Middle East Resources: News & Primary Sources

Curated selection of key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces, professionally translated into English, from over 150 media sources in 22 Arab countries and the diaspora, coded according to subject area and country. Searchable database back to 2005 and daily briefing available.

Includes the last 60 days of full text, full color newspapers in original languages. Includes newspapers from Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and UAE. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos.

A comprehensive resource for U.S. and international companies as well as newspaper articles, transcripts and web news worldwide, along with legal materials from U.S. and international jurisdictions. **To use Company Dossier, pop up blocker must be turned off.**

To construct and download in bulk full text corpora derived from newspapers, newswires and legal and trade publications from this database, use Text Assembler.

Declassified US government documents. Many collections related to the Middle East.

Records from the Jerusalem, Ankara, and Beirut bureaus of the Associated Press news organization.

The documents in this collection were sourced from international journals, newspapers, scientific reports, and radio and television broadcasts from 19 countries in North Africa and the Middle East, as well as from other nations with security interests in the region. A division of the Central Intelligence Agency identified, curated and translated the documents into English every day for four decades. Also includes government-level analysis and commentary.

From the Ottoman Empire to the Arab Spring, the countries of the Middle East and North Africa have stood at the crossroads of history. The Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers collection includes publications from across this dynamic region, providing unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century.

Egypt’s most authoritative and influential national daily. Contains full-image/full-text content, with full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, including text within advertisements. Contains all obtainable published issues from 1875 to 2018, with an additional year’s worth of content added on an annual basis.

Established in May 1924, Cumhuriyet (“The Republic”) is the oldest secular Turkish daily newspaper and is widely considered one of the last remaining opposition newspapers in Turkey.