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The Information Resource Center

Public Affairs Office,

U.S. Embassy, Cairo-Egypt

Homepage: http://cairo.usembassy.gov/irc/index.htm

Tel: 797-3295 – Fax: 2797-3400

LAST REVISED: JULY 7, 2009

A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

OF THE

BEST ARABIC LANGUAGE SITES on the

INTERNET

USA OFFICIAL SITES

Embassy of the United States in Egypt

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/

Visa & Consular Services

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/consular/index.htm

U.S. Government Reports

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/pa/hr_reports.htm

Trade and Development Agency

Includes all homepages of International Trade Administration (ITA) entities

www.tda.gov

www.ita.doc.gov

Home page of the Commercial Service in Egypt

http://www.buyusa.gov/egypt/ar/

Regional Arabic Book Program

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/pa/rbo.htm

U.S. Department of State

A: http://america.gov/ar/

U.S. Department of State, Office of International Information Programs

http://america.gov/ar/

PUBLICATIONS from Department of State

http://www.america.gov/publications.html

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Muslim Life in America – Arabic Language web page

http://www.america.gov/publications/books/being-muslim-in-america.html

E-Journals

http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa.html

USAID: United States AID Program in Egypt

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/usaid_ar.htm

"Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants."

http://uscis.gov/graphics/citizenship/welcomeguide/index.htm

New U.S. Web Site Helps Legal Immigrants Assimilate Welcome to USA.gov

provides wide variety of information

http://www.welcometousa.gov/

OTHERS

Search engine for ARABIC MUSIC

www.araby.com

Arabic Election Law Compendium (English, French & Arabic,)

E: http://www.arabelectionlaw.net/

A: http://www.arabelectionlaw.net/index_ar.html

Carnegie Endowment: on Middle East

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/arabic/

Arabic Reform Bulletin: from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18528&prog=zg

p&proj=zted.

Carnegie Endowment Arabic Language Website: included are translations of Carnegie papers and commentaries on the Middle East and related subjects, as well as writings published originally

in Arabic at URL: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/arabic/

Arab Reform Bulletin

http://www.alwatan.com.kw/arb/

Arab Social Science Research

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http://www.assr.org/vlibrary/source.html ASSR organized by country and by subject and by type of resources for each of the 22 Arab countries.

IFES: International Non-Profit Organization that supports building of Democratic

societies (French, Spanish & Arabic)

E: http://www.ifes.org/

A:http://www.ifes.org/publication/0db674f3b9c9c976b1aafb3c6e3b1396/IFES_Brochure_

Arabic.pdf

EGYPT: BASIC INFORMATION

Egyptian Government Services Portal

E: http://www.egypt.gov.eg/english/default.asp

A: http://www.egypt.gov.eg/arabic/default.asp

Egypt’s Information Portal

Information and Decision Support Center

http://www.idsc.gov.eg/

The Egyptian Presidency

http://www.presidency.gov.eg/

Office of the Prime Minster

http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/

The People’s Assembly

http://www.assembly.gov.eg/

The Shoura Council

http://www.shoura.gov.eg/

Egyptian Government

http://www.egypt.gov.eg/arabic/default.asp

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

http://www.mfa.gov.eg/mfa_portal/ar-EG/

Egypt State Information Service

http://www.sis.gov.eg/Ar/

The Library of Alexandria http://www.bibalex.org/arabic/index.aspx

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The Library of Alexandria / electronic books in image format (archives)

http://archive.bibalex.org/mybook/fp/

Egypt Cultural Affairs & Missions

http://www.mohe-casm.edu.eg/

MEDIA/NEWS: International (all languages)

News and Newspapers on Line http://library.uncg.edu/news/

NewsConnect: good for journalists

http://www.newsconnect.net/ World Newspapers/By Continent

www.world-newspapers.com BBC Arabic.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/news/ NEWS (around the world) all languages

www.kidon.com/media-link/index.shtml

Arab World (news, jobs, songs, etc)

www.4arabs.com Al-Ahram Newspaper

http://www.ahram.org.eg/

Al-Ahram Weekly newspaper: Review Articles: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/index.htm

Al-Akhbar Newspaper

http://www.elakhbar.org.eg/

Masrawy: A journal

http://www.masrawy.com/

ALJADID Magazine: A Review and records of Arab Cultures and Arts

http://www.aljadid.com/

AFKAR: (Tunisia) Revue Intellectuelle Electronique (Arabic, French & English)

http://www.afkaronline.org/

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El Bab magazine (an open door to the Arab World):

http://www.al-bab.com/arab/docs/iraq/unscr1441.htm

Al Jazeera Net

http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8FD54E7F-56C5-49A0-B60A-89A67426F3B3.htm

Filbalad: Conversations & News

http://www.filbalad.com/

Review of Arabic Literature: IN ENGLISH

BANIPAL: Magazine of Arabic literature

www.banipal.co.uk

WOMEN

U.N. Division for the Advancements of Women (DAW) E: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/

A: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/419/72/PDF/N0641972.pdf?OpenElement

Arabic Libraries & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)

Amman Center for Human Rights Studies http://achrs.org/arabic/default.asp

ARABIC LIBRARIES

http://www.cybrarians.info/dir/1.htm

ARAB LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

http://www.cybrarians.info/ Directories of Open Access E-Journals

http://www.cybrarians.info/journal/index.htm

MOTION PICTURES

Arab Film TV School

http://arabfilmtvschool.edu.eg/mainpage.asp Syria Live Net…..Arabic Plays & Movies on the net

http://www.syrialive.net/Entertainment/movies/movies_arabic_clips.htm

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DICTIONARIES/LANGUAGE LEARNING

Arabic Language Wikipedia – the free Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language

Open Directory Project http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/

MSN Arabia …Search Engine….All subjects’http://www.arabic.arabia.msn.com/?DC=true

FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS:

Children & Youth

http://www.bara3m.com/

KIDS: for Entertainment

http://tofoula.blogspirit.com/

International Digital Children’s Library

Authors & Illustrators: http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/AuthorList?lang=Arabic Search: http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/SimpleSearchCategorySEARCH

SEARCH ENGINES ALL THE WEB

www.alltheweb.com

Learn Arabic from Alltheweb.com website

http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=utf8&q=arabic&rys=0&itag=crv&

_sb_lang=any Basic and All Search engines listed on one page

www.allsearchengines.com

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES:

MIDDLE EAST DEPARTMENTS AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University

Harvard University Sackler Museum 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

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Contact: Gülru Necipoglu, Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture (agakhan@fas.harvard.edu)

Phone: 617-495-2355 • fax 617-496-8389 agakhan@fas.harvard.edu http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Room 10-390 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139-4307 Contact: Nasser Rabbat, Director (nasser@mit.edu ) Phone: 617-253-1400 • fax 617-258-8172 akpiarch@mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/

Brandeis University

Crown Center for Middle East Studies

Mailstop 010 Waltham MA 02454-9110 Contact: Kristina Cherniahivsky ,Associate Director (kristina@brandeis.edu ) Phone: 781-736-5320 • fax 781-736-5324 crowncenter@brandeis.edu http://www.brandeis.edu/crown

Brown University

Middle East Studies Program

Providence RI 02912 Contact: David Kennedy, Interim Director (david_kennedy@brown.edu) Phone: 401-863-2038 • fax 401-863-7337 watson_institute@brown.edu http://www.watsoninstitute.org/middleeast/index.cfm

Columbia University

Middle East Institute

1114 International Affairs Bldg New York NY 10027 Contact: Peter J. Awn, Director (awn@columbia.edu) Phone: 212-854-2584 • fax 212-854-1413 amb49@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/mei

Cornell University

Dept of Near Eastern Studies

409 White Hall Ithaca NY 14853-7901 Contact: Kim Haines-Eitzen, Chair (kjh10@cornell.edu) Phone: 607-255-6275 • fax 607-255-6450 neareastern@cornell.edu http://www.arts.cornell.edu/nes/index.html

Emory University Dept of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies 537 Kilgo Circle S-312 Callaway Center Atlanta, GA 30322 Contact: Nick Fabian, Academic Department Administrator (rfabian@emory.edu) Phone: (404) 727-2697 • fax (404) 727-2133

http://mesas.emory.edu/

Dartmouth College

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program

101D Bartlett Hall Hanover, NH 03755

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Dartmouth College Hanover NH 03755-3525 Contact: Steven Ericson, Program Chair (steven.ericson@dartmouth.edu ) Phone: 603-646-2861 • fax 603-646-3115 asian.studies@dartmouth.edu http://www.dartmouth.edu/~asia

Duke University

Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)

222 Trent Hall, Box 90414 Durham NC 27705 Contacts: Leo Ching, Chair (lching@duke.edu) Miriam Cooke, Professor, Asian & African Languages & Literature (mcw@duke.edu) Phone: 919-684-2312 • fax 919-681-7871 http://www.duke.edu/web/aall/major-minor.html

Foundation for Iranian Studies

4343 Montgomery Ave #200 Bethesda MD 20814 Contact: Mahnaz Afkhami, Director Phone: 301-657-1990 • fax 301-657-1983 fis@fis-iran.org http://www.fis-iran.org

Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

Intercultural Center 241 Washington DC 20057-1020 Contact: Michael Hudson, Director (hudsonm@georgetown.edu) Phone: 202-687-5793 • fax 202-687-7001 ccasinfo@georgetown.edu http://ccas.georgetown.edu

Georgetown University, Prince Alwaleed Center Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

3700 O Street NW Intercultural Center (ICC) Suite 260 Washington, D.C. 20057 Phone: 001-202-687-8375 • fax 001-202-687-8376 Contact: Ali Mazrui, Co-chair Academic Council (2006-2009) (amazrui@binghamton.edu) John L. Esposito, Director (jle2@georgetown.edu) Phone: 202-687-8375 • fax 202-687-8376 cmcu@georgetown.edu http://cmcu.georgetown.edu

Georgia State University

Middle East Institute

PO Box 4089 Atlanta GA 30303-4089 Contact: Dona J. Stewart, Director (djstewart@gsu.edu ) Phone: 404-413-6146 • fax 404-413-6141 http;//www.gsu.edu/mideast

Harvard University

Center for Middle Eastern Studies

38 Kirkland Street Cambridge MA 02138 Contact: Stevem Caton, Chair (caton@wjh.harvard.edu ) Phone: 617-495-4056 • fax 617-496-8584 cmes@fas.harvard.edu http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu

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Georgetown University, Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)

Intercultural Center Box 571033 Washington DC 20057-1033 Contact: David Cuthell, Director (dcc21@columbia.edu) Phone: 202-687-0295 • fax 202-687-3780 dcc@turkishstudies.org http://www.turkishstudies.org

Johns Hopkins University

School for Advanced International Studies

1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC 20036

Contact: John M. Harrington, Associate Dean (jharrington@jhu.edu)

Phone: 202-663-5745 • fax 202-663-5619 plewis@jhu.edu or zartman@jhu.edu http://www.sais-jhu.edu/index.html

Brigham Young University National Middle East Language Resource Center

214 HRCB Provo UT 84602 Contact: Kirk Belnap, Director (belnap@byu.edu) Phone: 801-422-7192 • fax 801-422-0382 nmelrc-research@byu.edu http://www.nmelrc.org

New York University

Hagop Kevokian Center for Near Eastern Studies

50 Washington Sq South New York NY 10012 Contact: Michael Gilsenan, Director (michael.gilsenan@nyu.edu) Phone: 212-998-8877 • fax 212-995-4144 Kevorkian.center@nyu.edu http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast

Ohio State University

Middle East Studies Center 325 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave Columbus OH 43210-1219 Contact: Alam Payind, Director (payind.1@osu.edu) Phone: 614-292-5897 • fax 614-292-4273 mesc@osu.edu http://mesc.osu.edu

Princeton University, Program in Near Eastern Studies

110 Jones Hall Princeton NJ 08544-1008

Contacts: M. Sükrü Hanioğlu, Director (hanioglu@princeton.edu) Christine Riley, Program Manager (criley@princeton.edu) Phone: 609-258-4272 • fax 609-258-9055 nep@princeton.edu http://www.princeton.edu/~nep

Princeton University, Institute for the Transregional Study of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

327 Aaron Burr Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Contacts: Bernard Haykel, Director (haykel@princeton.edu) Joyce Slack, Program Manager (jslack@Princeton.edu) Phone: 609-258-2178 • fax 609-258-0204 transreg@princeton.edu http://www.princeton.edu/~transreg/

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Stanford University

Sohaib and Sara Abassi Program in Islamic Studies

Encina Hall West Rm 216 Stanford CA 94305-6045 Contact: Robert C. Gregg, Director (rgregg@stanford.edu)

Phone: (650) 736 8169 • fax (650) 723 3010 http://www.stanford.edu/dept/islamic_studies/

Syracuse University

Middle Eastern Studies Program

332 Eggers Hall Syracuse NY 13244-1090 Contact: Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Director (mboroujerdi@maxwell.syr.edu) Phone: 315-443-5877 • fax 315-443-9082 mes@maxwell.syr.edu http://middle-eastern-studies.syr.edu

Tufts University, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy

160 Packard Avenue Medford MA 02155 Contact: Leila Fawaz, Director (leila.fawaz@tufts.edu) Phone: 617-627-6560 • fax 617-627-3461 Fares-center@tufts.edu http://farescenter.tufts.edu

Tufts University, Program on Southwest Asia & Islamic Civilization

Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy

Cabot 603 Medford MA 02155 Contact: Andrew C. Hess, Director (Andrew.hess@tufts.edu) Phone: 617-627-2734 • fax 617-627-3388 http://fletcher.tufts.edu/swaic/

United States Naval Academy

Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies 106 Maryland Avenue annapolis MD 21402

Contact: Brannon Wheeler, Director (bwheeler@usna.edu)

Phone: 410-293-6307 • fax 410-293-2994 http://www.usna,edu/MiddleEast/index.html

University of Arizona

Center for Middle Eastern Studies

845 N Park Ave, Room 470 Tucson AZ 85721 Contact: Anne H. Betteridge, Director (anneb@u.arizona.edu) Phone: 520-621-5450 • fax 520-621-9257 mideast@mail.arizona.edu http://www.cmes.arizona.edu

University of Arkansas

King Fahd Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies

202 Old Main Fayetteville AR 72701 Contact: Thomas Paradise, Director (paradise@uark.edu) Phone: 479-575-4157 • fax 479-575-3629 mest@uark.edu http://www.uark.edu/depts/mesp/

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University of California, Berkeley

Center for Middle Eastern Studies 340 Stephens Hall #2314 Berkeley CA 94720 Contact: Nezar AlSayyad, Center Chair (nezar@berkeley.edu) Phone: 510-642-8208 • fax 510-643-3001 cmes@berkeley.edu http://cmes.berkeley.edu

University of California, Los Angeles

Gustav von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies

10286 Bunche Hall, PO Box 951480 Los Angeles CA 90095-1480 Contact: Susan Slyomovics, Director (ssly@anthro.ucla.edu) Phone: 310-825-1181 • fax 310-206-2406 cnes@international.ucla.edu http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/

University of California, Santa Barbara Center for Middle East Studies

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Contact: Dwight Reynolds, Director (dreynold@religion.ucsb.edu)

Phone : 805.893.4245• fax 805.893.2059

cmes@isber.ucsb.edu http://www.cmes.ucsb.edu/

University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies

University of Chicago

Pick hall 201, 5828 s. university Ave.

Chicago, IL 60637

Contact: Holly Shissler, Director (ashissle@uchicago.edu)

Phone: 773.702.8297 cmes@uchicago.edu http://www.cmes.uchicago.edu/

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Rm 221, 910 South Fifth Street Champaign IL 61820 Contacts: Hadi Esfahani, Director (esfahani@illinois.edu) Ritu Saksena, Associate Director (rsaksena@illinois.edu) Phone: 217-244-7331 • fax 217-265-6399 csames@illinois.edu http://www.csames.uiuc.edu/

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Middle Eastern Studies Program

729 Herter Hall 161 Presidents Drive University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 Contact: Tayeb El-Hibri, Director (telhibri@judnea.umass.edu) Phone: 413-545-5874• fax 413-545-5876 Judaic@judnea.umass.edu http://www.umass.edu/judaic/

University of Michigan

Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies

1080 South University Suite 2607 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1106 Contact: Gottfried Hagen, Director (ghagen@umich.edu)

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Phone: 734-764-0350 • fax 734-764-8523 cmenas@umich.edu http://www.ii.umich.edu/cmenas/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East & Muslim Civilizations

301 Pittsboro Street 3025 FedEx Global Education Center Campus Box 7582 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7582 Contact: Carl W. Ernst, Director (cernst@email.unc.edu) Phone: 919-843-0129 • fax 919-843-2102 ccsmemc@unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/mideast/index.html

University of Notre Dame

Department of Classics

304 O’Shaughnessy Hall Notre Dame IN 46556 Contact: Elizabeth Forbis Mazurek, Chair (eforbis@nd.edu) Phone: 574-631-7195 • fax 574-631-4268 AL.Classics.1@nd.edu http://classics.nd.edu

University of Pennsylvania

Middle East Center

228 Fisher-Benett Hall #228, 3340 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19104-6203 Contacts: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Director (fks@sas.upenn.edu) Zeynep Turan, Associate Director (zeynept@sas.upenn.edu) Phone: 215-898-6355 • fax 215-573-2003 info@mec.sas.upenn.edu http://mec.sas.upenn.edu

University of Texas at Austin

Center for Middle Eastern Studies

1 University Station, F9400 Austin TX 78712-0527 Contact: Kamran Aghaie, Director (kamrana@mail.utexas.edu) Phone: 512-471-3881 • fax 512-471-7834 cmes@menic.utexas.edu http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes

University of Utah Middle East Center Orson Spencer Hall 260 S Central Campus Dr Rm 153 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Contact: Linda Adams, Outreach Director (linda.adams@utah.edu) Phone: (801) 581-6181• fax (801) 581-6183 kellie.parker@utah.edu http://www.mec.utah.edu/

University of Virginia Middle East Studies Program P.O. Box 400781 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4781 Phone: (434) 924-3452 • fax (434) 924-6977 Contact: Daniel Lefkowitz, Director (dl2h@virginia.edu) http://faculty.virginia.edu/mesp/

University of Washington

Middle East Center

225 Thomson Hall, Box 353650 Seattle WA 98195

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Contacts: Philip S. Schuyler, Director (pds2@u.washington.edu) Felicia Hecker, Associate Director (fhecker@u.washington.edu) Phone: 206-543-4227 • fax 206-685-0668 mecuw@u.washington.edu http://jsis.washington.edu/mideast

University of Washington, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

229 Denny Hall, Box 353120 Seattle, WA 98195-3120 USA Contacts: Scott Noegel, Chair (snoegel@u.washington.edu) Phone: 206.543.6033 • fax 206.685.7936 neareast@u.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/nelc/

Vanderbilt University

Religious Studies Department

Box 351585, 2301 Vanderbilt Pl Nashville TN 37235-1585 Contact: Richard McGregor (Richard.j.mcgregor@vanderbilt.edu) Phone: 615-343-2462 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/islamicstudies

Villanova University

Center for Arab and Islamic Studies

Old Falvey Hall 204 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 Contact: Dr. Silvia Nagy-Zekmi (silvia.nagyzekmi@villanova.edu) Phone: (610) 519-4640 • fax (610) 519-6133

http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/arabislamic/

Washington University in St. Louis

Jewish, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies

Campus Box 1121, One Brookings Drive St Louis MO 63130 Contact: Pamela Barmash (pbarmash@wustl.edu) Phone: 314-935-8567 • fax 314-935-7462 http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jines/index.htm

Yale University

Council on Middle East Studies

The MacMillan Center Yale University 34 Hillhouse Avenue P. O. Box 208206 New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8206 Contact: Marcia C. Inhorn, Chair (marcia.inhorn@yale.edu) Phone: 203-436-2553 • fax 203-432-9381 cmes@yale.edu http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/cmes

professional associations and institutions

American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII) 1507 E. 53rd St Suite 920 Chicago, IL 60615

Contact: Stephanie Platz, Executive Director (stephanie@taarii.org)

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Phone: 773 844-9658 http:// www.taarii.org

American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) 3416 Primm Lane Birmingham, AL 35216 Contact: Elizabeth Bergman, Executive Director (admin@aataweb.org) Phone: 205 822-6800; Fax: 205 823-2760

http://aataweb.org/

American Association of Teachers of Persian (AATP) 1400 LNCO 255 S. Central Drive South Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Contact: Soheila Amirsoleimani, President (soheila1@gmail.com) Phone: (801) 585-3011 http://www.aatp.biz

American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) Princeton University Near Eastern Studies Princeton, NJ 08544-1008

Contact: Erika H. Gilson, Executive Secretary/Treasurer (ehgilson@princeton.edu)

Phone: (609) 258-1435; Fax: (609) 258-1242 http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/aatt/

American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS).

845 N. Park Ave. Marshall Bldg., Room 477 PO Box 210158-B Tucson, AZ 85721-0158 Contact: Kerry Adams, Executive Director (aimscmes@email.arizona.edu) AIMS sponsors The Journal of North African Studies. John P. Entelis is AIMS Publications Officer (entelis@fordham.edu) Phone: (520) 626-6498 http://aimsnorthafrica.org/

American Institute for Yemeni Studies P.O. Box 311 Ardmore PA 19003-0311 Contact: Maria de J. Ellis Ph.D., Executive Director Phone (610) 896-5412; fax (610) 896-9049 E-mail: aiys@aiys.org

American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS)

118 Riverside Dr., No. 13A New York, NY 10024 USA Contact: Dr. Erica Ehrenberg, Exec. Director (aiis@nyc.rr.com) Fax: 212 874-4094 http://www.simorgh-aiis.org/

American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)

University of Wisconsin Department of Anthropology 5240 Social Science Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 Contact: Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, President (aips@pakistanstudies-aips.org) Phone: 608-262-5696

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http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org/

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

8700 Crownhill Blvd Suite 507 San Antonio, TX 78209-1130 Contact: Emily Teeter, President (info@arce.org) Phone: 210.821.7000 http://www.arce.org/

American Schools of Oriental Research Boston University 656 Beacon Street, 5th floor Boston, MA 02215-2010 Contact: Andy Vaughn, Executive Director (until December 31, 2012) (asored@bu.edu /asor@bu.edu) Tel: (617) 353-6570; Fax: (617) 353-6575 http://www.asor.org/

Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research (AACAR)

Department of History Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 Contact: Dr. John Dunn, Treasurer (jdunn@valdosta.edu) Journal of Central Asian Studies, Editor: Reuel Hanks, hreuel@okstate.edu)

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/organizations/aacar.html

Association for Environmental & Developmental Studies in the Arab World (AEDSAW)

Department of History and Geography Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634 Contact: James Miller, President (miller3@clemson.edu) http://almashriq.hiof.no/aedsaw

Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS)

Department of Politics Princeton University 238 Corwin Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 Contact: Azza Basarudin, AMEWS Secretary (azza@ucla.edu) Amaney Jamal, Treasurer The Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, Diane James, Managing Editor (dbjames@ucla.edu)

http://www.amews.org/

Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey (AMCA)

P.O. Box 305100

University of North Texas

Denton, TX 76203 Contact: Nada Shabout, President (shabout@unt.edu)

http://www.amcainternational.org

Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) Department of History University of Delaware

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Newark, DE 19716 Contact: Rudi Matthee, President (matthee@udel.edu) Phone: 302 831-4544; Fax: 302 831-1538 http://www.persianatesocieties.org/

Association of Arab American University Graduates (AAUG)

211 East 4th St. New York, NY10009- 7213 Contact: Khalil Barhoum, President (khalil@stanford.edu) Publishes Arab Studies Quarterly, Ibrahim Aoude, Editor(aoude@hawaii.edu) Phone: 212 529-3001

Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)

P.O. Box 33699 Washington, D.C 20033 Contact: Mark T. Clark, President (info@asmeascholars.org) Phone: 202-429-8860 • fax 202-429-8863 http://www.asmeascholars.com

Assyrian Academic Society (AAS) AAS publishes the Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society (JAAS)

8324 N Lincoln Ave. Skokie, IL 60076 Contact: Dr. John C. Michael, Committee Advisor (info@aas.net) Phone: (847) 982-5800

Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station, F9400 Austin, TX 78712-0527 Contact: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Director (albatal@mail.utexas.edu / UTcasa@austin.utexas.edu ) Phone: (512) 471-3513; Fax: (512) 471-0739 http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/casa/

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)

PO Box 37012, MRC-178, Washington DC 20013-7012 Contact: Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director (lane.maryellen@caorc.org) Phone: 202 633-1599; Fax: 202 786-2430 http://www.caorc.org

Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) Dept. of Art History New York University 303 Silver Center 100 Washington Square East New York, NY 10003 Contact: Renata Holod, President (rholod@sas.upenn.edu) Marianna Shreve Simpson, President-elect (February 2010-2012)(simpson@jhu.edu) Finbarr Barry Flood (barry.flood@nyu.edu) http://www.historiansofislamicart.org

Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS)

3501 M Street NW Washington DC 20007-2624 Contact: Linda Butler, Director (ipsdc@palestine-studies.org) Phone: 202-342-3990; fax 202-342-3927 http://www.palestine-studies.org

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Kurdish Studies Association (KSA) University of California at Berkeley 438 Doe Library, Berkeley CA 94720-6000 Contact: Shayee H. A. Khanaka, President (skhanaka@library.berkeley.edu) Phone: 510 643-3145; Fax: 510 643-6650

MERIP/Middle East Research & Information Project

1500 Massachusetts Ave NW #119 Washington DC 20005 Contact: Chris Toensing, Executive Director (ctoensing@merip.org) Phone: 202-223-3677 • fax 202-223-3604 http://www.merip.org

Middle East Economic Association (MEEA)

Department of Economics University of Illinois 212 David Kinley Hall 1407 W. Gregory Drive Urbana, IL 61081 Contact: Hadi Salehi Esfahani, President (esfahani@uiuc.edu) Phone: (217) 333-2681 http://www.meeaweb.org/

Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) MIT Libraries Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Contact: Omar Khalidi, President (president@mela.us) Phone: 617.258.5597 http://www.mela.us/

Middle East Medievalists (MEM)

Department of History Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St., New Haven, CT 06515, U.S.A. Contact: Suleiman A. Mourad, Vice-President (smourad@email.smith.edu) Phone: (203) 392-5605 http://www.middleeastmedievalists.org/

Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC) Middle East Studies Center Portland State University PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751 Contact: Jean Campbell, President (campbej@pdx.edu) Phone: 503 725-8566 http://www.meoc.us/

Middle East Studies Association of North America 1219 N. Santa Rita Avenue University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721

Contact: Amy W. Newhall, Executive Director (newhall@u.arizona.edu)

Phone: 520 621-5850; Fax: 520 626-9095 http://mesa.wns.ccit.arizona.edu/

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Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies (MAMEIS))

Department of History Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 Contact: Robert Hunter, President (fhunter1@isugw.indstate.edu Phone: 812 237-8434; fax 812 237-7713)

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 1155 East 58th Street

Chicago, IL 60637 Contact: Gil Stein, Director (gstein@uchicago.edu)

Phone: 773-702-9514

http://oi.uchicago.edu/

Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) 6520 E. Halbert Rd. Bethesda, MD 20817-5414 Contact: Penelope Mitchell, Executive Director (us.parc@gmail.com) Phone301-229-4606 http://parc-us-pal.org/

Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar (SERMEISS)

P.O. Box 8023 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 30460-8023 Contact: Ron Messier, President (messier.ron@gmail.com / sermeiss@georgiasouthern.edu) Phone: 912-764-9802; Fax: 912-681-0653 http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/sermeiss

Sudan Studies Association (SSA) Dept. of Anthropology Rhode Island College Providence, RI 02908 Contact: Dr. Richard Lobban, Executive Director (rlobban@ric.edu) Phone: (401) 456-8784 http://www.sudanstudies.org/

Syrian Studies Association (SSA)

214 C Hall History, Carlson Hall 380 S 1400 East Rm211 Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Contact: Peter Sluglett, President (sluglett@aol.com) http://www.ou.edu/ssa/

Turkish Studies Association (TSA) Jackson School of International Studies Box 353650 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Contact: Reşat Kasaba, President 2008-2010 (kasaba@u.washington.edu)

Phone: 206-543-6890; Fax: 206-685-0668 http://www.h-net.org/~thetsa/

THINK TANKS American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

1150 Seventeenth Street, NW

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Washington, D.C. 20036 Contact: Daniel Pletka, Vice President – Foreign and Defense Policy Studies (dpletka@aei.org) Phone: 202-862-4871; fax 202-862-7171 http://www.aei.org

The Brookings Institution

Saban Center for Middle East Policy

1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

Contacts: Martin S. Indyk, Director; Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research

(communications@brookings.edu)

Phone: 202-797-6000

http://www.brookings.edu

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20036-2103 Contact: Marina Ottaway, Director of Middle East Program (mottaway@ceip.org) Phone: 202-483-7600; fax 202-483-1840 http://www.carnegieendowment.org

CATO Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20001-5403 Contact: Cristopher A. Preble, Associate Director of Foreign Policy Studies (cpreble@cato.org) Phone: 202-842-0200; fax 202-842-3490 http://www.cato.org

The Center for National Policy 1 Massachusetts Ave., NW Suite 333 Washington, D.C. 20001 Contact: Adam Rawnsley, Foreign Policy Program Associate (arawnsley@cnponline.org) 202-682-1800 • fax 202-682-1818 http://www.cnponline.org

Center for Strategic & International Studies 1800 K Street., NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Contact: Dr. Jon B. Alterman , Director and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program (jalterman@csis.org) Phone: 202-775-3295 / 202-887-0200 • fax 202-775-3199 http://www.csis.org

Council on Foreign Relations 1777 F Street., NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Contacts: Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies (ssimon@cfr.org) Eliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies (eabrams@cfr.org) Steven Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies (scook@cfr.org) Phone: 202-509-8400; fax 202-509-8490 http://www.cfr.org

Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE Washington, D.C. 20002-4999 Contact: James Phillips, Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs Phone: 202-546-4400; fax 202-546-8328 info@heritage.org http://www.heritage.org

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Hudson Institute 1015 15th Street., NW, 6

th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20005 Contact: Meyrav Wurmser, Director of Center for Middle East Policy Phone: 202-974-2400 ; fax 202-974-2410 info@hudson.org http://www.hudson.org

The New America Foundation 1899 L Street., NW Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036 Contact: Amjad Atallah, Co-Director of Middle East Task Force ( atallah@newamerica.net) Phone: 202-986-2700 ; fax 202-986-3696 http://www.newamerica.net

United States Institute of Peace 1200 17

th Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20036 Contact: David Brumberg, Acting Director, Muslim World Initiative (dbrumberg@usip.org) Phone: 202-457-1700 ; fax 202-429-6063 http://www.usip.org

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20004-3027 Contact: Sharon Haleh Esfandiari, Director of Middle East Program ( halehesfandiari@wilsoncenter.org) Phone: 202-691-4000 http://www.wilsoncenter.org

Rand Corporation 1776 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401-3208 Contact: David Aaron, Director RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy (david_aaron@rand.org) Phone: 310-393-0411; fax 310-393-4818 http://www.rand.org

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy 1828 L Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, D.C. 20036 Contact: Sharon Coleman McCarter Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research Phone: 202-452-0650 • fax 202-223-5364 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org

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OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Arab-American Institute 1600 K Street, NW Suite 601 Washington, DC 20006 Contacts: James Zogby, President (jzogby@aaiusa.org) Helen Samhan ,Executive Director 202-429-9210 ; fax 202-429-9214 http://www.aaiusa.org

The Arab-American National Museum 13624 Michigan Avenue Dearborn, MI 48126 Contact: Anan Ameri, Director 313-582-AANM ; fax 313-582-1086 aanm@accesscommunity.org http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org

American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee 1732 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20007 Contact: Mary Rose Oakar, President ( president@adc.org) Phone: 202-244-2990 ; fax 202-244-7968 http://www.adc.org

Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services 2651 Saulino Ct. Dearborn, MI 48120 Contact: Hannan Deep, Director of Communications (hdeep@accesscommunity.org) Phone: 313-842-7010 ; fax 313-842-5150 http://www.accesscommunity.org

Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4309 abakalian@gc.cuny.edu http://web.gc.cuny.edu/memeac/index.html

National Network for Arab American Communities

4917 Schaefer Rd. Suite 200 Dearborn, MI 48126 Contact: Taleb Salhab, Director ( tsalhab@accesscommunity.org) 313-843-2844; fax 313-846-6039 http://www.nnaac.org

Muslim Public Affairs Council 1625 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 601 Washington, D.C. 20036 Contact: Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director (salam@mpac.org) Phone: 202-265-1200; fax 202-265-1222 http://www.mpac.org

Islamic Society of North America

PO Box 38 Plainfield, IN 46168 Contacts: Mukhtar Ahmad, Director of Programs (mukhtar@isna.net) Ahmed El-Hattab, Acting Secretary General (aelhattab@isna.net)

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Phone: 317-839-8157; fax 317-839-1840 http://www.isna.net

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy 1625 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.

Suite 601

Washington, D.C. 20036

Contact: Asma Afsaruddin, Chair (afsaruddin.1@nd.edu) Radwan Masmoudi, President (masmoudi@islam-democracy.org) Phone: (202) 265-1200 http://www.csidonline.org

Middle East Institute 1761 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-2882 Contact: Ambassador Wendy J. Chamberlin, President Publishes The Middle East Journal (man-ed@mei.edu) Phone: 202-785-1141; fax 202-331-8861 programsofficer@mei.edu /info@mei.edu http://www.mideasti.org

Middle East Policy Council 1730 M Street, NW Suite 512 Washington, DC 20036 Contact: William L. Nash, President Publishes Middle East Policy (Erin Perry, Editorial Assistant eperry@mepc.org) Phone: 202-296-6767 info@mepc.org http://www.mepc.org

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 1730 M Street, NW Suite 503 Washington, DC 20036 Contact: Patrick Mancino, Vice President 202-293-6466 • fax 202-293-7770 pat@ncusar.org http://www.ncusar.org

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 1730 M Street, NW Suite 503 Washington, DC 20036 Contacts: Dr. John Duke Anthony, President & Chief Executive Officer (John@ncusar.org) Dr. James Winship, Vice President, Programs (winship@ncusar.org) Phone: 202-293-6466; fax 202-293-7770 pat@ncusar.org http://www.ncusar.org

The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development 2425 Virginia Ave, NW Washington, DC 20037 202-338-1958 • fax 202-333-7742 info@thejerusalemfund.org http://www.thejerusalemfund.org

DISCLAIMER: Links to these and other Internet sites should not be construed as an

endorsement of the views contained therein.

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