Research Guides @ Fordham: Middle East Studies: Getting Started

Trial Database - Al-Ahram Digital Archive

Founded in 1875, Al-Ahram (الأهرام‎, “The Pyramids”) is one of the longest-running newspapers in the Middle East. It has long been regarded as Egypt’s most authoritative and influential newspaper, and one of the most important newspapers in the Arab world, with a circulation of over 1 million.

Al-Ahram Digital Archive
This is a trial database active only until 9/10/2020.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (Arabic)

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish & Arabic)
Oxford's bilingual foreign language dictionaries. Includes usage examples, grammar information, and pronunciation guidance. For English, click on Oxford English Dictionary above.

New Titles

Beirut 1958 : How America's Wars in the Middle East Began by Bruce Riedel
Call Number: (RH) Stacks DS87 .R485 2020
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press [2020]
The Economics of the Middle East : A Comparative Approach by James E. Rauch
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HC415.15 .R38 2020
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
The End of Middle East History and Other Conjectures by Richard W. Bulliet
Call Number: (RH) Stacks DS42.5 .B852 2019
Boston, Massachusetts : Ilex Foundation ; Washington, DC : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, [2019]
The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa : The Impact of World War II by Reeva Spector Simon
Call Number: (LC) Stacks DS135.L4 S56 2020
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]
The New Arab Urban : Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress by Harvey Molotch (Editor); Davide Ponzini (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HT147.P35 N47 2019
New York : New York University Press, [2019]

Introduction

Welcome to the LibGuide for MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

This Research Guide includes selected sources which pertain to the history, culture, geography, and politics of the diverse groups of people who reside (or who have historically resided) in the Middle East.

Resources have been selected which pertain to the primary Middle East Countries, as well as countries from other regions that are frequently grouped with the Middle East countries. Below is a list of countries linked to the corresponding CIA World Factbook country profile. For profiles from other sources, click on the Political Surveys tab.

Primary Middle East Countries

Bahrain - Gaza Strip - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Oman - Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Syria - United Arab Emirates - West Bank - Yemen

Related Countries (by Region)

African Countries : Egypt, Libya
Eurasian Countries : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Cyprus
South Asian Countries : Afghanistan, Pakistan
Central Asian Countries : Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

Alternate Regional Grouping of Countries:

Gulf : Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Levant : Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey
North Africa : Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Western Asia : Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Uzbekistan

Map of the Middle East

Source: CIA Maps Collection, web

ISIS or ISIL

The Caliphate at War : Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State by Ahmed S. Hashim
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HV6433.I722 H375 2018
New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Isis : A History by Fawaz A. Gerges
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HV6433 .I722 G47 2016
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Isis : The Essential Reference Guide by Brian L. Steed
Call Number: (RH) Ref HV6433.I722 I8555 2019
Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2019]
The Rise of Islamic State by Patrick Cockburn
Call Number: (LC, RH) Stacks HV6433.I722 C64 2015
London ; New York : Verso, [2015]