Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility: Middle Eastern & Outside Resources

A non-profit association that fosters the study of the Middle East, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual exchange, recognize professional distinction, and defend academic freedom in accordance with its status as a 501(c)(3) scientific, educational, literary, and charitable organization.

Arabic Collections Online (ACO) is a publicly available digital library of public domain Arabic language content. ACO currently provides digital access to 17,262 volumes across 10,148 subjects drawn from rich Arabic collections of distinguished research libraries.

A collection of news sources and organizations focused on the Middle East and global news. From Bates College Library.

Subject areas include: Government and Political, Culture and Education, Health, Gender, and more. From Bates College Library.

MERIP provides critical, alternative reporting and analysis, focusing on state power, political economy and social hierarchies as well as popular struggles and the role of US policy in the region.

Main access point for the study of the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Library of Congress.

Princeton University Library’s Arabic Movie Posters and Lobby Cards Collection was acquired in 2008 from a Lebanese collector, Abdelmassih Abou-Jaoudeh of al-Furat Publishing and is comprised of 1,748 posters and 768 lobby cards.

The Palestinian Oral History Archive is a project to digitize, index, catalog, preserve, and provide access (through a searchable digital platform) to an archival collection of around 1,000 hours of testimonies with first generation Palestinians and other Palestinian communities in Lebanon.

The Hindawi Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to spread knowledge and culture, and to instill a love of reading among Arabic speakers.

This growing archive covers modern history and culture of the Gulf and wider region, available online for the first time.

A compilation of resources on Islamic medicine and science during the Middle Ages and the important role it played in the history of Europe. This site, with its biographies, colorful images, and extensive historical accounts of medieval medicine and science is designed for students and everyone interested in the history of Islamic and European culture.

A list of resources for Middle Eastern college students, including national initiatives. From the University of Virginia.

OutRight Action International works to raise attention to – and stop – human rights violations based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

An ever growing list of organizations and websites that can be used as resources on Islam and Religious Studies. From Duke University.