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Michael Schwartz Library

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A General Guide: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies

This guide is a starting point for research in any Middle Eastern Studies course at Cleveland State University. Click the TABS below to navigate to the appropriate section of the guide.

Magnum Photos & Magnum in Motion

Arab Spring -- Middle East Photos
Magnum Photos is a photographic co-operative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer-members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities.
The Uprising
Cairo: photo essay by Dominic Nahr
Theater of War
Libya's last days under Gadaffi: photo essay by Moises Saman
Iranian Memoir
Young Iranian Americans, whose parents fled Iran in 1979, imagine life there now: photo essay by Paolo Pellegrin
Taliban 2009
Posing for ID photos: photo essay by Thomas Dworzak
In Whose Name?
Post 9/11 desire to understand Muslim polity: photo essay by Abbas

Arab Spring

The Guardian Timeline
In December 2010, a man in Tunisia burned himself to death in protest at his treatment by police. What followed was an extraordinary year as pro-democracy rebellions erupted across the Middle East. The Guardian's interactive timeline traces key events.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals about the Arab Spring
Using a saved search in OneSearch, these results are a dynamic list of peer-reviewed articles that include the topic "Arab Spring"