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This page features many news and archives sources pertaining to Middle Eastern studies, categorized in different ways, listed here:

News Archives	E-Journals for Middle East Studies
News Portals from the Middle East	Open Access Journals
IranNamaye & Multidata News	AMIR RSS News Feed

News Archives

World Newspaper Archive
Searchable collection of historical newspapers from around the world.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Language: Various
LexisNexis Academic
Covers general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: Varies. Some of the files go back to the 1970s
Ethnic NewsWatch
A full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. This collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provides a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1960 - present
Factiva
Contains major global newspapers, business newspapers and magazines, trade and industry journals, prominent newswires, and network broadcast transcripts. In the Companies/Markets tab, there are global company reports, limited industry reports, and market data. The results pages allow robust filtering, and there is live chat help.

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Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: Varies. 9,000 sources are updated on the day of publication.
Language: Primarily English. Over 20 languages total.

News Portals from the Middle East

General:

Al Jazeera	Albawaba
The Middle East Times	Alhayat
Al Monitor

Arab Countries:

Cairo Times	Al-Ahram (Egypt)
Jordan Times	The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Azzaman.com (Iraq)

Israel:

The Jerusalem Post	YNet News
Haaretz	The Jerusalem Report
Israel Today Magazine	Arutz Sheva

Palestine:

Ma’an News Agency	Jerusalem Media & Comm. Center
The Palestine Chronicle	The Electronic Intifada

Iran:

Ettela'at	Tehran News
Fars News Agency	Abrar

Turkey:

Hurriyet Daily News	BirGün
Today's Zaman	Cumhuriyet

E-Journals for Middle East Studies

How to find E-journals related to Middle East studies at UNC Libraries?

From the Library website, go to E-Research by Discipline then under Middle Eastern/Muslim Civilizations click the E-Journals tab.

Persian News reports & Arabic dailies

Irannamaye
Over 1.5 million full text items (articles, reports, news stories, etc.) from Persian newspapers, magazines, and journals, from 1978 until present.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Language: Various
MultiData General News Database
Covers 65 Arabic dailies and weeklies from 1994 to present. Provides access to more than 250,000 records with full texts. A research tool, specialized in the political, economic, strategic, and social issues in the Arab world.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Language: Arabic

Open Access Journals

Jadaliyya is an independent ezine produced by ASI (Arab Studies Institute), the umbrella organization that produces Arab Studies Journal, Tadween Publishing, FAMA, and Quilting Point. It provides a unique source of insight and critical analysis that combines local knowledge, scholarship, and advocacy with an eye to audiences in the United States, the Middle East and beyond. The site currently publishes posts both in Arabic, French, English, and Turkish.