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Current Events Guide to Political and Social Change in the Arab World : News Sources

University of Illinois Library News Sources

The Communications Library News Lounge
The UIUC Communications Library now provides access to international satellite news from Africa and the Middle East and other geographic areas/countries including China, Europe, India, Latin America, and Korea.
Newspaper Databases

Google News

These feeds are returning results for "Egypt," "Tunisia," "Libya," "Algeria," "Bahrain," "Morocco," "Yemen," "Syria," "Jordan" from Google News

Reddit Middle East News

NY Times Middle East News

The New York Times

Tunisia News

HubPages - colonial82

Web News Sources

Online News Publications

Africa Focus The Past of a Regime
http://www.africafocus.org/docs11/lib1102b.php

Ahram Online News Politics Business & Sports from Egypt

http://english.ahram.org.eg

Algeria Daily Breaking News from the North Africa

http://algeriadaily.com/

Atlantic Monthly (search results: Egypt)

http://www.theatlantic.com/search/?sort=time&source=magazine&q=egypt

Al Jazeera English News Outlet from Qatar

http://english.aljazeera.net/

Al Jazeera - Libya Live Blog Developing Stories from Libya

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya

Al-Masry al-Youm Independent Daily Newspaper in Egypt

http://almasryalyoum.com/en

All Africa

http://allafrica.com/tunisia/

The Arabist An informed Blog

http://arabist.net

BBC Timeline of Protests

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12425375

British Journalist Johnathan Cook based Nazareth
http://www.jkcook.net/index.html

Democrazy Now! Community Media TV/Radio Program

http://www.democracynow.org/

The Electronic Intifada News from a Palestinian Perspective
http://electronicintifada.net/

Foreign Policy Magazine the Global Magazine of Economics, Politics, and Ideas

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/

Global Voices - Egypt Citizen Media from around the World

http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/egypt-protests-2011/

Global Voices - Tunisia Citizen Media from around the World

http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/tunisia-uprising-201011/

Haaretz Israeli News

http://www.haaretz.com/

HyperCities - Egypt Geo-Spatial Tweet Archive

http://www.educationgis.com/2011/02/hypercities-egypt-computer-mapping.html

Jerusalem Post Israeli News in English

http://www.jpost.com/

Josh Landis Syria Blog Focus on Syria and Lebanon

http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/

Juan Cole Informed Comment Blog

http://juancole.com

Mondoweiss Middle East politics and current events

http://mondoweiss.net/

Pambazuka Pan-African Voices for Freedom and Justice

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71173

La Presse Tunisian Newspaper

http://www.lapresse.tn/

The Real News Network Has a Middle East section

http://therealnews.com/t2/

Tabsir Blog Politcs, History, Culture - Islam & Milddle East

http://tabsir.net

Tomsdispatch Alternative News Blog

http://www.tomdispatch.com/

Bernard Lewis Revisited Washington Monthly

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0411.hirsh.html

Y-Net News Israel News

http://www.ynetnews.com

Wadah Khanfar: A Historic Moment in the Arab World

Empire - Social Networks, Social Revolution

Via Al-Jazeera English [Video]

The Egyptian Revolution on Twitter

Time Magazine Middle East Blog

Libya - The Big Picture Photoblog

The Big Picture is the Boston Globe's photoblog

Libya: Unrest and Uncertainty

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University of Illinois Library News Sources

Reddit Middle East News

Suggest a Resource

Middle Column

Web News Sources

Wadah Khanfar: A Historic Moment in the Arab World Video

Empire - Social Networks, Social Revolution Video

The Egyptian Revolution on Twitter Video

Time Magazine Middle East Blog

Libya - The Big Picture Photoblog Photos

Right Column

Picasa Feed Photos

Arab Democracy Twitter Feed

Misc. Middle East Twitter Feeds

National Public Radio Middle East Feed

The Guardian Middle East Feed

Picasa Feed

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Arab Democracy Twitter Feed

Misc Middle East Twitter Feeds

Hashtags

#tahrir #egypt #sidibouzid

#jan25 #tunisia #libya

#feb17 #bahrain #feb14

#yemen #benghazi #sidibouzid

Handles

@sarrahsworld Egyptian Student

@democracynow Daily News on Radio & TV

@NickKristof NY Times Correspondant

@wikileaks Controversial News Outlet

@hadeelalsh Correspondant for the AP in the Middle East

@ghonim Google Exec./Egyptian Activist

@monaeltahawy Columnist

@Elazul Egyptian Student

@petesbigmouth/stand-up-egypt/ Host of show Stand Up!

Voice to Tweet

Alive in Egypt A service that allows phone calls to be converted into tweets, specifically focused on Egypt.

Translation List of #Egypt Speak2Tweet Translations of several tweets #Egypt

NPR Middle East Feed

National Public Radio (US)

the Guardian Middle East Feed

The Guardian is a daily newspaper from London, England.