TABSIR Links

NEWS SERVICES

• Arabic Media Internet Network http://amin.org/jourmag/ [Major listing of newspapers and media outlets in the Middle East by country, with the exception of Israel.]

• Data Base for the Arab World News and Media http://www.mafhoum.com/phpmedia/mediaFrameSet.php?selPrefix=NM_&selLangueT=2&selDbChoose=false
[Extensive listing by country and type of media.]

• Al-Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
[Website of major Arabic news satellite network.]

• Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) http://www.merip.org/
["Middle East Report provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources. The magazine has developed a reputation for independent analysis of events and developments in the Middle East."]

• Middle East Times http://metimes.com/ [Online edition contains English summaries of Arabic newspaper editorials.]

• Washington Report on Middle East Affairs http://www.washington-report.org/
["The Washington Report is published by the American Educational Trust (AET), a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC by retired U.S. foreign service officers to provide the American public with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states."]

COMMENTARIES

• Bruce B. Lawrence Website http://www.duke.edu/web/muslimnets/mcw_bio/bruce/index.htm
[Dr. Lawrence is the Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion at Duke University.]

• Culture and International Affairs http://www.wbeeman.com/
[Bill Beeman is Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.]

• CyberOrient http://cyberorient.net
[Online Journal of the Middle East, sponsored by the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association.]

• Informed Comment http://www.juancole.com/
[Juan Cole is Professor of History at the University of Michigan.]

• Iraq Today http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/index.html
[Details on the daily death toll in Iraq and lists of Iraqi bloggers.]

• Islamophobia http://www.islamophobia-watch.com/islamophobia-watch/
["Islamophobia Watch has been founded with a determination not to allow the racist ideology of Western Imperialism to gain common currency in its demonisation of Islam. Islamophobia, as a racist tool of Western Imperialism, is strongly advocated by the political right but has also found an echo in the left, particularly sections of the left in France and the countries that make up the United Kingdom. Islamophobia Watch will regularly report opinion columns and news items which match the editorial brief of the website, both articles that we believe advocate Islamophobia and those writers and organisations taking a stand against Islamophobia.]

• Mahmood's Den http://www.mahmood.tv/index.php/docs/82
["I became an aircraft avionics maintenance engineer, did that for 10 years, realized that I wasn't going anywhere fast so I went to the States and came back 3 months later with a commercial pilot's license. The 2nd Gulf War started soon after my return, so employment opportunities for pilots disappeared. Started my company and left the airline industry behind. Now I try to dispel the image that Muslims and Arabs suffer from - mostly by our own doing I have to say - in the rest of the world. I am no missionary and don't want to be. I run several internet websites that are geared to do just that, create a better understanding that we're not all nuts hell-bent on world destruction.]

• Muslim Wake-Up http://muslimwakeup.com/
["Muslim WakeUp! seeks to bring together Muslims and non-Muslims in America and around the globe in efforts that celebrate cultural and spiritual diversity, tolerance, and understanding. Through online and offline media, events, and community activities, Muslim WakeUp! champions an interpretation of Islam that celebrates the Oneness of God and the Unity of God’s creation through the encouragement of the human creative spirit and the free exchange of ideas, in an atmosphere that is filled with compassion and free of intimidation, authoritarianism, and dogmatism. In all its activities, Muslim WakeUp! attempts to reflect a deep belief in justice and against all forms of oppression, bigotry, sexism, and racism."]

• Progressive Islam http://www.progressiveislam.org/
["ProgressiveIslam.Org is an online town commons created for Muslims of all theological orientations to gather and engage each other through sharing our news, insights, opinions, stories, art, and scholarship. Just like at an old town commons, ProgressiveIslam.Org offers its resources to the community to build practical connections by providing space for social networking, education, activism, and forums for debate. It is our sincere hope that through this space and others like it we can avoid the tragedy of the commons by working with each other toward a unified community of diverse Muslims."]

• Saudi Debate http://www.saudidebate.com/
[The aim of SaudiDebate.com is to provide an English language platform for a wide range of views, as well as a forum for discussion by all those involved and interested in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and the Muslim world.]

• Scholar of the House http://www.scholarofthehouse.com/index.html
[ This site is devoted to the work of Professor Khaled Abou Fadl.]

• Uncommon Commentary http://www.agenceglobal.com/default.asp
[Syndicated columnists for Agence Global, affiliated with The Nation. This site includes commentary by William O. Beeman, Richard Bulliet, Juan Cole, Mark Hertsgaard, Rami G. Khouri, Patrick Seale and Immanuel Wallerstein.]

• Virtually Islamic http://virtuallyislamic.blogspot.com/
["This blog is written by Dr Gary R. Bunt, a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Wales Lampeter, and Programme Director for the MA Islamic Studies. An early version of this blog started in 2000, but it assumed its present form in 2003; my first website in this research area – Islamic Studies Pathways - started in 1996 (a long time ago in ‘web years’). This blog is an attempt to draw together headlines and commentary associated with all aspects of Islam, Muslims and the Internet – to augment and update the content of my academic publications in that research area."]

RESOURCES

• Albawaba http://www.albawaba.com/
[General "Yahoo"-like site, also called "The Middle East Gateway"]

• Dinar Standard http://www.dinarstandard.com/
[Dinar Standard™ is an online business strategy publication which provides actionable insights and resources for businesses in the Muslim world; addressing their unique challenges and opportunities.]

• Gulf 2000 Project http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/
[This site was developed by the Gulf/2000 Project at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City. It is 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.]

• ISIM (International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World http://www.isim.nl/
[Excellent resource on academic study of Islam; publishes ISIM Review.]

• Islamic Finder Date Conversion http://www.islamicfinder.org/Hcal/index.php?bname=Hijri&home=2002-7-18

• Islamic Studies Pathways http://www.lamp.ac.uk/cis/pathways/ [Gary R. Bunt's Academic Guide to Islamic Resources on the Internet]

• Middle East Network Information Center http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/
[MENIC is an online guide to Middle East-related websites and databased that can be accessed via the World Wide Web. It is created by a staff of editors who visit and evaluate web sites, and then organize them into subject-based categories and sub-categories.]

• Middle East Studies Internet Resources http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/index.html
["Columbia University's collection of Middle East Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on the Middle East and North Africa (in the broadest sense) available on the global Internet, created under the purview of the Middle East Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries. Electronic resources from the Middle East are organized by region, country and subject. All materials are arranged to encourage an awareness of authorship, type of information, and subject. The scope of the collection is research-oriented, but it also provides access to other gopher and web sites with different or broader missions."]

• Middle East Virtual Library http://ssgdoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/vlib/html/
["The Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB) is an information portal for Middle East and Islamic Studies. It provides access to online information and to digital records of printed and other offline media and thus supports the concept of a hybrid library for Middle East and Islamic Studies. The technical basis for this Virtual Library is created by the State- and University Library Saxony-Anhalt in Halle (Germany). However, the Middle East Virtual Library integrates the efforts of many institutions and individuals in order to provide information as comprehensive as possible."]

• Online Qur'an Resources http://www.ahjur.org/quran/virqur.htm
[Provides links to a variety of internet resources about the Qur'an.]

SITES WORTH SURFING

• Fondation Arabe pour l'Image http://www.fai.org.lb/CurrentSite/
[Lebanese archive of old photographic images in French, English and Arabic.]

• Karem Ben Khelifa, Photographer http://www.karimbenkhelifa.com/flash/flash.html
[Superb photographic site with galleries of images.]

• Send an ancient Egyptian e-card http://www.discoveringegypt.co.uk/ecards/