Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) - The Commission was asked to determine whether the events of February and March 2011 (and thereafter) involved violations of international human rights law and norms, and to make the recommendations that it deems appropriate. Read final report here.
Iraq/Kurdistan
Academic Info: Iraq Studies Gateway - Compilation of resources on the Iraq crisis and war, news and media resources, and ancient Mesopotamia.
Back to Iraq 2.0 - A weblog about Iraq, Kurds and the Middle East.
Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) - Works to improve the human condition in Iraq by educating and mobilizing the American public to affect nonviolent social change as well as a shift in US foreign policy. EPIC's goals are carried out through its three main programs: Advocacy, Media, and Iraq Speakers Bureau. Each program uses education to effect nonviolent social change and influence U.S. public opinion and government policy toward Iraq on a national and international level.
Energy Intelligence: Eye on Iraq - Eye on Iraq keeps international energy professionals closely informed of the contracts, industry structure, transportation issues, political developments and macro- (and micro-) economic imperatives that make a difference to those looking to grasp opportunities in this region.
Humanitarian Information Center for Iraq - An initiative of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). A central location for data and information to assist co-ordination of humanitarian response activities.
Iraq Action Coalition - An independent grassroots coalition dedicated to ending the war on the people of Iraq. IAC was formed as a response to the war's lethal destruction of Iraq - the people and the land.
Iraq: Map [.pdf] - United Nations Cartographic Section detailed map of Iraq.
Iraq: Map Sources [.pdf] - This CRS report for Congress identifies selected Web sites for maps of Iraq. Selected government, library, and organizational Web site addresses are provided. Maps of the Middle East, Iraq, and the No-Fly Zone are also provided.
Iraqi News - Breaking news from Baghdad on the U.S. occupation of Iraq from online newspapers and international news sources.
Iraq Occupation Index - KWSnet: maps, protest and resistance, and background resources to the conflict in Iraq.
Iraq Oil Report - News, analysis and insight into developments of Iraq’s oil, natural gas, electricity and fuels, as well as the security and politics of Iraq, which are inherently tied to it. Updated Monday through Friday. Iraq Oil Report is written, edited and produced by Ben Lando.
Iraq Report (RFE/RL) - Recent reports in Iraq prepared by regional specialists of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Lost Treasures from Iraq - In the days following the conquest of Baghdad the Iraq Museum was looted. Reports on the damage vary--the number of lost or stolen objects varies between 50,000 to 200,000. This site contains Oriental Institute images of objects from the Iraq Museum, sorted by categories. Other images were scanned from books and are posted here with permission of the publishers. In addition, several institutions and individuals contributed pictures from their own holdings.
Office of the Iraq Programme (OIP): Oil-for-Food - Created in October 1997 to implement the oil for food program for Iraq. Established by Security Council resolution 986 (1995) and subsequent resolutions.
Secret Behind the Sanctions, The - How the U.S. intentionally destroyed Iraq's water supply. By Thomas J. Nagy. Published in The Progressive, Oct. 2001.
UNMOVIC (United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission) - UNMOVIC was created through the adoption of Security Councilresolution 1284 [.pdf] of 17 December 1999. UNMOVIC replaced the former UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) and continued with the latter's mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological weapons and missiles with a range of more than 150 km) and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire weapons prohibited to it by the Security Council.
FARS News Agency -
Iran's leading independent news agency, covering a wide variety of subjects in different, political, economic, cultural, social, legal, sports, military and other areas in Persian and English.
International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) - Support workers' struggle in Iran for better working conditions and living standards. Advocate for workers’ movement demands in Iran, including the right to organize free and independent labour organizations and the right to strike.
Tehran Times - Covering domestic, political, social, foreign, and sports news on Iran. Also includes commentary.
Israel/Occupied Territories: Gaza/West Bank (Palestine)
+972 - Independent reporting and commentary from Israel and Palestine.
A Jewish Voice for Peace - San Francisco Bay Area grassroots organization dedicated to the human, civil and economic rights of Jews, Palestinians, and all peoples in the Middle East.
Addamer - A Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues. Offers support for Palestinian prisoners, advocating the rights of political prisoners, and working to end torture through monitoring, legal procedures and solidarity campaigns.
Al-Haq - A Palestinian human rights organization located in Ramallah, West Bank, in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Al-Haq was established in 1979 with the goal of protecting and promoting human rights and respect for the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Al-Haq conducts and disseminates legal and human rights research based on international and humanitarian law, as well as on human rights principles and standards. In addition, the organization, through an extensive database, documents and exposes human rights violations.
Alaqsa Intifada.org - The Palestinian intifada: news, information, diary, and action alerts.
Alternative Information Center (AIC) - A Palestinian-Israeli organization disseminating information, research and political analysis on Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while promoting cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis.
American Muslims for Jerusalem - Formed to ensure that the concerns of the American Muslim community regarding Jerusalem and its environs are understood and respected in the formulation of U.S. policy.
Apartheid Wall - Information, news, pictures, and maps re the Israeli so-called security wall and settlements.
Applied Research Institute Jerusalem - A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development in the occupied Palestinian territories and the self-reliance of the Palestinian people through greater control over their natural resources.
Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) - Israel's oldest and largest human rights organization and the only one that deals with the entire spectrum of human rights and civil liberties issues in Israel and the Occupied Territories. ACRI's mandate is to ensure Israel's accountability and respect for human rights, by addressing violations committed by the Israeli authorities in Israel, the Occupied Territories, or elsewhere.
Association for One Democratic State in Palestine/Israel -
Seeks a durable peace in Israel/Palestine through building a single democratic state for those who live in historical Palestine and all Palestinian refugees who desire to return to their homeland; democracy as the provision of universal human rights; a society in which no ethnic or religious group can dominate others; and reconciliation to heal the wounds of a troubled past. Promotes inter-ethnic understanding and solidarity through educational and cultural activities.
Bat Shalom -Israeli feminists for peace and social justice, working with Palestinian women, and seeking a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors that includes recognition of a Palestinian state side-by-side with Israel with Jerusalem as the capital of both.
Coalition of Women for Peace - Jewish and Palestinian women joined together seeking an end to the occupation of Palestine and the establishment of the state of Palestine side by side with the state of Israel based on the 1967 borders.
Developments in the Middle East Peace Process 1991-2000 - The UK House of Commons Library publishes this paper written by Tim Youngs providing background to events dating from the 1991 Madrid Conference to the July 2000 Camp David negotiations.
Electronic Intifada, The - Palestinian point-of-view coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Including following sections and additional blogs:
Elements of a Performance-Based Road Map - UN page: "The following is performance-based and goal-driven roadmap, with clear phases, timelines, target dates, and benchmarks aiming at progress through reciprocal steps by the two parties in the political, security, economic, humanitarian, and institution-building fields, under the auspices of the Quartet. The destination is a final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by 2005, as presented in President Bush's speech of 24 June, and welcomed by the EU, Russia and the UN in the 16 July and 17 September Quartet Ministerial statements."
Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP)- Information and maps of Israeli settlements in occupied territory. The Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories, published bimonthly by FMEP, provides up-to-date information on Israel's settlement policies as well as the ongoing negotations with the Palestinians over the future of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem.
Free Gaza - Human rights observers, aid workers, and journalists. Seeks to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip and pressure the international community to review its sanctions policy and end its support for continued Israeli occupation.
Gaza Strip - "In September 2005, Israel completed the" Gaza disengagement plan" that had been approved by the government and the Knesset. The two primary components of the plan were dismantling of the Gaza settlements and moving the settlers to Israeli territory, and removal of all IDF forces from the area. After the plan was completed, Israel issued an order declaring the end of the military government in the Gaza Strip, and claimed that it was no longer responsible for ensuring the proper functioning of life there. However, Israel continued to control the air and sea space, movement between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (also via neighboring countries), the population registry, family unification, and the crossing of goods to and from Gaza. Also, residents of the Gaza Strip rely solely on Israel for its supply of fuel, electricity, and gas." ... Backgrounder from B'Tselem.
General Union of Palestine Students - Aims to unite Palestinian students on campus and provide a forum for social, political and cultural interaction.
Geneva Initiative - Provides realistic and achievable blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian peace on all issues, based on previous official negotiations, international resolutions, the Quartet Roadmap, Clinton Parameters, Bush Vision, and Arab Peace Initiative.
George Habash (Aug 2, 1926–Jan 26, 2008) - Wikipedia article:
Palestiniann nationalist. Founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and was the organization's Secretary-General until 2000.
Golan - Explains how the occupied Golan is a part of the Syrian Homeland, seized by Israel.
Gush Shalom - The hard core of the Israeli peace movement.
Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) - Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Wikipedia provides information, history, and ideology of the organization.
HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual - An Israeli human rights organization whose main objective is to assist Palestinians of the Occupied Territories whose rights are violated due to Israel's policies. This site contains information relating to these human rights violations. It gives the texts of Israeli laws and regulations, including those of the Military Government; international conventions; petitions to the Israeli High Court of Justice; claims for compensation for damages; decisions by Israeli and other courts; and other official documents and reports.
House Demolition in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict - House demolition is a tactic used by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) against Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and against Jewish communities such as Amona during the course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Official IDF explanations for house demolitions include use as a counter-insurgency security measure to impede or halt militant operations, as a regulatory measure to enforce building codes and regulations, and as a deterrence against the resistance movement by punishing those suspected of aiding militants, and/or their families. A subject of considerable international controversy, human rights organizations have criticized the use of house demolitions by Israel as ineffective and a violation of international law, and have suggested that Israel's actual motivations are as a means of collective punishment against Palestinians and Israeli demographic objectives to seize property for the expansion of Israeli settlements.
If Americans Knew - What every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine.
International Solidarity Movement - A Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation.
Also see Wikipedia.
International Women Peace Service-Palestine - An international team of 16 women based in Hares, a village in the Salfit Governate of Palestine's West Bank. The IWPS-Palestine provides written and photographic documentation of human rights abuses in the Salfit and work with independent media and outside press to highlight human rights abuses.
Intifada: Voice of Palestine -
Provides an alternative platform to dissect, highlight and broadcast stories of Palestinian global resistance movements, and struggles for freedom and justice in the Occupied Palestine territories and also those complicit in the crimes against the Palestinian people, that are underplayed or ignored by mainstream media.
Israel Land Administration (ILA) - Over 93% of the land in Israel is public domain; that is, either property of the state, the Jewish National Fund (J.N.F) or the Development Authority. The ILA is the government agency responsible for managing this land which comprises 5,750,000 acres. "Ownership" of real estate in Israel usually means leasing rights from the ILA for 49 or 98 years.
Israel-Lebanon Conflict - This page pulls together all the work done by Human Rights Watch on the conflicts between Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah, including reports, news releases, a Q and A on the hostilities, and opinion articles.
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) - Committed to building peace between Israelis and Palestinians by challenging discriminatory Israeli policies.
Also see Wikipedia article on Jeff Halper,
anthropologist, author, lecturer, political activist, and co-founder and Coordinator of ICAHD.
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Official website. Law, government organization and structure, leaders and personalities, peace process, cultural news, economic news, religious information.
Jerusalem Fund, The - A Washington-based non-profit humanitarian organization. The Center is dedicated to the study and analysis of the relationship between the United States and the Middle East, with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) - Sponsors programs and research aimed at influencing security policy makers, military officials, diplomats, and the defense community at large as to Israeli security needs.
Jewish Virtual Library - Comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia. More than 6,000 articles and 2,000 photographs and maps have been integrated into the site. The Library has 13 wings: History, Women, The Holocaust, Travel, Israel and The States, Maps, Politics, Biography, Israel, Religion, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, Vital Statistics and Reference. Each of these has numerous subcategories. Under Religion, for example, is the complete text of the Tanakh, information on Jewish holidays and material on relations between Jews and Christians and Muslims. The Politics wing includes collections on U.S.-Israel relations, the United Nations and the peace process. The Reference section has bibliographies of more than 1,000 books and 1,000 web sites, and a glossary of more than 1,000 words and a time-line for the history of Judaism.
Jews Against Zionism - Dedicated to promoting the position of thousands of Jews who do not believe in the validity of a Jewish State of Israel.
Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel (JPPI) - A group of American Jews who believe that a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel is attainable through negotiations based on international law and the implementation of relevant United Nations (UN) resolutions.
Love Under Apartheid -
Indigenous Palestinians have been living under Israeli military occupation for nearly 70 years now.
These stories capture singular moments of love in struggle.
Mitchell Report - Full text of the 30 Apr 01 report of the Sharm el-Sheikh fact-finding committee, with recommendations on steps to take for Mideast peace. From the U.S. State Department.
Occupation 101 -
A powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. See complete film on YouTube and Free Documentaries.
Occupation Magazine - Established in October 2004 by a group of Israeli anti-occupation activists who were disturbed by the growing discrepancy between the grim reality which they observed in the Occupied Territories, and the way in which it was (and is) reported in the main stream media. The ongoing colonization policy in the Occupied Territories is being misrepresented by the Israeli and U.S. media as "fight against terror" and a "struggle for Israel's existence/security." In reality, colonization policies promote terror and endanger the future of both nations.
Palestine.net - Land, people, news, business, history, and culture.
Palestine Center - The educational program of the Jerusalem Fund, gives voice to the Palestinian narrative through policy briefings, lecture series, conferences, symposia, scholarly research publications and an extensive research library. The Center’s analysis emphasizes a Palestinian perspective on the peace process, the Right of Return and final status negotiations, elections, international law, media coverage of Israel and Palestine and U.S. foreign policy in the region.
Palestine Facts - Information on historical, military, and political background to the struggle between Israel and Palestinian Arabs.
Palestine Media Watch - Media watch group monitoring anti-Palestinian bias in U.S. news.
Palestine Monitor - Commentary and analysis of the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; insights and views on Palestinian civil society.
Palestine Remembered: The Home of All Ethnically Cleansed Palestinians - Creates a medium where refugees can communicate, organize, and share their experiences amongst themselves. Provides a comprehensive source of information about the villages and cities that were ethnically cleansed, looted, and destroyed by the Israeli army. Preserves the memories and the experiences of the Palestinian people around the world, especially the 726,000 Palestinians refugees who were ethnically cleansed from their homes, farms, and businesses as a result of the 1948 war.
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, Jerusalem (PASSIA) - Founded in March 1987 by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi and by a group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals in Jerusalem. Seeks to present the Palestinian Question in its national, Arab and international contexts through academic research, dialogue and publication.
Palestine Chronicle - Provides daily news, commentary, features and book reviews on a variety of subjects, yet is largely focused on Palestine, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East as a whole.
Palestine Facts - Dedicated to providing comprehensive and accurate information regarding the historical, military, and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Arabs.
Palestine: Information with Provenance - Provides access to web-sites and on-line maps, articles, books, audio/video clips and films about Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and ackgrounders on authors, speakers, journalists and broadcasters whose opinions you'll find here.
Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations' Network (PNGO Network) - PNGO was established in September 1993, after the signing of the Oslo Accords, with the objective of enhancing coordination, consultation and cooperation among the different sectors of civil society. Since then PNGO has become an important component of Palestinian society and serves as an essential coordination mechanism for the NGO sector at the local, regional and international level.
Palestinian Hydrology Group - A Palestinian non-government organization striving to promote the role of women and civil societies in managing local water and its related environmental resources to ensure transparency, good water governance and just and equal provision of water and sanitation services to the rural and marginal communities in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestinian Refugee Researchnet - A non-partisan project devoted to the dissemination of ideas and scholarly information, in an effort to foster scholarly collaboration, policy research, and innovative thinking on the Palestinian refugee issue.
Palestinian Return Centre - An independent academic/media consultancy founded and registered in the United Kingdom in 1996. It specializes in the research, analysis, and monitor of issues pertaining to the dispersed Palestinians and their right to return. It also serves as an information repository on other related aspects of the Palestine Question and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Pappé, Ilan - One of the "New Historians" who take a critical view of Zionist narratives and Israel's history. Pappé defends the Palestinian narrative and analysis of the events of the 1948 War. In particular he subscribes to the thesis that Palestinians were intentionally expelled by Yishuv and later Israeli forces in terms of a plan drawn up even before the war.
Also may be found at Electronic Intifada.
Peace Now - Peace Now, the Israeli Peace Movement, was founded in 1978 by 348 reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. The first and only mass peace movement in Israel, Peace Now rapidly became the single most important extra-parliamentary force for peace in the country, attracting hundreds of thousands to its mass rallies and activities.
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) - Strives to promote a more fair and inclusive society in which the right to health is applied equally for all. It is PHR-Israel’s view that Israel’s prolonged occupation over Palestinian territory is the basis of human rights violations. For this reason it opposes the occupation and endeavor to put an end to it.
PLO Negotiations Affairs Department - Established in 1994 in Gaza in order to follow up on the implementation of the Interim Agreement signed between Israel and the PLO. Also see links to related sites.
Raising Yousuf: A Diary of a Mother Under Occupation - Laila El-Haddad blog: "This blog is about raising my son Yousuf in the occupied Gaza Strip while working as a journalist, and everything that entails from potty training to border crossings. Together, we endure a lot, and the personal becomes political."
Report on Jenin - This report was prepared on the basis of General Assembly Resolution ES-10/10 (.pdf), adopted on 7 May 2002, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to present a report, drawing upon the available resources and information, on the recent events that took place in Jenin and other Palestinian cities. The General Assembly requested the report following the disbandment of the United Nations fact-finding team that had been convened by the Secretary-General in response to Security Council resolution 1405 of 19 April 2002.
Saudi Initiative - Arab League Beirut Declaration of 28 March 2002.
Stop the Wall - The grassroots Palestinian anti-apartheid wall campaign.
Tenet Plan - Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire and security plan, proposed by CIA Director George Tenet 13 Jun 01. From the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
UN Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL) - The main collection contains the texts of current and historical United Nations material concerning the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation and the search for peace.
UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) - Created in 1978 to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area.
UN Resolutions on Palestine - Security Council Resolutions, General Assembly Resolutions, and resolutions of other UN Bodies. For full text of resolutions go to UNISPAL.
United Nations Development Programme/Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP) - Working in partnership with a number of donor countries, non-governmental and community organizations, as well as the Palestinian Authority, the UNDP/PAPP provides services and programs to the Palestinian people in development areas such as: rebuilding of Palestinian infrastructure, employment generation, local and rural development, poverty reduction, human development through education, environment, as well as crisis prevention and recovery.
Who Profits: The Israeli Occupation Industry - Israeli and international corporations are directly involved in the occupation: in the construction of Israeli colonies and infrastructure in the occupied territories, in the settlements’ economy, in building walls and checkpoints, in the supply of specific equipment used in the control and repression of the civilian population under occupation. This database reflects an on-going grassroots investigation effort by activists in The Coalition of Women for Peace, a leading Israeli feminist peace organization, dedicated to ending the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights and reaching a just peace in Israel/ Palestine. In exposing companies and corporations involved in the occupation, it hopes to promote a change in public opinion and corporate policies, leading to an end to the occupation.
Witness Gaza -
Information about Israeli violence against the Palestinian people. Documents Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank.
Wye River Memorandum - Full text of the 1998 Israeli-Palestinian agreement that lays out steps to facilitate the implementation of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip of September 28, 1995. From ArabicNews.
Yesh Din - Volunteers who have organized to oppose the continuing violation of Palestinian human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
al-Akhbar - Features original content of opinion, analysis, and field stories as well as photo blogs chronicling the latest developments across the Middle East. Based in Lebanon.
Cedar Revolution - Wikipedia backgrounder. Cedar Revolution has become the most commonly used name for the chain of demonstrations and popular civic action in Lebanon (mainly Beirut) triggered by the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005.
Islamic Resistance - Lebanon - Lebanese Hezbollah resistance site. Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement. Nasrallah is considered one of the most powerful and charismatic figures in the Middle East. Under his leadership, Hezbollah became a serious opponent of the Israeli occupation.
Save Lebanon - The purpose of this website is to facilitate and coordinate efforts to support the cessation of the acts of violence Israel is committing against the Lebanese people.
Ta'if Accord - This agreement, which ended the civil war in Lebanon, was negotiated in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia, in September 1989 and approved by the Lebanese parliament on 4 November 1989.
Anna Baltzer: Witness in Palestine - Stories and photographs from a Jewish American's peacework documenting human rights abuses and supporting nonviolent direct action in the West Bank with the International Women's Peace Service.
Jadaliyya - An independent ezine produced by ASI (Arab Studies Institute), a network of writers associated with the Arab Studies Journal.
Ma'an News Agency - Ma'an means 'together' in Arabic. It is a Palestinian on-line news agency that publishes up-to-the-minute news in Arabic, English, and Hebrew.
Marc Lynch - Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
He publishes frequently on the politics of the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Arab media and information technology, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Islamist movements.
Middle East Journal - Provides original and objective analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. Published quarterly for over 50 years by the Middle East Institute.
Middle East News Agency (MENA) - An Internet service gives its subscribers a real-time news service covering regional and international news.
Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) - MERIP provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources. The magazine has developed a reputation for independent analysis of events and developments in the Middle East.
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) - MERIA is a project owned and edited by Prof. Barry Rubin. It is produced in conjunction with the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Its goal is to advance research on the Middle East and foster scholarly communication and cooperation.
Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs - A 140-page magazine published 10 times per year in Washington, DC, that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region.
Middle East Organizations: Political Groups/Study Associations/University Departments
Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) - Publishes The Link, a bi-monthly publication challenging prevailing myths and stereotypes about Arabs, Muslims and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also see glossary for references to the Arab World, Islam, the Holy Land and, most particularly, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Arab League - Established in 1945. It has 22 members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Brookings Institution: The Saban Center for Middle East Policy - Draws on a diverse staff with expertise in such issues as regime change and nation building in Iraq, Palestinian-Israeli peace, and U.S. relations with the Islamic world. As an integral part of the Foreign Policy Studies program, the Center provides a forum for all Brookings scholars engaged in Middle East-related research.
CSIS Middle East Program - Research and published analysis on U.S. policy toward the Middle East.
European Association of Middle East Studies (Eurames) - Eurames is an association of national scholarly societies for Middle Eastern studies, which each carries out extensive networking and research-related activities.
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) -
Offers journalists and editors quick access to information about Palestine and the Palestinians, as well as expert sources — both in the U.S. and in the Middle East.
International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) - A media center developed in collaboration between Palestinian and International journalists to provide an English language media coverage of Israel-Palestine.
Middle East Observatory - A geopolitical study and research center based in Montreal, Canada, covering the Middle East.
Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC) - A national nonprofit organization working to increase public knowledge about the peoples, places, and cultures of the Middle East, including the Arab world, Israel, Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan.
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) - MESA is a private, non-profit, non-political learned society that brings together scholars, educators and those interested in the study of the region from all over the world. From its inception in 1966 with 50 founding members, MESA has increased its membership to more than 2,600 and now serves as an umbrella organization for more than sixty institutional members and thirty-nine affiliated organizations. The association is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Council of Area Studies Associations, and a member of the National Humanities Alliance. As part of its goal to advance learning, facilitate communication and promote cooperation, MESA sponsors an annual meeting that is a leading international forum for scholarship, intellectual exchange and pedagogical innovation. It is responsible for the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the premiere journal on the region, the MESA Bulletin and a quarterly newsletter. An awards program recognizes scholarly achievement, service to the profession and exemplary student mentoring.
MIFTAH: The Palestinian Intiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy - Miftah's underlying premise is the integration of several processes: Palestinian nation-building and empowerment on the basis of the principles of democracy, human rights, rule of law, and participatory governance; international reconciliation and cooperation; the gathering and dissemination of information and the active participation in the global dialogue as an equal partner.
Saban Center for Middle East Policy - Draws upon Brookings Institution staff with expertise in such issues as regime change and nation building in Iraq, Palestinian-Israeli peace, and U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. The Center provides a forum for all Brookings scholars engaged in Middle East-related research.
Washington Institute for Near East Policy -
Pro-Israel think tank devoted to maintaining and strengthening the US-Israel alliance through advocacy in the media and lobbying the executive branch. WINEP's founding director, Martin Indyk, was previously research director of AIPAC which, then as now, focuses most of its efforts on Congress.
Country Reports - Background information on economy, defense, geography, government, history, and people for Middle Eastern countries and other countries throughout the rest of the world.
H-Mideast Politics - An academic discussion forum where information and analysis can be presented of Middle East current affairs. The list takes the entire area from Morocco to Malaysia and from Kazakhstan to Somalia as its purview.
Middle East Books - Bibliography, searchable database of Middle East books.
Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) - A non-governmental organization, working for peace and justice in the Middle East; focusing on Palestine, Israel, Lebanon and Iraq. Focuses on human rights of people in the region and especially on the rights of children.
Middle East Conflict - David Masci article from the April 06, 2001 issue of The CQ Researcher.
Middle East Directory - A comprehensive guide to Middle East websites and Internet-related services in United Arab Emirates and the Middle East.
Middle East Institute (MEI) - Conduit of information between Middle Eastern nations and American policy makers and organizations.
Middle East North Africa Financial Network (MENAFN.com) - A financial portal targeting customers in the Middle East and North Africa. Investment services, consumer financial marketplaces (credit cards, loans, insurance), global portfolio tracking, personalized pages, financial tools and calculators, and business and financial information for the MENA region as well as the rest of the globe.
Middle East Photograph Archive - The Middle East Department of the University of Chicago Library maintains this archive of early photographs of the Middle East.
Middle East Studies Internet Resources - Columbia University's collection of Middle East Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on the Middle East and North Africa.
Middle Eastern, Armenian, and Central Asian Studies - Numbering in excess of 350,000 titles, UCLA Library's collections consist of materials from and relating to the Arab World, Armenia, Central Asia, Iran and Israel. Especially noteworthy are the Armenian collection (the largest in the country) and manuscript holdings in Arabic, Armenian, Ottoman Turkish and Persian.
MidEast, Armenian and Central Asian Studies - Presently numbering in excess of 350,000 titles, the collections consist of materials from and relating to the Arab World, Armenia, Central Asia, Iran and Israel.
Religions of the Middle East - Compilation of web resources on Judaism, The Bahá'í, Christianity, The Druze, Islam, and Zoroastrianism.
Qatar
Qatar-Info - Quarterly magazine, plus practical information and resources on Qatar.
Syria
Day Press (DP) - A full service news website that covers Syrian, Arabic, and International issues in politics, economy, NGOs, sports, as well as online video and documentaries.
Syria Tribune - A media channel and blog that is specialized in the Syrian 2011-2012 ongoing crisis and its impact on the country and the Middle East.
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