Web Links related to Middle East History, Islamic history, and current affairs involving the Middle East.
Academic resources:
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Washington State University Islamic Studies home page
University of Georgia Islamic Studies home page
Pages with maps of Israel/Palestine
Mideastweb maps This link gives a map of the present day Middle East, and you can click on each country for a detailed country map.
PASSIA maps (a Palestinian organization)
Other Middle East maps
Policy publications websites (these are publications put out by Washington DC organizations that are involved in trying to shape US Middle East policy):
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Links on Intifada
Association of Middle East Women's Studies
News on Iraq
D. Jamail's weblog (independent US reporter in Iraq). See for example, his update on Fallujah, June 2006
US Pentagon's news on Iraq and Afghanistan
Prof. Juan Cole's blog on Iraq and the Middle East
BBC updated graphs and statistics on Iraq
How is money being spent in Iraq? Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction reports
Newspapers:
Manchester Guardian (British, different ME coverage than most US papers)
Haaretz (Israeli, generally left-leaning)
See also Washington Post and New York Times
News Magazines with good coverage and current reporting on the Middle East
The Economist
Atlantic Monthly (go through the UW Library Catalog for access)
Harper's (go through the UW Library Catalog for access)
Newsweek article: Unmasking the Insurgency (see other Newsweek coverage of the Middle East as well)
Istanbul photos:
Blue Mosque 1, 2; St. Sophia 1, 2; Street; Topkapi Saray, 1, 2, 3, 4; Rumeli Hisari 1, 2; bridge over Bosphorus
Maps: Ottoman Empire
Photos of Isfahan, Iran (link to IranPix)
