British Library
• Center for Arab Gulf Studies, University of Exeter
• CIMEL, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
• COPAC
• Durham University Library
• Institut du Monde Arabe
• Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (ANES)
• Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO)
• Oriental Institute, University of Leipzig
• Univ. of London/School of Oriental & African Studies
• University of Oxford (U.K.), Near Eastern Studies Programme
• Warsaw University, Oriental Institute

     Middle East & North Africa: Institutes & Libraries

• American Institute for Yemeni Studies
• American Research Center in Egypt
• American Research Institute in Turkey
• Arab Social Science Research
• Center for Palestine Research and Studies (CPRS)
• Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
• Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
• The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
• Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• Oman Studies Centre or Documentation and Research on Oman and the Arabian Gulf
• Libraries on the Web: Africa and the Middle East
• Think Tanks & Research Centers in the Middle East  comprehensive list

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Archives

• Middle East Photograph Archive
• Middle East Documentation Center [MEDOC] Catalogue of Microform Projects in Ottoman, Persian and Arabic
• Repositories of Primary Sources  (Africa & the Middle East)

Directories

• The International Directory of Middle East Scholars
• Middle East Internet Directory
• Middle East Medievalists
• Programs: Directory of Programs in Middle East Studies (US & Canada)
• World of Islam Directory

• Africa Information - Mbendi
• Encyclopedia of  the Orient

• CIA Factbook: West Bank & Gaza
• CIA World Factbook

• Albawaba:  Middle East Gateway
• Arab Internet Directory: 1001 Sites.com
• Arabist
• ArabNet
• Arab Internet Directory
• ArabSeek
• Digital Librarian: Middle East
• Islamic Studies Pathways:  Guide to Islamic Studies Resources on the Internet   " emphasis is on religion, but there are also some relating to particular Middle Eastern countries, and a few more general ones, such as the BBC Arabic Service and Amnesty International. "
• The Middle East And Arab Countries Links
• Middle East/North Africa Internet Resource Guide
• Search Regional - Middle East
• Yahoo! Middle East Studies

• AEB: Annual Egyptological Bibliography (Online)
• Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library
• Jewish Arab Center
• Middle East Data Base, March 94
• Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace
• Electronic Databases for Near Eastern Studies (Princeton only)

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Subject Sites

Ancient Near East

• Abzu:Guide to Internet Resources for of  Ancient Near East
• Argos: limited areas search of the ancient & medieval internet
• ArchNet  resources for NE archaology
• Classics & Mediterranean Archaeology Server
• Papyrus Archive (Duke)
• Electronic Antiquity
• Texts & Documents:  Middle East
• Women in the Ancient Near East

• ArabNet online resource for the Arab World
• Iranian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian Internet Sites
• Israel: Guide to Web Resources
• 1001 Sites.com - the Arab Internet Directory
• Kurdistan Web
• Levant - Lebanon and the Middle East (Al-Mashriq)
• Middle East Links
• Middle East Resources
• The Middle East And Arab Countries Links
• Middle East/North Africa Internet Resource Guide
• Palestine's Websites

• Egyptian Companies Profiles
• Palestine Economic Forum
• Statistical Profiles:  Middle East and North Africa
• Middle East and North Africa Economic Summit
• Middle East Economic Association
• Middle East Economic Digest
• Statistics Handbook
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (Middle East region)
• World Bank: Middle East and North Africa

• Historical atlas of Europe and the Middle East
• Islamic City
• Maps from W.C. Brice, An Historical Atlas of Islam
• Maps of the Middle East
• World Atlas, Middle East

• Byzantine & Medieval Studies Sites
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Mamluk Bibliography Home Page
• Middle East Medievalists

• Amnesty International: Middle East and North Africa 1994
• Amnesty - All Country Reports - 1995
• CIA World Factbook
• CIA Factbook: West Bank & Gaza
• Current Political Headlines
• The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
• Middle East Conflicts (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center)
• Middle East Peace Process
• Middle East Water Information Network
• Ministry of Information (Palestine National Authority)
• The Nuclear Middle East Watch
• Patterns of Global Terrorism, Middle East Overview
• Political Resources:   Middle East
• United Nations Treaty Collection
• World Rulers

• Great mosques of the world
• Hajj
• Islamic Calendar
• Islamic Studies Pathways:  Guide to Islamic Studies Resources on the Internet   " emphasis is on religion, but there are also some relating to particular Middle Eastern countries, and a few more general ones, such as the BBC Arabic Service and Amnesty International. "
• Islamic Texts and Resources MetaPage
• Quran Search

• Excite Travel : Middle East
• Middle East Travel
• Persepolis
• Tour Egypt
• Travel.org -- Middle East
• Virtual Tourist - Middle East

Major Newspaper Headlines
 

Africa News	Iranian	Kuwait Times
The Arabic Newsstand	Jerusalem Post	Turkish Daily News
The Egyptian Press review	The Jordan times	Yemen Times
The Gulf Times	The Khaleej Times

 

    News/Middle Eastern languages
 

Assafir Lebanon	Ettelaat  Iran	Iranshahr Iran
Al-Ayyam Bahrain	al-Gomhoria  Egypt	al-Ittihad United Arab
al-Dustour Jordan	Haaretz   Israel	al-Quds  Jerusalem
EssahafahTunisia	Hamshahri Iran	al-Watan Kuwait

 Electronic Journals
 Some of these journals contain information about the journal; others have full-text articles.

The Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies 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 MEMPby 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

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Organizations & Associations

• 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

• Societies & Associations from Mesa