Notes From the
Middle East
links and blogs to
note concerning the Middle East
Arab:
Arabs
for Israel
Arab Media:
Al-Ahram
Al-Arabiya
Al-Bawaba
Al-Jazeera
Aljazeera
Magazine
Arabic
News
Arab
News
Arab
View
Arab
Times Online
Arab
World News
A-Sharq
al-Awsat
Bahrain
Tribune
Daily
Star
Daoud
Kuttab
Dar
Al-Hayat
Egypt
Today
Gulf
News
Gulf
Times
International
Middle East Media Center
Iraq
Daily
Jordan
Times
Khaleej
Times
Kuwait
Times
Ma'an
News Agency
Naharnet
The
National
Now
Lebanon
Oman
Observer
The
Palestine Chronicle Weekly Journal
Palestine
Post/ Daily
The
Peninsula
Petra
News Agency
The
Saudi Gazette
Syria
Today
This
week in Palestine
Ya
Libnan!
Yemen
Observer
Yemen
Times
Archaeology:
Ancient
Maps of Jerusalem
Bethsaida
Excavations
Bible
Places
Biblical
Archaeology Review
Bibliotheca
Alexandrina
Dig
Tiberias
Find
a Dig
Holyland
Model of Ancient Jerusalem
Hopkins
in Egypt Today
Israel
Antiquities Authority
Israel
Museum
The
Jerusalem Archaeological Park
The
Madaba Map Holy Places
Madaba
Plains Project
Megiddo
Museums
of Israel
Pella
Museum
The
Ramat Rahel Archaeological Project
Vadum
Jacob
Bahrain:
Bahrain
Tribune
Blogs:
Across
the Bay
Beirut
Spring
The
Big Pharaoh
Counterterrorism
Blog
Dutchblog
Israel
From
Beirut to the Beltway
Go
Golan: Life in the Golan Heights
Healing
Iraq
Into
the Wind
Iraq
the Model
Israel
Stories
Lebanese
Political Journal
The
MEMRI Blog
The
MEMRI Economic Blog
The
MEMRI Iran Blog
The
MEMRI Turkish Media Blog
Michael
Yon: Online Magazine
The
Middle East Blog - TIME
Middle
East Journal
Middle
East Notebook
Musings
of a Palestinian Princess
On
the Face
Rubin
Reports
the
syria news wire
talisman
gate
The
Warped Mirror
Culture:
Armenian
Ceramics
The
Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem
Dom
Research Center
Hebrew
University's Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
Israel
21c
The
Israel Highway
Jerusalem
in 19th Century Art
The
Jerusalem Mosaic
Jerusalem
Pottery
Kibbutz
Lotan Centre for Birdwatching
Palestine
Pottery by Balian
Rami
Meiri
Sam
Orbaum
Saudi
Aramco World
SURGIR
Tehran
Avenue
Thesiger
Cataloguing Project 2003-2004
Women
United for Freedom and Peace
The
World of Bedouin Weaving
Egypt:
Al-Ahram
Bibliotheca
Alexandrina
Egypt
Today
Hopkins
in Egypt Today
Gypsies:
The
Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem
Dom
Research Center
Iran:
Abfiran
Fars
News Agency
Iran
Press News
Islamic
Republic News Agency
The
MEMRI Iran Blog
Tehran
Avenue
Iraq:
Assyrian
International News Agency
Christians
of Iraq
Healing
Iraq
Iraq
Daily
Iraqi
Schools
Iraq
Net
Iraq
the Model
Iraq
Status Report
Operation
Iraqi Children
talisman
gate
Islam:
The
Amman Message
Islam
101
Medieval
Islamic Cultures
PRISM
Israel:
Arabs
for Israel
Bethsaida
Excavations
Dig
Tiberias
Hebrew
University's Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
Israel
Antiquities Authority
Israel
Defense Forces
Israel
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israel
Museum
Jerusalem
- Capital of Israel
Jerusalem
in 19th Century Art
The
Jerusalem Mosaic
Kibbutz
Lotan Centre for Birdwatching
The
Liberty Incident
Megiddo
Museums
of Israel
National
Photo Collection
Rami
Meiri
Sam
Orbaum
Yad
Vashem
Israeli Media:
bitterlemons
The
Global Research in International Affairs Center
Globes
Ha'aretz
Israel
21c
The
Israel Highway
Jaffee
Center for Strategic Studies
Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs
Jerusalem
Post
Jerusalem
Report
Middle
East Review of International Affairs
Omedia
- Israeli defense and security
Terrorism
Experts
Ynetnews
Jerusalem:
Ancient
Maps of Jerusalem
The
Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem
Flowers
of Jerusalem
Holyland
Model of Ancient Jerusalem
Israel
Museum
The
Jerusalem Archaeological Park
Jerusalem
- Capital of Israel
Temple
Mount
Yad
Vashem
Jordan:
The
Al-Hussein Society
The
Amman Message
Center
for Strategic Studies - University of Jordan
Center
for the Study of the Built Environment
Jordan
Times
The
Madaba Map Holy Places
Madaba
Plains Project
Noor
Al Hussein Foundation
Pella
Museum
Petra
News Agency
Ruth's
Jordan
The
Royal Automobile Museum
Visit
Jordan
Kuwait:
Arab
Times Online
Kuwait
Times
Lebanon:
Daily
Star
Dar
Al-Hayat
The
Lebanese Foundation for Peace
Naharnet
Now
Lebanon
Ya
Libnan!
Middle East Media/Think
Tanks/Studies:
Association
for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
bitterlemons
- international
Daniel
Pipes
The
Global Research in International Affairs Center
Jaffee
Center for Strategic Studies
Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs
Martin
Kramer
Middle
East Daily
Middle
East Media Research Institute
Middle
East Strategic Information
Middle
East Strategy at Harvard
The
MEMRI Blog
The
MEMRI Economic Blog
Middle
East Review of International Affairs
Middle
East Quarterly
Mideast
Monitor
NGO
Monitor
On
Second Thought
Pipeline
of Hatred - Anti-Semitism
PRISM
SURGIR
The
Tharwa Project
The
Turkey Analyst
Washington
Institute for Near East Policy
Women
United for Freedom and Peace
Non-profits/Charities/Societies:
The
Alex Singer Project
The
Al-Hussein Society
The
Books for Israel Project
Central
Asia Institute
The
Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem
Dom
Research Center
Iraqi
Schools
Noor
Al Hussein Foundation
Operation
Iraqi Children
Oman:
Oman
Observer
Palestinian:
Palestinian
Human Rights Monitoring Group
USAid
West Bank, Gaza
Palestinian Media:
bitterlemons
Daoud
Kuttab
Ma'an
News Agency
The
Palestine Chronicle Weekly Journal
Palestine
Post/ Daily
International
Middle East Media Center
This
week in Palestine
Qatar:
Al-Jazeera
Aljazeera
Magazine
Gulf
Times
The
Peninsula
Saudi Arabia:
Arab
News
Arab
View
Saudi
Aramco World
The
Saudi Gazette
Syria:
Syria
Today
The
Syria News Wire
Terrorism:
Counterterrorism
Blog
Institute
for Counter-Terrorism
Intelligence
and Terrorism Information Center
The
Long War Journal
SITE
Institute
Terrorism
Experts
Watch,
Covering the War on Terror Archives
Turkey:
The
MEMRI Turkish Media Blog
The
Turkey Analyst
Turkish
Daily News
Zaman
United Arab Emirates:
Khaleej
Times
The
National
Yemen:
Yemen
Observer
Yemen
Times
01-01-10
Middle
East Notebook Blog
travel
notes and photos from Turkey
home
page
"Like music and art, literature
is the doorway to a country's soul. It speaks to the heart, tells you
what history books hide, what mindless media do not reveal, what
mainstream tourist guidebooks cannot possibly capture. It will give you
insight into the way of life, the customs and traditions of the society,
but it will also fill baffling silences and take you on a journey into
the minds and hearts of the people." - Michel Moushabeck, founder
of Interlink Publishing (Saudi Aramco World, Nov/Dec 2007 issue)
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"If Western and, particularly
American, commentators refuse to speak up when their obligations are so
clear, the fanatics will win and the terrible silence they so fervently
desire will descend over vast stretches of our world — a silence in
which the only permissible sounds are the prayers of the killers and the
cries of their victims." - Tim Rutten, 25 June, 2007
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"What all the failed analyses
had in common was that they dealt with the future. This is a territory
which would be better left to astrologers in the horoscope columns. As
journalists, we should concentrate on reporting the past and present, or
on providing clever comment on what is happening now. If we have any
predictions on what is expected, we should express them with the
necessary care and humility, with a bit more 'perhaps' and
'maybe.'" - forward from They Promised a Dove
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"But for you to understand anything about how
the Middle East and Islamic jihad relate to the West, you must remember
this: without understanding the past you will never understand the
present and will have no idea how to plan for the future" -
Brigitte Gabriel
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"If you
understand culture, you understand history, and if you understand
history, you understand politics.”- Joyce Diamanti