Research and Resources
The Middle East Studies Center supports research, teaching, and outreach across a range of disciplines. Our goal is to establish and strengthen relations between the Middle East Studies Center and other leading Middle East Studies centers/universities through joint research projects, conferences.
- The emergence of state's gazette in the Ottoman and Egypt in the early 19th century: Takvim-i Vekayi (تقویم وقایع) and al-Waqā’i‘ al-Miṣriyyah (الوقائع المصريّة) by Abdul Halim Bohari
- Lebanon needs food, water, medicine and social media By Elisabeth Croese, Summer 2023
- Repress or Defect: Military Defection in Syria in 1982 and 2011by Namat Abulebada, Spring 2023
- The story of food subsidies in Egypt, what is it and what are the policy and political contexts in which the story unfolds? By Ahmed El Blassy, Spring 2023
- Determinants of Democratic Regression: The Case of Tunisia by Bassant Ahmed Mohamed, Fall 2023
- Waqf in Transition: Tracing Local Institutional Change during the British Mandate in Palestine by Zackary Keith Murray, Spring 2022
- No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate by Sara Shaltout, Fall 2021
- The Social and Economic Impact of the IMF Policies Post Arab-Spring in the Middle East by Noha Nafie, Fall 2021
- Beirut/The Other side of the City: The Impact of Visual Texture Production of the Lebanese Postmemory Generation, 1989 - Present by Mohamed Gameel, Spring 2021
- Vision Redux: Power and Policy in Saudi Arabia by Ross Douglas Kimm, Fall 2021
- Representations of Palestine in Egyptian Cinema by Claire Elizabeth Begbie, Spring 2019
- The Vertical Integration of Youth in United Nations Peacebuilding: Exploring Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone and Lebanon by Jessie Ellen Steinhauer, Fall 2018
- Nonviolent Jihad: An Immanent Critique by John Charles Roedel, Fall 2018
- The Druze-Maronite sectarian clash in the War of the Mountain (1983-1984): The resilience of mid-nineteenth century Maronite-Druze enmities in the Druze collective memory and its impact on the dynamics and consequences of Harb Al Jabal by Lara Moenes Mikhail, Fall 2018
- Surviving ISIS: Life-Stories of Yazidi Women by Marian Rizkalla, Fall 2018
- Cross-Mediterranean Egyptian Migrants: A Discursive Analysis by Sara Hussein, Fall 2018
Research Links
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Research Resources
Arabic Language Resources
A University of Texas at Austin website designed for students and teachers of Arabic. This site provides listening materials and accompanying activities for various levels of proficiency. Read More on Aswaat Arabiyya
A quick PDF reference guide to Arabic verb conjugation. Read More on Arabic Verb Conjugation Chart
A quick PDF reference guide to first ten verb forms as classified by Hans Wehr. Read More on Arabic Verb Forms Chart
Includes recent research in Arabic linguistics from a theoretical point of view, including computational linguistics, syntax, semantics and historical linguistics. Read More on Arabic Language and Linguistics (E-Book)
It’s always a good idea to familiarise yourself with the local language, which in the case of Egypt is Arabic. Read More on Basic Arabic words with English meaning
Lessons developed by the Defense Language Institute for independent learners. Read More on Global Language Online Support System
Database of authentic Arabic TV broadcasts. Read More on SCOLA
Resources on the Quran and Islam
Encyclopedic dictionary of Quranic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on important themes and subjects within quranic studies. Read More on the Encyclopedia of the Quran
Listen to Quran recitation and translation in Arabic, English and Urdu. Read More on Quran Explorer
English translation of the Quran by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Read More on The Quran: Translation
Spans Islamic history from the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islamic ideals, through Islam’s geographical expansion and cultural development, to the creation of modern states and its role in today’s global society. Read More on The Quran: A Brief History
E-Zines
An independent ezine produced by the Arab Studies Institute (ASI). Jadaliyya combines local knowledge, scholarship, and advocacy with an eye to audiences in the United States, the Arab world, and beyond. Posts are published in both Arabic and in English. Read More on Jadaliyya
Provides expert commentary on wide-ranging issues in the Arab world. Combines business coverage and regional analysis with current affairs, cultural and lifestyle features. Read More on The Middle East Magazine
A non-partisan news site produced by Foreignpolicy.com. It is edited by Marc Lynch of George Washington University and the Project on Middle East Political Science, Daniel Levy, and Leila Hilal. Read More on The Middle East Channel
Archives
Documents the events in Northern Africa and the Middle East starting in January 2011. Content includes blogs, social media and news sites. Read More on Archive-It: North Africa and the Middle East 2011-2012
A digital archive that focuses on Western interactions with the Middle East. Includes images, texts, maps, geographical information systems, and research and teaching guides. Read More on Travelers in the Middle East
A chronology of 19th-century periodicals in Arabic. Read More on Jara’id- Zentrum Moderner Orient