7. Middle Eastern Web Sites
These sites may be useful to you in your research in Middle Eastern studies, but please be aware that we cannot guarantee the timeliness, accuracy, nor content of these sites. Check out Evaluating Web Sites: this page provides straightforward advice on how to determine the quality and legitimacy of information found on the Web:
4Arabs Search Engine: a Yahoo-like meta-site for locating Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern web sites, including links to Arabic newspapers, radio, television, culture, software, music, universities, etc.
Al Bawaba: a gateway to a wealth of Middle Eastern sources including local information (newspapers and other media) arranged by country.)
Alan Godlas' Islamic Studies Web Site: A comprehensive site on Islam, recently nominated for a Webby award in the category of Spirituality.
CMES page: Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies page contains important links to Harvard resources.
MENALIB: The Middle East Virtual Library 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.
MERIA: The Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) “reaches over 17,000 readers in more than 100 countries, serving a high-level audience of Middle East experts, scholars, teachers, students, officials, journalists, and people intensely interested in the region.” Includes a valuable link list “…specifically designed to be useful for researchers on contemporary Middle East issues, including only the most useful or interesting sites. The goal is to save researchers time and to help them find the places which furnish the most data in the shortest period of time. Sites with significant material in English are given preference though… these provide links to materials in Arabic, French, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, and other languages. (quoted from the site)
Pars Times Middle East Media and Sites: Mega-site; non-partisan, non-commercial web site gathering together a plethora of Middle East-related web resources in the areas of news, society and culture, business and the economy, education, embassies and missions, human rights, history, language, literature, web broadcasts, flags and maps, and more.
Reference Tools in Islamic Art & Architecture: "This guide presents a selection of the most useful reference tools for the study of the art and architecture of the Islamic world. All entries include Harvard library call numbers and/or links to online resources; most are annotated." (quoted from the site)
World-Wide Web Virtual Library Middle East Studies Internet Resources: “…an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on the Middle East and North Africa available on the Web, created under the purview of the Middle East Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries. Electronic resources from the Middle East are organized by region, country and subject. The scope of the collection is research-oriented, but it also provides access to other web sites with broader missions.” (quoted from the site)
