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How Offensive Can a Trustee Be?

Nationwide, colleges have been bolstering their programs in Arabic and the study of the Middle East, responding to growing student interest and awareness that Americans benefit from better understanding the region. At the College of the Siskiyous, in California, such a plan prompted a tirade of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim comments from a trustee, disturbing many on the campus. The trustee is refusing to apologize or resign.

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The Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies

The Palestinian summer celebration is a unique annual program that gives people from all over the world the chance to encounter the life and culture in Palestine in addition to donating some of their time to a local community organization through voluntary work and internships

Arab books and human development

The challenges faced by Arabic book publishing are considerable but is it really responsible for all the problems of the Arab world?

ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC)

CRESC foucses on themes related to central to the analysis of socio-cultural change:Cultural Economy;Transformations in Media, Culture and Economy Culture, Governance and Citizenship,Cultural Values and Politics.

International Journal of the Middle East

Journal publishes original research on politics, society and culture in the Middle East from the seventh century to the present day.Particular attention is paid to the history, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, literature, and cultural studies of the area and to comparative religion, theology, law, and philosophy.

Middle East Report

An informative website on Middle East politics, culture and society.

Arab Studies Quarterly

Al-Jisser Group for Arab Art ad Culture

Founded in April 2001 by a group of Arab Women based in New York and California and later reorganized in 2003 as Al Jisser Group, this organisation is run by a group of volunteers who trace their origins to the cultural activism of Arab Women Artists who functioned during the mid nineties, presenting monthly events at Anarchy cafe and later at Here performance space. Al Jisser Group’s mission is to build a bridge between Arabic art and culture to the world by organizing exhibitions and events of visual art, music, film, and other media.

The MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies

An internet-based journal publishing scholarly writing related to the modern Middle East.

Philosophia Islamica

Online Islamic Philosophy resources.

Arabic Gems

A site about Arabic language issues. It has many links to Arabic resources

Al-Waraq

Large online library of classical Arabic books

Arabic-English Lexicon by Lane

A famous Arabic-English lexicon in PDF.
Contents: All 8 volumes, each with its own folder, total 3162 pages.
Lane, Edward William. An Arabic-English Lexicon.

Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary by Steingass

A useful resource for not only classical Persian but also classical Arabic.
Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, Including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be Met With in Persian Literature.

Islamic Calendar Conversion

Online conversion of Islamic and Christian dates

Living Islam - Islamic Tradition

Important Islamic texts in PDF

Qatar Foundation

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, nonprofit organization. It aims to develop that potential through a network of centers devoted to progressive education, research and community welfare.

Al-Arabi

Arabic Cultural Journal

Certificate in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language

The Language Centre at SOAS, in conjunction with SOAS-UCL CETL Languages of the Wider World, is launching a certificate in teaching Arabic.

Al-Karmel

Arabic Literature Journal by al-Karmel Cultural Foundation

Al-Karmel journal was founded in Beirut by the Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish who remains its chief editor and advocate.

A. N. Qattan Foundation

An independent Palestinian organisation which offers support and encouragement to individuals, institutions and projects in a number of educational and cultural domains throughout the Arab World.

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures (English + Arabic Translation)

EWIC is envisioned as a broad based, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, transhistorical encyclopedia, focusing specifically on women and Islamic cultures, but also including non-Muslim women in cultures where Islam has had a significant presence. Published by Brill (Leiden), EWIC is the first such encyclopedia.