Middle East primary sources
This page contain many books and websites that we have found useful for finding primary sources about Middle Eastern History. Databases will require you to log in using your UHS username and password. Websites are on the open internet. Books will be found in our library or others.
Databases
Books
These books are only available in print. They are all in the library's primary source collection opposite the front desk. Ask if you need help locating them.
Anti-American Terrorism and the Middle East by Call Number: 303.625 RubinPublication Date: 2004Nearly one hundred key documents, charting the evolution of radical Middle East movements, their anti-Americanism, and Western policy response.
Demanding Dignity by Call Number: 956.054 DemandingPublication Date: 2012Stories, songs, and cartoons from 20 young Arab contributors representing nine different countries.
The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict by Call Number: 956.94 IsraelPublication Date: 2008
The Modern Middle East and North Africa by Call Number: 956 Clancy-SmithPublication Date: 2013A mix of conventional political history with social and cultural history. Documents from 1750 to the modern day.
Our Women on the Ground by Call Number: 956 OurPublication Date: 2019Stories from nineteen Arab and Middle Eastern women journalists.
Sources in the History of the Modern Middle East by Call Number: 956 KhaterPublication Date: 2011Covers the late 18th through the 20th centuries, exploring political, social, economic, and cultural history in primary documents.
Web sites
- National Security Archive - Electronic Briefing BooksEach briefing book contains an essay and links to documents.
Divided by geopolitical areas including Latin America, Middle East and China.
Many universities have Libguides relating to Middle Eastern History - just search "Middle East primary sources libguide". Some of the links will be to open access sites; however some will not be accessible as they require you to have a university log in.