New OA digital archive: Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution مصر REVOLUTION ثورة An archive of multimedia influenced by the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

"Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution" is a digital archive documenting the 25 January 2011 uprising and its aftermath through the prism of popular culture. It has been designed for both researchers and students interested in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, as well as contemporary Egypt and the relationship between politics and popular culture more broadly.

From pop music to graffiti to satirical TV shows, popular culture played a vital role in articulating political meaning 'from below' in the wake of the 25 January 2011 uprising. The archive includes a wide range of Egyptian popular cultural texts and seeks to create a greater understanding of the significance of the 2011 uprising and its aftermath for everyday Egyptians as well as the relationship between politics and popular culture in a revolutionary context..." read on. 

A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2020 - 14th Edition

A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2020
Published by: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Date: 2020
Pages: 234

"The A to Z Guide is AREU's flagship publication, and has been published since the establishment of the organisation in 2002. This 2020 edition is both an acknowledgment of the Guide’s continuity and the efforts of the domestic actors and the international community that have sustained their contributions to the development of Afghanistan and their commitment to its people. The Guide, in many ways, captures what has changed and persisted in terms of actors, priorities, and the political landscape that together have profoundly changed Afghanistan over the past 18 years. Because of the current lockdown and in order to support the civil society, AREU decided to make the 14th edition of the A to Z Guide to Assistance in Afghanistan available for free on its website."

Arabic Collections Online

Reminder about Arabic Collections Online, publicly available digital library of public domain Arabic language content. ACO currently provides digital access to 13,224 volumes across 7,842 subjects drawn from rich Arabic collections of distinguished research libraries.

As reported recently Arabic Collections Online usage jumped 700% in March due to closures of libraries around the world.
See: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/april/nyu-s-arabic-collections-online-usage-jumps-700--in-march.html

CLIO catalog provides faceted searching capability and more granular access to digitized books contributed by Columbia University Libraries, a partner in the ACO project.

Open Access Resources from CEDEJ

Reminder from CEDEJ (Centre d'études et de documentation économiques, juridiques et sociales) about Open Access resources available on their platform.

Arts of the Islamic World

Arts of the Islamic World : From the Dome of the Rock to the Taj Mahal, the Coronation Mantle, the Ardabil Carpet, and more... c. 640 - 1924 C.E.
Published by: Smarthistory

"Smarthistory is an open educational resource for art history, with the aim to make high-quality introductory art history content freely available to anyone, anywhere. This is a platform for the discipline where art historians can contribute in their areas of expertise and learners come from across the globe. Besides still images, the resource also offers hundreds of videos which are being translated into dozens of languages. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker originally created Smarthistory and are the executive editors. The original resource was merged with Khan Academy in 2011."

The Arab Studies Institute's Open Access Resources for Teaching the Middle East

The Arab Studies Institute's Open Access Resources for Teaching the Middle East

"As teachers, students, and researchers limit their in-person contact, below are some open access resources in the form of online articles, audio interviews, and video segments to facilitate classroom learning and additional research on the Middle East and North Africa.

Below, we've curated threads on the topics of the Uprisings; the making of modern Iran; gender; political Islam; infrastructure and vulnerability; and environment, climate change, health, and disease." [Posted on Jadaliyya on 3/23/20]

TEACHING THE UPRISINGS Teachers Teach-In on Current Events in the Arab World: Return to Business As Usual after the Uprisings? featuring Samia Errazzouki, Sama’a Al-Hamdani, Bassam Haddad, Mouin Rabbani, and Hibba Abugideiri  Toward a Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings (Part One) by Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan Toward a Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings (Part Two) by Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan Roundtable on Political Islam after the Arab Uprisings featuring Nathan Brown, Asef Bayet, John Voll, and Jillian Schwedler The New Mobilization Dynamics of #Sudan’s Popular Uprising: The Virtue of Learning from the Past by Khalid Medani Quick Thoughts on Algeria’s Protests by Thomas Serres  by Thomas Serres The Lebanese Intifada: Observations and Reflections on Revolutionary Times by Jeffrey G. Karam and Sana Tannoury-Karam The Lebanon Revolution Takes on The Media: A Resource on Alternative News Outlets by Diala Lteif REVISIT: Daily/Weekly Updates on Protests in Beirut/Lebanon by Jadaliyya Editors Essential Readings: Uprisings, Resistance, and Popular Mobilization by Asef Bayat Revolutionary Protests Spread Across Central and Southern #Iraq and Are Ongoing by Omar Sirri The Global Wave of Mass Protests: A Panel Discussion hosted by @WCCIAS Essential Readings: The Syrian Uprising  by Raymond Hinnebusch TEACHING IRAN Documenting Anglo-Iranian Oil at the BP Archive by Katayoun Shafiee Oil Nationalization and the 1953 Coup in Iran: A Conversation with Ervand Abrahamian  by Malihe Razazan "1979 Generation": Homa Hoodfar on Feminism and Revolution in Iran by Manijeh Nasrabadi Covering Race and Rebellion  by Naveed Mansoori Roundtable on Iran’s Domestic Politics and Political Economy (Part 1) featuring Arash Davari, Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Zep Kalb, Arang Keshavarzian, Azam Khatam, Saira Rafiee, and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi Roundtable: Backdrop & Reverberations of Soleimani’s Assassination (Part 1: Iran) by Maryam Alemzadeh, Eric Lob, and Arshin Adib-Moghaddam Roundtable on Iran’s Domestic Politics and Political Economy (Part 2) featuring Arash Davari, Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Zep Kalb, Arang Keshavarzian, Azam Khatam, Saira Rafiee, and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi Annotated Bibliography on Postrevolutionary Iran by Arang Keshavarzian TEACHING GENDER How Not to Study Gender in the Middle East by Maya Mikdashi Decolonizing Middle East Men and Masculinities Scholarship: An Axiomatic Approach by Frances S. Hasso Here We Go Again: Saving #Muslim Women and Queers in the Age of Trump by Nadine Naber "1979 Generation": Manijeh Nasrabadi interviews Homa Hoodfar on Feminism and Revolution in Iran by Manijeh Nasrabadi Women & War in Yemen: Actors or Victims? by Mira Nabulsi for VOMENA Radio Woman Healers with Rola Yasmine "The Arab Uprisings: Why Women Matter" by Hibba Abugideiri The Empty Promise of State-Sponsored Feminism in the Arabian Peninsula by Saher Naumaan Women and the Iraqi Revolution by Zahra Ali  Who’s Your Daddy: Why a Feminist Lens and Praxis are Necessary for the Lebanese Revolution by Maya El Helou Manifesto Against the Woman by Mona Kareem Women’s Candidacy and Violence against Women in the Politics of Iraq by Mona Tajali and Sarah Farhan  Sexual Violence, Women’s Bodies, and Israeli Settler Colonialism by Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Sarah Ihmoud, and Suhad Dahir-Nashif  How the West Undermined Women’s Rights in the Arab World By Nicola Pratt Reflecting on Multiple Fragmentations in a City of Men by Zahra Ali Annotated Bibliography on Women & Gender; Migration; Arab Uprisings by Wilson Chacko Jacob, Judith Tucker, and Jeffery Fitzgibbons Annotated Bibliography on Masculinity in the Middle East by Farha Ghannam "Trapped Escape: Young Palestinian Women and the Israeli National-Civic Service" Suhad Daher-Nashif TEACHING POLITICAL ISLAM ROUNDTABLE: Political Islam after the Arab Uprisings featuring Nathan Brown, Asef Bayet, John Voll, and Jillian Schwedler ROUNDTABLE: The Future of Political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa under the Changing Regional Order by Francesco Cavatorta, Courtney Freer, M. Tahir Kilavuz, Peter Mandaville, and Samer Shehata, Stacey Philbrick Yadav Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam with Lahouari Addi Hassan Al-Banna: A Profile from the Archives  Sayyed Qutb: A Profile from the Archives The United States and the Muslim Brotherhood: A Century of Mistrust and Realism by Mohamed-Ali Adraoui Undoing the ‘Terrorist Metanarrative’ with Abdullah Al-Arian Ennahda: A Party in Transition by Fabio Merone and Francesco Cavatorta Annotated Bibliography on Political Islam by Peter Mandaville  TEACHING INFRASTRUCTURE AND VULNERABILITY Vulnerability, Infrastructure, and Displacement: The Role of Public Services in Lebanese Spaces of Migration by Hanna Baumann and Samar Kanafani Roundtable on the Past and Present of Electricity in Lebanon (Part 1) featuring Ziad Abu-Rish, Owain Lawson, Joanne Nucho, Eric Verdeil, and Dana Abi Ghanem Roundtable on the Past and Present of Electricity in Lebanon (Part 2) featuring Ziad Abu-Rish, Owain Lawson, Joanne Nucho, Eric Verdeil, and Dana Abi Ghanem Structured Precarity: The Plight of Syrian Refugees in Turkey featuring Cihan Tekay Annotated Bibliography on Infrastructure by Joanne Randa Nucho For the People of the River, Not Investors: Toward a “Declaration of Principles” Guaranteeing Farmers’ Rights to the Waters of the Nile by Sakr Al-nour Racism and Syrians in Turkey: The Political Economy of Discrimination by Helen Mackreath Do Fuel Prices Define the Fate of the People’s Politics in Iran? by Omid Mehrgan and Setareh Shohadaei Roundtable: Considering the Past and Future of UNRWA featuring Karen Koning AbuZayd, Francesca Albanese, Ardi Imseis, Jo Kelcey, Mouin Rabbani, and Terry Rempel The European Union's Complicity in Refugee Abuse in Libya with Marwa Mohamed and Gabriele Proglio Infrastructure Crises in Beirut and the Struggle to (Not) Reform the Lebanese State" by Eric Verdeil TEACHING ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND DISEASE The Climate of Middle East Studies by Owain Lawson Climate Change and Water Rights in Palestine with Muna Dajani The Ouarzazate Solar Plant in Morocco: Triumphal 'Green' Capitalism and the Privatization of Nature by Hamza Hamouchene The Violence of Climate Change in Egypt by Mika Minio-Paluello Imider vs. COP22: Understanding Climate Justice from Morocco’s Peripheries by Koenraad Bogaert Vulnerability, Infrastructure, and Displacement: The Role of Public Services in Lebanese Spaces of Migration by Hanna Baumann and Samar Kanafani We Made Every Living Thing From Water: An Interview with Karim Eid-Sabbagh by Kieran Garrard Algeria Seen from the Sea by Thomas Serres Bio-Istanbul: A Speculative, Segregationist, and Sustainable Urbanism by Elvan Arik Cancer, Catharsis, and Corruption in Lebanon by Joelle M. Abi-Rached The Toxicity of Everyday Survival in Iraq by Omar Dewachi Jennifer L. Derr, The Lived Nile: Environment, Disease, and Material Colonial Economy in Egypt (New Texts Out Now) Battling Cancer with Spirit in Gaza by Lara Aburamadan

Free access to online content from some publishers

Due to COVID-19 emergency some publishers are now offering free access to their content. These publishers offer some content for the study of Islam and the Middle East.
AMIR will update this list as new information becomes available.

"Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak. Over 700 textbooks, published and currently available, on Cambridge Core are available regardless of whether textbooks were previously purchased."
https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks
[Update 3/19/2020 : Due to unprecedented demand and reported misuse publisher temporarily removed the free access to textbooks. They are  working to address these concerns plan to reinstate free access as soon as possible.


"Project Muse: Free Resources on MUSE During COVID-19"
https://about.muse.jhu.edu/resources/freeresourcescovid19/

"Access to the digital Loeb Classical Library will be free to schools and universities impacted by COVID-19 until June 30th. From Harvard University Press International @HarvardUPLondon In these uncertain times, sometimes you need to look back at the classics. 
Access to the digital Loeb Classical Library will be free to schools and universities impacted by COVID-19 until June 30th.  Librarians: email loebclassics_sales@harvard.edu for access.