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Of Current Interest:

North Africa & the Middle East 2011 External Link

This collection documents the events in Northern Africa and the Middle East in 2011 after the Tunisian uprising. Content includes blogs, social media and news sites about Egypt, Yemen, Sudan and other African countries. The content of these sites is in Arabic, English, and French and was collected by the Library of Congress’ African and Middle Eastern Division and Cairo Field Office, and by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the British Library, and Stanford University.
It was archived by Archive -IT.

Jasmine Revolution - Tunisia 2011 External Link

This collection consists of websites documenting the revolution in Tunisia in 2011, and is  in French, Arabic, and English. The websites were collected by the Library of Congress’ African and Middle Eastern Division and Cairo Field Office, and by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the British Library, and Stanford University and archived by Archive -IT.

From left: 18th century Middle East book binding; The Washington Haggadah; Kente Cloth
From left: 18th century Middle East book binding; The Washington Haggadah;
Kente Cloth


Of Special Interest:


"To Know Wisdom and Instruction:
the Armenian Literary Tradition at the Library of Congress"
View the On-Line Exhibit

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Obama Memorabilia from Africa

C-Span Documentary External Link
on the Library of Congress

Yizkor-Memorial Book Collection:
A New and Expanded Finding Aid



Hebrew Incunabula at the Library of Congress: A Short-Title List


Voices from Afghanistan

View the On-Line Exhibit


Report of a Survey Tour
to Northern Nigeria



The Kirkor Minassian Cuneiform Tablet Collection




Islamic Manuscripts from Mali


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Location:
101 Independence Ave. SE
Thomas Jefferson Building,LJ 220
Washington, D.C. 20540-4660
2nd Floor Jefferson Building
Maps and Floor Plans

(Free Wi-Fi is available
in our Reading Room)


Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
Closed Saturdays, Sundays &
Federal Holidays External Link

Overseas Offices:
   Cairo, Egypt
   Islamabad, Pakistan
   Jakarta, Indonesia
   Nairobi, Kenya
   New Delhi, India
   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The African & Middle Eastern Reading Room is the primary public access point for materials housed in the the African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) which include a variety of vernacular scripts, such as Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish, and Yiddish. Covering 77 countries from Morocco to Southern Africa to the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union, the division's three sections--African, Hebraic, and Near East--offer in-depth reference assistance, provide substantive briefings on a wide range of subjects relating to these languages and cultures, produce guides to the Library's vast resources and cooperate in developing and preserving the Division's unparalleled collections.
 
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