News

BBC News - Middle East

New York Times - Middle East Section

Gulf News (Dubai)

The Daily Star (Beirut)

Haaretz (Tel Aviv)

Background: Gulf/2000

Columbia University's Gulf/2000 Project, founded and managed by former NSC official Dr. Gary Sick, offers an unrivaled wealth of information on the history, politics and geography of the Gulf States (Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman). This is the first place to go for everything from maps to research sites to background and commentary on the Gulf countries.

Blogs & Comment

BitterLemons.org - Arguably the single best place on the web for thoughtful and nuanced writing from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

BitterLemons International - The Bitter Lemons site for dialogue and debate about the rest of the Middle East.

SyriaComment - Prof. Joshua Landis' highly regarded blog.

POMED - The Washington-based Project on Middle East Democracy produces an excellent weekly round-up of news and events in and about the Middle East

Mona Eltahawy - Thoughtful commentary with a particular emphasis on modern Islam and women's issues.

Rami Khouri - Archive of columns and other work by the award-winning editor-at-large of Beirut's Daily Star.

Gary Sick - Personal blog of Gulf/2000's founder.

JustWorldNews - Helena Cobban's site is always engaging and humblingly comprehensive.