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Middle East, North Africa & South Asia history

Welcome - Merhaba - أهلا وسهلا - Hoşgeldiniz - خوش آمدید ! This guide focuses on historical, archival and primary sources for the history of the Middle East. It is tailored to the courses offered by the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies.

Contemporary newspapers

Egypt

al Ahram

Canada

Factiva

International

PressDisplay

Middle east

MideastWire.com

Pakistan

Dawn

Qatar

al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Gazette

Turkey

Hurriyet News

McGill Newspapers collection provides a complete list of electronically accessible Newspapers held by McGill University.

Historical newspapers

  • Jara'id: Arabic Newspapers of Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine is an open archives of Palestinian newspaper hosted on the National Library of Israel website. It includes 38 titles published between 1908 and 1948 in Arabic.
  • Historical Jewish Press is an open archives of Jewish newspapers and journals, including extremely rare newspapers to which access has been previously impossible, hosted on the National Library of Israel website. It includes 550 titles published between 1783 and 2020 in 17 different languages.

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