Newspapers: Middle East
Historical Newspapers and Digests
- The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008) This link opens in a new windowIt was the top English-language paper of the Middle East and Jewish world with strong readership in Jewish and Arab cities throughout Palestine (ProQuest).
- Mideast Mirror This link opens in a new windowNews and commentary digest of Arab, Turkish, Persian, and Hebrew media, collected and edited by British journalists and editors.
- MideastWire This link opens in a new windowInternet-based news service that employs a team of translators around the region to gather important stories from and about the Middle East. Covers news from all 22 Arab countries, Iran, and the Arab diaspora.
- Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers This link opens in a new windowContent from newspapers published in the 19th-mid-20th centuries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Online Sources
- Ahram Online"Ahram Online is the English-language news web site published by Al-Ahram Establishment, Egypt’s largest news organisation, and the publisher of the Middle East’s oldest newspaper: the daily Al-Ahram, in publication since 1875."
- Al Jazeera"Al Jazeera is an independent news organization funded in part by the Qatari government."
- Al Shams"Al Shams is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Libya."
- Al Sharq Al Awsat"Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities. Launched in London in 1978, Asharq Al-Awsat has established itself as the decisive publication on pan-Arab and international affairs, offering its readers in-depth analysis and exclusive editorials, as well as the most comprehensive coverage of the entire Arab world."
- Al Quds"Al-Quds is a Palestinian Arabic language daily newspaper, based in Jerusalem."
- Arab News"Established in 1975, the Saudi-based Arab News is the Middle East's newspaper of record and the biggest English language daily in the Kingdom."
- BBC Middle East"Get the latest BBC News from the Middle East: breaking news, features, analysis and debate plus audio and video coverage from across the Middle East."
- Islamic Republic News Agency"The Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
- Maghreb Intelligence"Maghreb Intelligence.com est une revue en ligne d’informations spécialisées dans la sécurité, la diplomatie, la géopolitique et l’intelligence économique des pays du Maghreb."
- Nawaat"Nawaat est une plateforme collective indépendante fondée en avril 2004 et bloquée en Tunisie jusqu'au 13 janvier 2011. Ayant reçu de nombreux prix, Nawaat focalise sur de nombreux sujets sous des angles rarement abordés par les médias dominants, y compris en ligne."
- New York Times Middle East"Find breaking news, top stories and features from Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Kuwait, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan."
- Watani"Watani started as an Egyptian weekly Sunday newspaper published in Cairo."
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