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Middle East-Specific News Sources
- 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.
- 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.
- Middle East Channel (Foreign Policy)from Foreign Policy journal. Includes articles, blog posts, photo essays, etc. on the week's events in the region.
- 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.
- 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.
News for Language Learners
- Al-Jazeera Learning ArabicAl-Jazeera Learning Arabic site is a free open educational source that presents the Arabic language in an easy interactive way that helps learners practice and improve their Arabic language.
- Easy Arabic NewsEasy Arabic News is an educational website offering language resources for learners of Arabic. The website mainly publishes articles tailored for different competence levels with additional material for learners.
