General Online Sources (Current)
Pan Arab news index
Alexa - Top Sites by Category: Middle East/News and Media
a.k.a. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports
Middle East and Africa database Database Seattle, WA : Reference Corporation English.
מפתח למאמרים בעברית / Mafteaḥ le-maʼamarim be-ʻIvrit
News and Current Events @CORNELL
General & Aggregated News Databases
- MideastWire.comProvides a daily newsletter of concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing via the print, radio and television media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora. 2005 - present.
- Nexis UniProvides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; and regulations. Resources include TV and radio news transcripts.
- World News ConnectionA foreign news service from the U.S. government that provides English translations for international newspaper articles and radio/television broadcasts. Coverage begins in 1997.
- Library Press Display (ProQuest)Full-color pdfs. Coverage: current 60 days. All languages. Includes newspapers from several Middle Eastern countries.
- Keesing's World News ArchiveA searchable archive of articles from: Keesing's contemporary archives, 1931-1986, and: Keesing's record of world events, 1987-. Provides a detailed summary of the world's political, social, and economic events.
- ABYZ News LinksA collection of links to news sites worldwide. Mostly current only. Includes television, radio, and online news sources. All languages.
- Access World NewsAccess World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Date coverage varies with individual newspaper.
"The CFR Campus LibGuide highlights a selection of free educational resources about U.S. foreign policy and international affairs from the Council on Foreign Relations. You can link to this LibGuide from your website or copy it to create or supplement your own LibGuides."
- The Arab League This Backgrounder explains the history and the role of the Arab League, a loose confederation of 22 Arab nations.
- Crisis Guide: Pakistan This interactive presentation traces Pakistan's evolution and the competing internal and external influences that have contributed to regular upheaval and stunted political and economic development.
- The Islamic State (ISIS) With Iraq weakened and a civil war raging in Syria, it’s unclear whether local forces and a U.S.-led international coalition can roll back the self-proclaimed Islamic State, explains this Backgrounder.
- The Sunni-Shia Divide This InfoGuide explains the religious root of tensions in the region that hinder unity in Arab countries.
- Syrian Civil War Five Years On Protests in Syria have descended into a civil war, giving rise to Islamic State militants and an outpouring of refugees and defying attempts at resolution.
- The Time of the Kurds The Kurds are one of the world's largest peoples without a state. Their history is marked by marginalization and persecution.
- U.S.-Saudi Relations The U.S.-Saudi relationship, long bound by common interests in oil and security, is showing strains over what some analysts see as waning U.S. involvement in the Middle East and a more assertive Saudi foreign policy.
- Yemen in Crisis Yemen’s mounting internal divisions and a Saudi military intervention have spawned an escalating political, military, and humanitarian crisis. The upheaval has intensified already high tensions in the Middle East.
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Milestones : Commentary on the Islamic World Offers commentary on theology, ethics, and contemporary politics that influence and affect the Islamic world. We publish articles, reviews, interviews, documents, podcasts, photo essays, and other materials that are not available in conventional secular media. As a site, Milestones performs two main functions: 1) Providing a meaningful infrastructure for an ongoing discourse of Islam, 2) Facilitating a platform for the deconstruction of Western hegemonic systems of analyses, epistemologies, political cultures, and moral sensibilities.
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MEMRI They translate videos, tv clips, that kind of thing. The translations themselves are generally linguistically sound, but they are essentially a propaganda site: They highlight videos that support their agenda -- depicting Muslims as extremists -- and they cherry-pick their content/interpretation so as to ensure that users don't receive a balanced picture. Useful site for language practice as they provide subtitles for various Arabic dialects, but always be cognizant of MEMRI's ideological leanings and to not take all of their translations literally. MEMRI is a 501(c)3 organization and it certainly isn't illegal to support them, and there is some value in providing access to fringe thought if it's placed in the correct context.
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Informed Comment-Thoughts on the Middle East, History and ReligionJuan Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context.
Digitization Project "Translatio" from the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
News Sources by Country
ALGERIA
ذو الفقار = Dhulfiqār = Dou-el-Fakar = Dhū al-faqār Published: Alger, Algeria : A. Assanhadji, [1913-1914] Language: Arabic Frequency: Weekly
Published irregularly Issues available: 1913.10.05 - 1914.01.04
الفاروق = al-Farūq = El Farouk Published: Algiers, Algeria Frequency: Weekly Issues available: 1913.02.28 - 1921.03.25
التقدم = al-Taqāddum = Attakaddoum = Le Progrès Published: Algiers Language : French, Arabic Frequency : Semimonthly Issues available : 1923.05.25 - 1931.09.15
EGYPT
Al-Ahram digital archive [1880-2014] Founded in 1876, Al-Ahram ("The Pyramids") is one of the longest-running newspapers in the Middle East. It has long been regarded as Egypt's most authoritative and influential newspaper, and one of the most important newspapers in the Arab world, with a circulation of over 1 million. Prior to 1960, the newspaper was an independent publication and was renowned for its objectivity and independence. After being nationalized by President Nasser in 1960, Al-Ahram became the de facto voice of the Egyptian government and today the newspaper is managed by the Supreme Council of Press.
al-Ahrām=الاهرام Published: al-Qāhirah : al-Ahrām. Frequency: Daily. Print began in 1876. Digital issues available: May-Dec 1890; 1892; 1895; July 1896-Jun 1900; Jan 1907-Dec 1908; Jan 1912-Dec 1913; 1943-1945; Oct-Dec 1970; scattered issues wanting. Access to content published after 1923 is restricted. [Made available by the Center for Research Libraries].
الاهرام العربى / al-Ahrām al-ʻArabī = Al Ahram al Arabi 1997- Ahrām al-ʻArabī (Online) Journal/Periodical [Cairo, Egypt] : موسسة الاهرام، 1997- [Cairo, Egypt] : Muʾassasat al-Ahrām, 1997- Arabic.
The Egyptian Gazette, a daily newspaper catering to English and French speaking residents of Alexandria, began publication in 1880. This website is product of a digital microhistory course at Florida State University, which was offered for the first time in fall 2016. The aim of this course is to produce a digital version of the paper for the years 1905-8, including full structure and content markup. This website presents the contents of the paper, and host student analysis of our findings.
Egyptian Press Archive of CEDEJ Presented online by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina . "The CEDEJ and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina are pleased to present, through the digitization of more than 800,000 articles in Arabic, English and French, 40 years of Egyptian political, cultural and economic life - from the mid-1970s until 2010... Since the year 1976, the CEDEJ formed a documentary collection of 800,000 articles from the principal organs of the Egyptian press and classified according to 15 thematic areas, which are divided into themes and sub-themes. The CEDEJ catalogued and indexed the archives, preparing the material for online dissemination. The BA, as a leader in the digitization of Arabic text, designed and implemented a proficient workflow for digitizing this valuable collection using state-of-the-art technology, while applying digitization best practices in the production of a user friendly website encompassing the whole collection. Moreover, the BA has implemented convenient browsing facilities and search functionalities to allow easy access to the material available. This work was carried out from 24 Egyptian and Arabic newspapers - daily and weekly - including 13 print and 11 digital media. Through these scanned articles, we can follow the evolution of swathes of contemporary Egyptian society'"
al-Shaʼb (الشعب) -Published : Cairo, Egypt Issues available : 1910.03.21 - 1910.05.19
al-ʼAlam = العلم - Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1910.03.07 - 1910.07.31
Miṣr al-fatāh =Misr al-Fatāt = Masr el-Fatat = مصر الفتاة Published : Cairo, Egypt Issues available : 1908.12.01 - 1909.05.31
المؤيد = al-Muʼayyad = al-Muʼayyid = al-Mu'aiyad - Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1889.12.01 - 1905.12.31.
al-Muqaṭṭam = al-Mokattan = (المقطم) - Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1940.09.01 - 1952.09.30
al-Miṣrī =المصري Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1950.01.01 - 1953.09.30
al-Balāgh = البلاغ = Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1918.08.07 - 1952.12.31
Children’s Literature: Studies and Research: https://acss.journals.ekb.eg/ Published semi-annually and specializes in children’s literature.” http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/373506.aspx
Fehrst (Index), which is published by the bibliography department at the National Library: https://fehrst.journals.ekb.eg Publishes research studies on libraries and managing information and knowledge.
Magalet Misr Al-Hadeetha (Modern Egypt): https://nmisr.journals.ekb.eg/ Publishes original research on modern and contemporary Egyptian history.
Ruznama (Calendar): https://ruznama.journals.ekb.eg Publishes peer-reviewed research on archives and historical documents, and studies concerning securing historical documents and the technical issues concerning indexing them. It also publishes research on Egyptian political, economic, social and cultural history.
Turathyat (Heritage): https://tars.journals.ekb.eg Publishes short research and articles in the field of heritage and old manuscripts.
IRAN
Parkhāsh. Presented here as part of the ‘revolution’ series, this periodical was published in Isfahan and Tehran by Ahmad Anvari, a noted supporter of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. It reflected views from across the political spectrum of the National Front, the broad umbrella organisation which gathered several political groups and individual supporters of Mossadegh. Parkhash’s first series ended with the coup d’état against Mossadegh in August 1953. The run presented here was published in the spring and summer of 1979 by Anvari who kept the periodical’s logo from the first series. This run provides an insight into the stance of the National Front vis-à-vis the emerging Islamic Republic as well as reflections on seminal events of the Mossadegh premiership, including the July 1952 uprising and the coup d’état. Parkhāsh was banned in August 1979 after publishing a commemorative issue on the August 1953 coup.
IRAQ
Baghdad News Published: Baghdad, Iraq , Asia Printing and Publishing Company, Language : English Frequency: Daily (except Saturday)
Issues available : 1964.07.14 - 1967.12.03
Baghdad Times Published: Baghdad, Iraq Language : English Frequency: Daily Issues available : 1918.01.01 - 1923.02.26
The Iraq Times Published: Baghdad : Times Press Ltd., -1964 Frequency: Daily Language: In English and Arabic Issues available: 1948.01.02 - 1964.05.31
Times of Mesopotamia "Incorporating the Baṣrah times & ... the Times of Iraq." Published: Baṣrah : Times Press, Began in 1921; ceased Feb. 28, 1933. Language : In English and Arabic Issues available: 1921.07.11 - 1924.11.28
Baghdad Times 1918-1923
Times of Mesopotamia 1921-1924
al-Ikhāʼ al-waṭanī (الاخاء الوطني) 1931-1931
al-Ahālī (الأهالي) 1932-1962
Ṣawt al-ahālī (صوت الأهالي) 1934-1954
al-Mabdaʼ (المبدأ) 1935
The Iraq Times 1948-1964
Ṣadá al-Ahālī (صدى الأهالي) 1949-1952
al-Muwāṭin (المواطن) 1960-1963
LEBANON
al-Akhbār = الأخبار Published : Lebanon Issues available : 1958.12.16 - 1972.12.02
Open Access Newspaper Archive: Lebanon
MOROCCO
Tangier Gazette: Al-Moghreb Al-Aksa & Morocco Published : Tangier, Morocco Language: English Issues available: 1927.01.29 - 1933.12.29
Tangier Gazette and Al-Moghreb Al-Aksa Published : Tangier, Morocco Language : English, French Issues available: 1949.05.27 -1950.12.29
Tangier Gazette and Morocco Mail Published : Tangier, Morocco Language : English Issues available: 1934.01.05 -1940.05.28
SYRIA
- al-Akhbār (الأخبار) 1949-1950
- al-Anbāʼ (الانباء) 1948
- ʼAṣā al-jannah (عصا الجنة) 1950
- al-Balad (البلد) 1950
- Fatá al-ʼArab (فتى العرب) 1922-1923
- al-Fayḥāʼ (الفيحاء) 1924-1926
- al-Fayḥāʼ (الفيحاء) 1950
- al-Ḥawādith (الحوادث) 1950
- Alif bāʼ (ألف با) 1921-1954
- Dālīl Ḥomṣ (دليل حمص) 1922
- al-Ikhāʼ (iالإخاء) 1910-1923
- al-Inshāʼ (iالانشاء) 1949-1950
- al-Iṣlāḥ (الإصلاح) 1949-1959
- al-Ittiḥād (الاتحاد) 1928
- al-Jabal (الجبل) 1949-1950
- al-Jihād (الجهاد) 1931
- al-Khabar (الخبر) 1949-1950
- al-Mudāʼib (المداعب) 1930
- Ṣadá Sūrīyah (صدى سوريا) 1925
- al-Sharq (الشرق) 1917
- al-Sūrī (السوري) 1949-1950
- Sūriah al-jadidah (سورية الجديدة) 1921
TURKEY
- Select historical Turkish newspapers collection from Istanbul University Istanbul University recently began a historical newspaper project in which they digitized newspapers dating from 1928-1942 and made them freely accessible.
- Web Archive of Independent News Sites on Turkish Affairs
Ankara University Newspaper collection
1. Akşam 2. Cumhuriyet ( SBF Koleksiyonundan ) 3. Gaye-i Milliye 4. Hakimiyet-i Milliye(Milli Kütüphane Koleksiyonundan) 5. İkdam Gazetesi (SBF Koleksiyonundan) 6. Peyam Gazetesi (SBF Koleksiyonundan) 7. Servet Gazetesi (SBF Koleksiyonundan) 8. Servet-i Fünun(Milli Kütüphane Koleksiyonundan) 9. Takvim-i Vekayi(Milli Kütüphane Koleksiyonundan) 10. Tanin Gazetesi (SBF Koleksiyonundan) 11. Tarik Gazetesi (SBF Koleksiyonundan) 12. Tercüman-ı Hakikat(Milli Kütüphane Koleksiyonundan) 13. Ulus Gazetesi ( SBF Koleksiyonundan ) 14. Vatan Gazetesi ( SBF Koleksiyonundan ) 15. Yeni İstanbul ( SBF Koleksiyonundan ) 16. Yeni Sabah 17. Zafer 18. Zaman
Fehrst (Index), which is published by the bibliography department at the National Library: https://fehrst.journals.ekb.eg Publishes research studies on libraries and managing information and knowledge.
Select Historical Newspapers * The Americas
البيان = al-Bayān = The explanation. Published : Niyūyūrk : Sulaymān Baddūr, 1911- Frequency Three times a week. Note: Each issue includes an index. Digital issues available : Jan 24, 1911-Jan 22 1916; Jan 25, 1917-Jul 31, 1926; Jan 25-Dec 31, 1938. [Made available by the Center for Research Libraries]
Fatat Boston. Place of publication: Boston Published by : W.E. Shakir Dates of publication: 1914-1922 Frequency: Weekly. Language:. Arabic. Notes: "Syrian semi-weekly newspaper." Digital issues available: Dec 28, 1917-May 8, 1919
al-Hudá [1903-1904; Jan-Jun 1908] Other titles: Hoda = Guidance = Jarīdat al-Hudá = Hudá al-jadīdah = New Al-Hoda.
Published in: New York, N.Y. Began Feb. 22, 1898.
Issues for <Sept. 17, 1971-Feb. 22, 1972> have also romanized title:Al-Hoda.
Issues for <Feb. 22, 1972-> have also Arabic title: Jarīdat al-Hudá (al-jadīdah)
Issues for <Aug. 31, 1984-Sept. 14, 1984> have also Arabic title: Hudá al-jadīdah.
Issues for <Aug. 31, 1984-Sept. 14, 1984> have also title: New Al-Hoda.
[Made available by the Center for Research Libraries]
See also: الهدى = al-Hoda = al-Hudá = Jarīdat al-Hudá [1898-1941] from Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Kawkab Amirka كوكب أميركا. The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University has funded the digitization of rare items pertinent to its subject, including surviving issues of the first Arabic-language newspaper published in the U.S., Kawkab Amirka كوكب أميركا; the set begins with the first issue, dated April 15, 1892, and ends with the February 28, 1896 issue.
La Reforma and el Mundo Árabe (1930-2014)
Weekly social, cultural and literary newspaper of Arab community in Chile
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Published by : Jorge Sabaj Zurob
Dates available: 1930-2014
The Syrian world : a monthly magazine in English dealing with Syrian affairs and Arabic literature. Published : New York : Syrian-American Pr., 1926-1935. "Sample issues of The Syrian World are available, along with full indexes and tables of contents for The Syrian World between 1926 and 1932. To access the complete, fully-searchable archive of The Syrian World, please contact the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies"
Spotlights * Interdisciplinary * General Interest Newspapers & Magazines
- Routledge Handbook on Arab Media by This handbook provides the first comprehensive reference book in English about the development of mass and social media in all Arab countries. Capturing the historical as well as current developments in the media scene, this collection maps the role of media in social and political movements. Contributors include specialists in the field from North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Each chapter provides an overview of the history, regulatory frameworks and laws governing the press, and socio-political functions of the media. While the geopolitical complexities of the region have been reflected in the expert analyses collectively, the focus is always the local context of each member state. All 38 chapters consider the specific historical, political, and media trajectories in each country, to provide a contextual background and foundation for further study about single states or comparative analysis in two or more Arab states. Capturing significant technological developments and the widespread use of social media, this all-inclusive volume on Arab media is a key resource for students and scholars interested in journalism, media, and Middle East studies.ISBN: 9780429427084Publication Date: 2020-11-30
- How Happy to Call Oneself a Turk : provincial newspapers and the negotiation of a Muslim national identity by The modern nation-state of Turkey was established in 1923, but when and how did its citizens begin to identify themselves as Turks? Mustafa Kemal Atat#65533;rk, Turkey's founding president, is almost universally credited with creating a Turkish national identity through his revolutionary program to "secularize" the former heartland of the Ottoman Empire. Yet, despite Turkey's status as the lone secular state in the Muslim Middle East, religion remains a powerful force in Turkish society, and the country today is governed by a democratically elected political party with a distinctly religious (Islamist) orientation. In this history, Gavin D. Brockett takes a fresh look at the formation of Turkish national identity, focusing on the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the process through which a "religious national identity" emerged. Challenging the orthodoxy that Atat#65533;rk and the political elite imposed a sense of national identity from the top down, Brockett examines the social and political debates in provincial newspapers from around the country. He shows that the unprecedented expansion of print media in Turkey between 1945 and 1954, which followed the end of strict, single-party authoritarian government, created a forum in which ordinary people could inject popular religious identities into the new Turkish nationalism. Brockett makes a convincing case that it was this fruitful negotiation between secular nationalism and Islam--rather than the imposition of secularism alone--that created the modern Turkish national identity.ISBN: 9780292723597Publication Date: 2011-05-01
- Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers Researchers will find a wealth of unique content from the Middle East and North Africa, much of which has never been digitized or available as open access material. Content in the Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers collection is predominantly in Arabic, but also includes key titles in English and French. The collection comprises mostly out-of-copyright, orphaned content.
- The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: From Napoléon to ISIS
- Euro-Islam.info is an active network of researchers and scholars who conduct comparative research on Islam and Muslims in Europe and the USA and disseminate key information to politicians, media, and the public. Sponsored by the Cadbury Centre at the University of Birmingham, the site is recognized in academic, political and media circles as the most reliable online reference for Islam in Europe.
- جرائد Jarāʾid: A chronology of nineteenth-century periodicals in Arabic (1800-1900). [A Research Tool] Periodicals published in Arabic or in Arabic and in another language (like the usual pair of Arabic and Ottoman Turkish) or in Arabic written in a different script (like Judeo-Arabic) during the period from 1800 to 1900. “We chose to present the core data as a table containing information on titles, dates of first and last issue published, place(s) of publication, names of publishers and editors, language(s) of publication, and available collections. In addition, we provide various indexes of publishers and locations, as well as a bibliography of the most important secondary sources and available union catalogues. To search any part of the website, the browser's search function should be invoked (Ctrl-F for Windows, Cmd-F for Mac OSX). Please keep in mind that unicode symbols adhering to the IJMES transliteration must be used.”
- Kawkab Amirka كوكب أميركا. The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University has funded the digitization of rare items pertinent to its subject, including surviving issues of the first Arabic-language newspaper published in the U.S., Kawkab Amirka كوكب أميركا; the set begins with the first issue, dated April 15, 1892, and ends with the February 28, 1896 issue.
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Milestones: Commentary on the Islamic World "Milestones offers commentary on theology, ethics, and contemporary politics that influence and affect the Islamic world. We publish articles, reviews, interviews, documents, podcasts, photo essays, and other materials that are not available in conventional secular media. As a site, Milestones performs two main functions: 1) Providing a meaningful infrastructure for an ongoing discourse of Islam, 2) Facilitating a platform for the deconstruction of Western hegemonic systems of analyses, epistemologies, political cultures, and moral sensibilities."
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openDemocracy’s North Africa West Asia (NAWA)
- La Reforma and el Mundo Árabe (1930-2014)
Weekly social, cultural and literary newspaper of Arab community in Chile
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Published by : Jorge Sabaj Zurob
Dates available: 1930-2014 - The Syrian world : a monthly magazine in English dealing with Syrian affairs and Arabic literature. Published : New York : Syrian-American Pr., 1926-1935. "Sample issues of The Syrian World are available, along with full indexes and tables of contents for The Syrian World between 1926 and 1932. To access the complete, fully-searchable archive of The Syrian World, please contact the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies"
- A Selection of News Articles on the Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East
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Ta'seel Commons "Ta’seel Commons (Ta'seel meaning: “contextualization, to “give an asl (root) to”) is an online platform dedicated to the (re)invigoration of Islamic thought in a (post)modern world. Ta’seel Commons is an online space created for disseminating information on contemporary ‘Islams’ place in the modern world. In creating this space, we seek to impact discourses on and about Islam in the West and in the East, cutting across national and sectarian lines."
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World Politics Review Continuously updated. Articles provide analysis of trends and events in international affairs. Published online, WPR's original articles are written by a network of analysts, journalists, and scholars. Nonpartisan articles cover diplomacy, military affairs, energy, economics and related subjects.
Historical Newspapers *
Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers Researchers will find a wealth of unique content from the Middle East and North Africa, much of which has never been digitized or available as open access material. Content in the Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers collection is predominantly in Arabic, but also includes key titles in English and French. The collection comprises mostly out-of-copyright, orphaned content.
Al-Ahram digital archive [1880-2014] Founded in 1876, Al-Ahram ("The Pyramids") is one of the longest-running newspapers in the Middle East. It has long been regarded as Egypt's most authoritative and influential newspaper, and one of the most important newspapers in the Arab world, with a circulation of over 1 million. Prior to 1960, the newspaper was an independent publication and was renowned for its objectivity and independence. After being nationalized by President Nasser in 1960, Al-Ahram became the de facto voice of the Egyptian government and today the newspaper is managed by the Supreme Council of Press.
al-Ahrām=الاهرام Published: al-Qāhirah : al-Ahrām. Frequency: Daily. Print began in 1876. Digital issues available: May-Dec 1890; 1892; 1895; July 1896-Jun 1900; Jan 1907-Dec 1908; Jan 1912-Dec 1913; 1943-1945; Oct-Dec 1970; scattered issues wanting. Access to content published after 1923 is restricted. [Made available by the Center for Research Libraries].
الاهرام العربى / al-Ahrām al-ʻArabī = Al Ahram al Arabi 1997- Ahrām al-ʻArabī (Online) Journal/Periodical [Cairo, Egypt] : موسسة الاهرام، 1997- [Cairo, Egypt] : Muʾassasat al-Ahrām, 1997- Arabic.
Egyptian Press Archive of CEDEJ Presented online by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina . "The CEDEJ and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina are pleased to present, through the digitization of more than 800,000 articles in Arabic, English and French, 40 years of Egyptian political, cultural and economic life - from the mid-1970s until 2010... Since the year 1976, the CEDEJ formed a documentary collection of 800,000 articles from the principal organs of the Egyptian press and classified according to 15 thematic areas, which are divided into themes and sub-themes. The CEDEJ catalogued and indexed the archives, preparing the material for online dissemination. The BA, as a leader in the digitization of Arabic text, designed and implemented a proficient workflow for digitizing this valuable collection using state-of-the-art technology, while applying digitization best practices in the production of a user friendly website encompassing the whole collection. Moreover, the BA has implemented convenient browsing facilities and search functionalities to allow easy access to the material available. This work was carried out from 24 Egyptian and Arabic newspapers - daily and weekly - including 13 print and 11 digital media. Through these scanned articles, we can follow the evolution of swathes of contemporary Egyptian society'"
The Egyptian Gazette, a daily newspaper catering to English and French speaking residents of Alexandria, began publication in 1880. This website is product of a digital microhistory course at Florida State University, which was offered for the first time in fall 2016. The aim of this course is to produce a digital version of the paper for the years 1905-8, including full structure and content markup. This website presents the contents of the paper, and host student analysis of our findings.
al-Shaʼb (الشعب) -Published : Cairo, Egypt Issues available : 1910.03.21 - 1910.05.19
al-ʼAlam = العلم - Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1910.03.07 - 1910.07.31
Miṣr al-fatāh =Miṣr al-Fatāt = Masr el-Fatat = مصر الفتاة Published : Cairo, Egypt Issues available : 1908.12.01 - 1909.05.31
المؤيد = al-Muʼayyad = al-Muʼayyid = al-Mu'aiyad - Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1889.12.01 - 1905.12.31.
al-Muqaṭṭam = al-Mokattan = (المقطم) - Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1940.09.01 - 1952.09.30
al-Miṣrī =المصري Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1950.01.01 - 1953.09.30
al-Balāgh = البلاغ = Published : Cairo, Egypt - Issues available : 1918.08.07 - 1952.12.31
al-Akhbār = الأخبار Published : Lebanon Issues available : 1958.12.16 - 1972.12.02
ذو الفقار = Dhulfiqār = Dou-el-Fakar = Dhū al-faqār Published: Alger, Algeria : A. Assanhadji, [1913-1914] Language: Arabic Frequency: Weekly
Published irregularly Issues available: 1913.10.05 - 1914.01.04
الفاروق = al-Farūq = El Farouk Published: Algiers, Algeria Frequency: Weekly Issues available: 1913.02.28 - 1921.03.25
التقدم = al-Taqāddum = Attakaddoum = Le Progrès Published: Algiers Language : French, Arabic Frequency : Semimonthly Issues available : 1923.05.25 - 1931.09.15
Baghdad News Published: Baghdad, Iraq , Asia Printing and Publishing Company, Language : English Frequency: Daily (except Saturday)
Issues available : 1964.07.14 - 1967.12.03
Baghdad Times Published: Baghdad, Iraq Language : English Frequency: Daily Issues available : 1918.01.01 - 1923.02.26
The Iraq Times Published: Baghdad : Times Press Ltd., -1964 Frequency: Daily Language: In English and Arabic Issues available: 1948.01.02 - 1964.05.31
Times of Mesopotamia "Incorporating the Baṣrah times & ... the Times of Iraq." Published: Baṣrah : Times Press, Began in 1921; ceased Feb. 28, 1933. Language : In English and Arabic Issues available: 1921.07.11 - 1924.11.28
Baghdad Times 1918-1923
Times of Mesopotamia 1921-1924
al-Ikhāʼ al-waṭanī (الاخاء الوطني) 1931-1931
al-Ahālī (الأهالي) 1932-1962
Ṣawt al-ahālī (صوت الأهالي) 1934-1954
al-Mabdaʼ (المبدأ) 1935
The Iraq Times 1948-1964
Ṣadá al-Ahālī (صدى الأهالي) 1949-1952
al-Muwāṭin (المواطن) 1960-1963
Parkhāsh. Presented here as part of the ‘revolution’ series, this periodical was published in Isfahan and Tehran by Ahmad Anvari, a noted supporter of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. It reflected views from across the political spectrum of the National Front, the broad umbrella organisation which gathered several political groups and individual supporters of Mossadegh. Parkhash’s first series ended with the coup d’état against Mossadegh in August 1953. The run presented here was published in the spring and summer of 1979 by Anvari who kept the periodical’s logo from the first series. This run provides an insight into the stance of the National Front vis-à-vis the emerging Islamic Republic as well as reflections on seminal events of the Mossadegh premiership, including the July 1952 uprising and the coup d’état. Parkhāsh was banned in August 1979 after publishing a commemorative issue on the August 1953 coup.
al-Karmal al-jadīd = الكرمل الجديد (1934-1939)
al-Karmal = (الكرمل) 1912-1934
al-Zuhūr = (الزهور) 1930
البيان = al-Bayān = The explanation. Published : Niyūyūrk : Sulaymān Baddūr, 1911- Frequency Three times a week. Note: Each issue includes an index. Digital issues available : Jan 24, 1911-Jan 22 1916; Jan 25, 1917-Jul 31, 1926; Jan 25-Dec 31, 1938. [Made available by the Center for Research Libraries]
Fatat Boston. Place of publication: Boston Published by : W.E. Shakir Dates of publication: 1914-1922 Frequency: Weekly. Language:. Arabic. Notes: "Syrian semi-weekly newspaper." Digital issues available: Dec 28, 1917-May 8, 1919
Al-Hoda, الهدى الهدى = al-Hoda = al-Hudá = Jarīdat al-Hudá Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : N.A. Mokarzel, "Al-Hoda, or الهدى, [The Guidance] was the longest-lived of the early Arabic newspapers, published from 1898 until 1972. It was distinguished by its wide circulation--which ranged throughout North America but also stretched, by some claims, across 40 countries worldwide--and its corresponding transnational sphere of influence. Throughout its 74-year run it was owned and published by the Mokarzels, an influential family of Lebanese-Americans: it passed from the hands of its founder Naoum Antoun Mokarzal to his brother Salloum Antoun Mokarzel; upon Salloum’s death in 1952 it was published by Salloum’s daughter Mary Mokarzel. It served as an outlet for the Mokarzel brothers to shape both the Lebanese independence movement and to craft and transmit cultural and linguistic cohesion throughout the mahjar, or Arabic diaspora. In addition to its close association with Naoum and Salloum Mokarzel, it was a launching point and platform for the careers of many important writers; significantly, it published work by the women writers Marie T. Azeez and Afifa Karam. It also published numerous pieces from foreign correspondents throughout the Arab world. Though its format and content shifted throughout the decades, particularly as ownership changed hands between members of the Mokarzel family, Al-Hoda was consistent in its journalistic commitment to transnational issues and events and its engagement with the Arabic-speaking diaspora."
Mir’āt al-gharb : jarīdah siyāsīyah adabīyah tijārīyah intiqādīyah ḥurrah Publisher: New York [N.Y.] : Najīb Mūsá Diyāb, 1899-1961.
Available issues: September 1910-April 20 1922 and August 12 1925-June 30 1927. Other titles: مرآة الغرب = Meraat-ul-gharb = Mirror of the West.
"Mira’at al-Gharb, [Mirror of the West], was one of the longest-running Arabic newspapers in the United States, published from 1899 until 1961. It was founded by Najeeb Diab and owned by his family until its closure. In addition to its significant longevity, Mira’at al-Gharb is important for its affiliation with the Orthodox faith. As a counterpoint to the Maronite viewpoints that are often predominantly associated with the early Syrio-Lebanese immigrants, Mira’at al-Gharb provides valuable insight into the religious, political, and intellectual diversity of the early immigrants from Greater Syria..."
Kawkab Amirka كوكب أميركا. The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University has funded the digitization of rare items pertinent to its subject, including surviving issues of the first Arabic-language newspaper published in the U.S., Kawkab Amirka كوكب أميركا; the set begins with the first issue, dated April 15, 1892, and ends with the February 28, 1896 issue.
La Reforma and el Mundo Árabe (1930-2014)
Weekly social, cultural and literary newspaper of Arab community in Chile
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Published by : Jorge Sabaj Zurob
Dates available: 1930-2014
The Syrian world : a monthly magazine in English dealing with Syrian affairs and Arabic literature. Published : New York : Syrian-American Pr., 1926-1935. "Sample issues of The Syrian World are available, along with full indexes and tables of contents for The Syrian World between 1926 and 1932. To access the complete, fully-searchable archive of The Syrian World, please contact the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies"
SALT Araştırma: Digitized French Press in the Ottoman Empire. "This project, a collaboration between İstanbul Atatürk Library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes, aims to digitize newspapers and magazines published in French from the second half of the 19th century to the 1930s. More than a hundred titles, including periodicals printed in the Ottoman Empire as well as media published by the Young Turks of Europe, are now accessible. İstanbul Atatürk Library’s collection of Franco-Ottoman press has been digitalized by SALT Research, while the collection of Bibliothèque Nationale de France can be accessed through Gallica."
Select historical Turkish newspapers collection from Istanbul University Istanbul University recently began a historical newspaper project in which they digitized newspapers dating from 1928-1942 and made them freely accessible.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersThis database offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. For most titles, the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files. The database is an ongoing project.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily ReportsCreated by the U.S. intelligence community to benefit policy makers and analysts, FBIS Daily Reports offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Translated into English from more than 50 languages, these comprehensive media reports from around the globe include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary. This comprehensive, fully searchable edition of the FBIS Daily Reports covers such topics as political, military and social issues, economics, science and technology for eight world regions from 1941-1996.
- Times digital archive, 1785-2006Full-text and full-image articles from the Times of London for the years 1785-2006. It is a digital reproduction, cover to cover, of the paper in PDF files.
News Sources by Region
Foreign Newspapers Currently Received at the Library of Congress [Link to the newspaper collection *Alphabetical by country. The vast majority of current titles are microfilmed with only some exceptions.]
"The CFR Campus LibGuide highlights a selection of free educational resources about U.S. foreign policy and international affairs from the Council on Foreign Relations. You can link to this LibGuide from your website or copy it to create or supplement your own LibGuides."
- World Politics Review Continuously updated. Articles provide analysis of trends and events in international affairs. Published online, WPR's original articles are written by a network of analysts, journalists, and scholars. Nonpartisan articles cover diplomacy, military affairs, energy, economics and related subjects.
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The Arab LeagueThis Backgrounder explains the history and the role of the Arab League, a loose confederation of 22 Arab nations.
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Crisis Guide: PakistanThis interactive presentation traces Pakistan's evolution and the competing internal and external influences that have contributed to regular upheaval and stunted political and economic development.
- SALT Araştırma: Digitized French Press in the Ottoman Empire.
"This project, a collaboration between İstanbul Atatürk Library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes, aims to digitize newspapers and magazines published in French from the second half of the 19th century to the 1930s. More than a hundred titles, including periodicals printed in the Ottoman Empire as well as media published by the Young Turks of Europe, are now accessible. İstanbul Atatürk Library’s collection of Franco-Ottoman press has been digitalized by SALT Research, while the collection of Bibliothèque Nationale de France can be accessed through Gallica."
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The Sunni-Shia DivideThis InfoGuide explains the religious root of tensions in the region that hinder unity in Arab countries.
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Syrian Civil War Five Years OnProtests in Syria have descended into a civil war, giving rise to Islamic State militants and an outpouring of refugees and defying attempts at resolution.
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The Time of the KurdsThe Kurds are one of the world's largest peoples without a state. Their history is marked by marginalization and persecution.
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U.S.-Saudi RelationsThe U.S.-Saudi relationship, long bound by common interests in oil and security, is showing strains over what some analysts see as waning U.S. involvement in the Middle East and a more assertive Saudi foreign policy.
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Yemen in CrisisYemen’s mounting internal divisions and a Saudi military intervention have spawned an escalating political, military, and humanitarian crisis. The upheaval has intensified already high tensions in the Middle East.