The Middle East Materials Project preserves collections in digital and microform format of unique, rare, hard to obtain, and often expensive research material for Middle East studies. It also preserves deteriorating printed and manuscript scholarly materials.  The geographic scope of MEMP coverage includes Arab countries, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and related areas not covered by other cooperative materials projects.

Since its inception in 1987, MEMP has acquired more than 100 newspaper titles in Arabic, Turkish, and English, including a large collection of Sudanese and Turkish papers. Other projects include the microfilming of a large pamphlet file of materials on the Middle East at the Library of Congress and the microfilming of the Cosro Chaqeri Collection of Iranian Left-wing Materials.

Chair: Guy Burak
General Questions can be directed to: Samantha Abrams 

Membership - Annual Dues: Membership in MEMP is open to any institution or nonprofit organization maintaining a library and whose interests coincide with the project.
Members in North America: $750
Members outside of North America: $500

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