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Jadaliyya
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JadaliyyaJadaliyya is an independent ezine produced by the Arab Studies Institute (ASI). It provides critical analysis that combines local knowledge, scholarship, and advocacy with an eye to audiences in the United States, the Arab world, and beyond. The site currently publishes posts both in Arabic and English.
General News Sources
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Access World News This link opens in a new windowThis comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Content is easily searched and sorted through an intuitive, map-based interface. Paid ads are excluded.
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowLimited to 5 concurrent users.
Provides worldwide full-text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, and historical market data. -
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941 - 1996 This link opens in a new windowIncludes full-text translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts as well as selected foreign news, periodical articles and government statements. Search by geographic region, article type or publication title. Browse "Events" to see chronological coverage of topics of interest. Coverage is continued by the World News Connection database.
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Electronic Index This link opens in a new windowIndex to FBIS reports from 1941 to 1996. Lauinger's Government Documents department has the full text on microfiche of items listed in this database from 1941 through the mid-1990s. Full text is also available for 1974 to 1996 from FBIS Reports Online. For 1994 to the present, see the World News Connection database.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowVaries by publication.
Provides access to the full text of thousands of national and international magazines, newspapers, wire services, TV and radio broadcast transcripts, web publications, and blogs. Search by General, News, Legal, Business, or People. -
NewsBank This link opens in a new windowIncludes Access World News, America's Historical Imprints, Electronic Image Editions, and Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports and Index.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Complete historical coverage of The Atlanta Constitution, The Baltimore Sun, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, South China Morning Post, The Times of India, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. -
World News Connection This link opens in a new windowOffers translated and English language news and information compiled from non-United States media sources. Coverage includes political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events. Contains information derived from full-text and summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Coverage runs from 1995 to December 31, 2013.
Middle East-specific News Sources
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Al-JazeeraThis Qatari government-funded news organization is among the biggest in the world and provides multilingual news and analysis through print and broadcast journalism.
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Al-MonitorAl-Monitor is home to news and analysis from prominent journalists and experts from the Middle East and North Africa. The site provides reporting and analysis on Egypt, the Gulf, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, North Africa, Palestine, Syria and Turkey.
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Middle East Channel (Foreign Policy)from Foreign Policy journal. Includes articles, blog posts, photo essays, etc. on the week's events in the region.
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Mideast Wire This link opens in a new windowConcise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.
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Al-Ahram Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowAl-Ahram (الأهرام, "The Pyramids") is one of Egypt's most influential newspapers. Coverage is from 1875 to 5 years ago.
