Islamic and Near Eastern Studies Research Guide  Tags: islam middle_east near_east muslim  

The translation of M. H. Shakir published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an.

The MSA-USC Qur’an Database is a useful resource for Islamic studies. It features multiple English translations of the Qur’an and the Hadith collections of Bukhari and Muslim. This database is sponsored by the Muslim Student Association of USC.

Al-Tafsir is a useful resource for Qur’anic studies. It features a collection of Qur’anic commentaries (tafsir), recitations, and searchable translations (English and Arabic). It is sponsored by the Jordanian government.

Arabnet's aim is to provide the most comprehensive online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

Dedicated to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. An excellent resource for historical UN declarations and agreements.

This list, maintained by the Muslim Students Association at USC, offers a quick reference for useful definitions.

Designed to make available in a single location a wealth of information on the eight countries of the Persian Gulf region--Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Links to internet resources about countries of the world selected by Library of Congress subject experts. Organized by country.

The Islamic Philosophy site features resources and profiles of Islamic, Arab, Persian, and Christian philosophers from the Abbasid period to the present.

A collaborative venture of international libraries, MENALIB is coordinated by the University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle in an attempt to combine contributors' resources into a virtual library of materials on the Middle East and North Africa.

MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing translations of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish media, as well as analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends.

MENIC is an online guide to Middle East-related websites and databaseIt is created by a staff of editors who visit and evaluate web sites, and then organize them into subject-based categories and sub-categories.

MERIP publishes regular journals and articles discussing a number of social, political, and economic issues current within the Middle East.

The journal “Seasons” is a bi-annual publication and forum for Muslim and non-Muslim scholars exploring theological and political issues in the Muslim world.

A digital archive that focuses on Western interactions with the Middle East, particularly travels to Egypt during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.