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Sources for Background Information
- A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East
- The Middle East and North Africa
(Europa) - Encyclopaedia of Islam (Brill)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
(Oxford Reference Online) - Encyclopedia of the Orient (LookLex / Encyclopaedia )
Covers "all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in south." Topics include politics, geography, religion, culture, literature, and biography. - Encyclopaedia Iranica
"Focuses on the land, life, culture and history of all Iranian peoples and their interaction with other societies." A project of Columbia University's Center for Iranian Studies. Note: best viewed if you download the site's "Iranweb2" font.
Contains the following resources:
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
- Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
- Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
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Core and Additional Databases
Core Databases
- Index Islamicus, 1906 - (ProQuest)
- Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies, 1900 - (EBSCO)
Additional Databases
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (via Web of Science), 1975 -
- Historical Abstracts, 1955 - (EBSCO)
- Index to Jewish Periodicals (EBSCO)
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 1951 - (ProQuest)
- LEXIS-NEXIS
legal information, international news and business information - OmniFile FT Mega (Wilson)
- PAIS International, 1972 - (ProQuest)
- ProQuest Research Library, 1971 -
- Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science), 1970 -
Selected Internet Sites
Accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
- ALMISBAH
Database of selected Internet resources on the Middle East and on Islam. From Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB). For best results, browse the subject catalogue instead of using the search function. - AMED Internet Resources
Maintained by US Library of Congress African & Middle Eastern Reading Room. The Country Studies section provides an authoritative overview of the countries' "historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions." - Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Research centre whose online publications include commentary, articles, and bibliographies. - al-bab.com
Comprehensive gateway to country guides, news, special topics, etc. in the Arab world. Maintained privately by the Middle East editor of The Guardian. - Arab Thought Forum
Site description: "Provides a forum for Palestinian decision makers, public opinion leaders and citizens to express their views and has no affiliation to any government, political party or other organization." Includes forums, opinion articles, and lists of books. - Keele Guide to Middle East Government and Politics on the Internet
Provides links to government departments, news sources, etc. for various countries. - Arabic Media Internet Network
Arabic language coverage of current events. Some English content also available. - ArabNet
English and Arabic news, links, country data, etc. for countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Maintained by ArabNet Technology (ANT), part of Saudi Research and Marketing Group, Saudi newspaper and magazine publisher. - Qantara.de
Created by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Center for Political Education), Deutsche Welle, the Goethe Institut and the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) to promote dialogue with the Islamic world. Funded by the German Foreign Office. Includes commentary, background articles, and current events - Al-Jazeera
The website of the Middle East's largest news network. Available in Arabic and English. - Middle East Forum
"... works to define and promote American interests in the Middle East".
Arabic Language
- Fonts for Arabic
Links list by Luc Devroye, School of Computer Science, McGill University. - Arabic Windows: Arabicizing Windows Applications to Read and Write Arabic
By al-Husein N. Madhany, University of Chicago.
Iraq
- Iraqi Crisis Report from the Institute for War & Peace Reporting. Other countries also featured.
- Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority
Website of the CPA-Iraq Coalition. Available for historical purposes; no longer updated. - Iraqi Government
Palestine
- ADDAMEER
"Jerusalem based Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues." - Birzeit University Guide to Palestinian Websites
- Central Elections Commission - Palestine
Information on election results and procedures, campaign finance, and more. Includes images, video, and radio materials related to electoral politics. - Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet
Documents, research papers, Internet resources, etc. from the Inter-university Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. - Palestinian Council of Ministers: Prime Minister's Office
- Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
Primary Sources
- Avalon Project: Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record
Full texts from the Sykes-Picot agreement through Camp David, Mitchell and Tenet. Includes documents beyond 2001. - Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Includes scholarly articles and primary source documents in a variety of subject areas.
Primary Documents includes the following resources:
- Democracy in Turkey, 1950-1959: Records of the U.S. State Department Classified Files
- Evangelism and the Syria-Lebanon Mission: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1869-1910
- King and the People in Morocco, 1950-1959: U.S. State Department Records on the Internal Affairs of Morocco
- U.S. Middle East Peace Policy and America's Role in the Middle East Peace Process, 1989-1993
- Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970: The Middle East Online, Series 1 (Gale: offers the widest range of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through to the Black September war of 1970-1.)
- Iraq, 1914-1974: The Middle East Online, Series 2 (offers a broad range of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers covering the period from the Anglo-Indian landing in Basra in 1914 through the British Mandate in Iraq of 1920-32 to the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1974.)
United Nations
- UNISPAL: UN Information System on the Question of Palestine
Full-text documents of the United Nations system relevant to the question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East since 1946. - UNSCO (Office of the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process)
McGill Links
- McGill Institute of Islamic Studies
- McGill Middle East Studies Program
- Interuniversity Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
- McGill Middle East Program in Civil Society and Peace Building