Middle East Studies Collection

Middle East Journals

Below you will find an alphabetical list of Middle East journals held by OSU and links to their item records in the catalog. This list include peer-reviewed academic journals, policy publications, literary magazines published in the Middle East, and more. The designations "print" and "ejournal" refers to OSU holdings and "pr" to a peer-reviewed or refereed journal.

Please note that while this list of journals is complete, the information information on the journals is in the process of being updated. This process should be complete by the end of January.

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For quick information on most journals consult Ulrichsweb, an online dictionary of periodicals:

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Middle East Journals at OSU

Al-Abhath (print) Modern History Abstracts 

Abstracta Iranica (print) Abstracts and Bibliographies for Iranian Studies 

Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (ejournal) History, Literature, Linguistics 

Al-Adab (print) Arabic Literature

Adab wa-Naqd (print) Arabic Literature, History, Criticism

ADC Times (ejournal) Arab Americans, Foreign Public Opinion, American-Arab Anti-Descrimination Committee

Adumatu (print) Archaeology and Antiquities

Al-Afkar (print) Lebanon and Arab Countires, Politics and Government

Afkar (print) Arabic Literature

African and Asian studies (ejournal) global change and development of Asian and African nations, cultures

Ahfad Journal (ejournal) Women, Sudan

'Alam al-Kitab (re-started 2008) Arabic Imprints and Reviews

Alamat (print) Arabic Language and Literature, History, Criticism

Alamat fi al-naqd al-adab (print) Arabic Language and Literature, History and Criticism

Alif (ejournal) Literature, History and Criticism 

Alter Orient (print) Syrian Periodicals, Oriental studies, Near East archeology

American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (print) Islamic Countries, Social Science 

American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature (ejournal)  Hebrew Language, Philology 

Ankara Universitesi; Dil ve Tarih-Cografya (print) World Literature and History, Social Sciences and Humanities 

Ankara Universitesi; SBF dergisi (print) Turkey, Economics, International Relations, Public Administration, and Current Events 

Annales islamologiques (print) Archeology, Egypt

L'Annee du Maghreb (print)  North Africa, Politics and Government

Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (print) Jordan-Antiquities

Anthropology of the Middle East (print) Anthropology, Social Science 

Arab Law Quarterly (ejournal) (pr) Islamic Law, Comparative International Law

Arab Studies Journal (print) Arab Countries Periodicals 

Arab Studies Quarterly (ejournal) (pr) Study and Teaching

The Arab World Geographer (print) Geography of the Arabic Countries 

Arabian Archeologie and Epigraphy (ejournal) (pr) Archaeology; Middle East & North Africa; Epigraphy

Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (ejournal) (pr)  Learning and scholarship

Arabica (ejournal) (pr) Arabic philology, Arab Civilization, Comparative International Law

Al-Arabiyya (print) Arabic literature, Language, Philology 

Archivum Ottomanicum (print) Ottoman History 

Arts and Thought (print) Islamic Empire, Art, Civilization 

Azizah (ejournal)  

Bahithat (print)

Banipal (print) Modern Arabic literature, Arabic Literature in English Translation

Barrasi-i kitab=Persian Book Review (print)  Persian literature -- History and criticism

Belgeler - Turk Tarih Kurumu (print)  Turkey, History

Belleten - Turk Tarih Kurumu (print)  Turkish History, World History

Bibliotheca Orientalis (print) Orient -- Bibliography 

Al-Bibliyughrafiya al-Wataniyah al-Suriya (print) Syria -- Bibliography, Imprints

Al-Bibliyughrafiya al-Wataniyah al-Urduniyah (print)  Jordan -- Imprints

Al-Bibliyughrafiyah al-wataniyah al-Arabiyah al-Libiyah (print) Libya -- Imprints

Birikim (print) Turkey -- Current political debates and criticism, philosophy

Boletin de la Asociacion Espanola de Orientalistas (print) Asia, Middle East, Islamic Empire

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (ejournal) (pr)  Middle East -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain

Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamiques (CD Rom)

Bulletin de l'Institut d'Egypte (print) Egypt Antiquities, History, Geology

Bulletin d'Etudes Orientales (print) Middle Eastern Civilization, Oriental Philology 

The Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research (ejournal) (pr) technical articles covering the entire Near East and eastern Mediterranean world from the Paleolithic period through Islamic times

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (ejournal) (pr) languages, cultures and civilisations of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East

Review of Middle East Studies (ejournal) modern period, premodern topics including Islamic and cultural studies, ethical issues on the Middle East

Les Cahiers de Tunisie (print)

Cahiers d'Etudes sur la Mediterranean orientale (ceased) 

CBRL : Newsletter of the Council for British Research in the Levant (ejournal) Middle East, Antiquities and Archaeology

Central Asian Survey (ejournal) (pr) politics, economy and history of Central Asian and Caucasian regions

Central Asiatic journal (print) literature, history and archaeology of Central Asia

Central Bank Review (print) Turkey Banks and banking

Central Eurasian Studies Review (ejournal) Central Asia History

Circumference (print) Poetry, Modern -- 21st century

CIS-CSIR newsletter (print) Islam, Christianity, Other Religions Relations

Cogito (print) Turkish literature and history, world literature and history

Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (ejournal) (pr) non-Western social, political, and intellectual formations

Cornucopia (print) Turkey -- Civilization

Critique. Journal of Critical Studies (ejournal)  Middle East

Cyprus Newsletter (print) political debates about Cyprus

The Cyprus Review (print) political, social and economic issues of Cyprus

Cyprus Today (print) art and music news from all over the world

Daftar-i hunar (print)

DOMES (ejournal) topics dealing with the Middle East and North African countries, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey

Dirasat (Jordan) (print) 

Echo of Islam (cancelled) political discussions of Muslim world, Islamic principles about social issues

Edebiyat (Combined into Middle Eastern) Middle Eastern Literature

L'Egypte contemporaine (print) Egypt -- Economic Conditions

Eurasian Studies (print) Eurasia and Middle East History

European Journal of Turkish Studies (ejournal) Turkey History and Social Science

Faslnamah-i hunar (print)

Fikrun wa-Fann (print)

Funun al-sha'biyah (print) 

Fusul (print) Arabic literature -- History and criticism

Ganjinah-i asnad (cancelled) Iran -- Archival resources

Al-Hadathah (print) Lebanon -- Civilization, Arabic literature

Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review (print) Hawwa : journal of Women in the Middle East and the Islamic World (ejournal) Islamic countries

Hawwa : journal of Women in the Middle East and the Islamic World (ejournal) (pr)

Al-Hayah al-thaqafiyah (print) Tunisia and Arab Civilization

Hesperis Tamuda (print)  Morocco -- Civilization, Africa, North -- History 

Al-Hilal (print) 

Ibda' (re-started 2008) (print) Arts -- Egypt

Indo-Iranian Journal (ejournal) (pr) Indo-Iranian philology

Institut des belles Lettres Arabes (print)

International Journal of Kurdish Studies (ejournal) (pr) Kurdish history and contemporary affairs

International Journal of Shii Studies (print) researches and reviews on aspect of Shi’i studies

International Journal of Turkish Studies (print) Turkish Antiquities and History 

International Review of Turkology (ejournal) Turkology, literature, history, linguistics, and social, political, and cultural issues

Iran and the Caucasus (ejournal) (pr) Middle East -- History, Middle East -- Civilization, Asia, Central -- History, Asia, Central -- Civilization, Iran -- History, Iran -- Civilization

Iranian Studies (ejournal) (pr) history, literature and culture of Persian legacy

Iranica Antiqua (ejournal) (pr) civilisation of pre-Islamic Iran

Iran namah (print) Iran -- Civilization

Iranshinasi (print)           

ISIM review (print /formerly ISIM) International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World

Der Islam (print) history and culture of the Middle East

Islam & Christian Muslim relations (ejournal) Christianity and other religions -- Islam, Islam -- Relations -- Christianity (pr)

Islamic Africa (ejournal) (pr) Islam and Muslim life pertaining to Africa and/or Africans

Islamic Horizons (ejournal) news about North American Muslim community

Islamic Law and Society (ejournal) (pr) classical and modern Islamic law in Muslim and non-Muslim countries

Islamochristiana (print)   Christianity and other religions -- Islam, Islam -- Relations -- Christianity

Al-Jadid (print) Arab, Arab--Unitied States

Jadmag  (ejournal) First issues coming soon!

Jerusalem Quarterly (print) Jerusalem -- Politics and government -- Periodicals Jerusalem -- International status -- Periodicals Annexation (Municipal government) -- Israel -- Periodicals Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace

Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam (print) Islam, Arab countries, Civilization, Arab --  Islamic civilization -- Periodicals

Journal Asiatique (ejournal) (pr) Oriental philology

Journal for Semitics (ejournal) Semitic philology -- Periodicals Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Periodicals Middle East -- Civilization -- Periodicals

Journal of Arabic Literature (ejournal) (pr) Arabic literature

Journal of Asian and African Studies (ejournal) (pr) Africa -- Study and teaching, Asia -- Study and teaching

Journal of Islamic Studies (ejournal) (pr) Islamic civilization , Islam,  Islamic countries -- Civilization

Journal of Mediterranean Studies (print) Mediterranean Region -- Civilization 

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (ejournal) (pr) Women -- Middle East , Feminism -- Middle East

Journal of Middle Eastern and North African Intellectual and Cultural Studies (suspended) Middle East, North Africa, Civilization

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs  (ejournal) (pr) Muslims -- Non-Muslim countries, Islam,  Religious minorities 

Journal of Near Eastern Studies (ejournal) (pr)  Subjects Middle East, Semitic philology

Journal of North African Studies (ejournal) (pr) historic and current events of Mediterranean region

Journal of Palestine Studies (ejournal) (pr) Jewish-Arab relations

Journal of Persianate Studies (ejournal)  Iran -- Civilization , Iran -- Social life and customs 

Journal of Qur'anic Studies (ejournal) (pr) Qurʼan -- Study and teaching

Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (print) modern islamic and non-islamic societies in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa

Journal of Sufi Studies (ejournal) cultural and social contexts of Sufi tradition

Journal of the American Oriental Society (ejournal) (pr) American Oriental Society, Oriental philology

The Journal of the Associated of Graduates in Near East Studies (print) Middle East -- History, Middle East -- Antiquities, Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism

Journal of the Muhyiddin ibn 'Arabi Society (print) Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240 -- Societies

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (ejournal)  (pr) history, archaeology, literature, language, religion and art of South Asia, the Middle East (together with North Africa and Ethiopia), Central Asia, East Asia and South-East Asia

Journal of Turkish Studies (print) Turkish philology, history and literature of Turks

Kanat: Bilkent Universitesi turk edebiyati merkezi bulteni (ceased)  Turkish literature

Karmal (print) Literature,  Arabic literature -- History and criticism

Al-Kashshaf al-Tahlili (print) 

Kebikec (print) Turkey -- Civilization, Turkish history, and social sciences

Kibris (print) Cyprus -- Periodicals Cyprus, Northern 

Kitap-lik (print) Turkish literature -- History and criticism, Books -- Reviews, Turkey -- Intellectual life,

Kubbealti akademi mecmuasi (print) Turkish literature and art

Kurdish Life (ejournal) Kurds and Kurdistan

Levant (print) Middle East -- Antiquities

The Light & Islamic Review (print) Islam, Ahmadiyya, original message of Islam

The Link (print) Jewish-Arab Relations, Politics and Government

Maghreb-Machrek (print) North Africa 

Mahjubah (print)  Shīʻah, Muslim women, Women -- Iran, Shīʻah -- Iran

al-Majallah. Majma' Lughah al-'Arabiyah bi-Dimashq (print)  Arabic philology, Arabic language, Arabic literature (pr)

Majallah-I zabanshinasi  (cancelled) Persian language, Linguistics

Majallat  Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-'Arabiyah (print) Manuscripts, Arabic

Majallat al- Mu'arrikh al-'Arabi (print) Arab countries -- History 

Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyah (print) Palestinian Arabs, Jewish-Arab relations

Majallat al-Dirasat al-Sharqiyah (print) Middle East

Al-Majallat al-Urduniyah lil-tarikh wa-al-athar (print) Arab countries -- History, Jordan -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jordan

Majallat Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyah (print) Islamic law, Islam -- Egypt

Majallat Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyah (print) Arabian Peninsula, Persian Gulf Region

Majallat Kulliyat al-Adab (print) 

Majallat Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyah (print) Manuscripts, Arabic

Majallat Majma al-Lughah al-Arabiyah al-Sudaniyah (print) Arabic language, Arabic language -- Sudan

Majallat Majma' Lughah al-'Arabiyah (print) Arabic language

Majallat Majma' Lughah al-'Arabiyah al-Urduni (print)  Arabic language

Majmuah-i maqalat-i mutalaat-i Irani (print) Civilization, Iranian, Iranian studies

Al-Ma'rifah (print) 

Al-Masaq : studia arabo-islamica mediterranea  (ejournal) (pr) Islamic civilization, Mediterranean Region -- Civilization -- Islamic influences, Middle East -- Periodicals Arab countries periodicals 

Masharif (print) Palestinian Arabs, Jerusalem -- Intellectual life, Haifa (Israel) -- Intellectual life 

Al-Masrah (print) Drama, Theater

Materiaux Arabes et Sudarabiques (print) Arabic philology South Arabic language

al-Mathurat al-Sha'biyah (print) Folklore -- Persian Gulf Region 

Al-Mawqif al-adabi (print) Arabic literature

Mediterranean Historical Review (ejournal) (pr)  Mediterranean Region -- History

Mediterranean Politics (ejournal) (pr) Mediterranean Region -- Politics and government -- 1945

Mediterranean Quarterly (ejournal) World politics -- 1945-1989, World politics -- 1989, Mediterranean Region -- Politics and government -- 1945, Mediterranean Region| Periodicals Europe

Mediterreans (print) Mediterranean Region -- Civilization

Melanges - Institut dominicain d'etudes orientales du Caire (print) Middle East, Arabic philology

Merhaba (print) Turkish literature and art

Middle East Affairs Journal (suppressed by US gov't) Middle East

The Middle East Business and Economic Review (ceased) Middle East -- Commerce, Middle East -- Economic conditions, Middle East -- Foreign economic relations

Middle East Journal (ejournal) (pr) Middle East, Africa, North

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication (ejournal)  Mass media -- Middle East, Middle East -- Social life and customs, Middle East -- Politics and government

The Middle East Military Balance (ceased) Middle East -- Armed Forces, Middle East -- Defenses 

Middle East Policy (ejournal) (pr) Arab countries -- Politics and government,  Arab countries -- Foreign relations, United States -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries

Middle East Quarterly (ejournal) political and economic issues in the Middle East

Middle East Report (ejournal) (pr) Middle East -- Politics and government, Middle East -- Social conditions, Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945, Africa, North -- Politics and government

Middle East Research and Information Project (ejournal)  Subscription activated soon!

Middle East Women's Studies Review (ejournal) Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions, Association for Middle East Women's Studies 

Middle Eastern literatures (ejournal) (pr)  Arabic literature -- History and criticism, Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism

Middle Eastern Studies  (ejournal) (pr) Arabs and Islam

Miscelanea de estudios arabes y hebraico. Seccion de arabe-Islam (cancelled)

Mizna : opinion, poetry, short stories, essays, and art by Arab Americans (print) American literature -- Arab American authors

The Muslim World (ejournal) (pr) Muslims, Islamic countries, Islam

Muslim World Book Review (print)  Islamic countries -- Book reviews, Islam -- Book reviews, Islam -- Bibliography, Islamic countries -- Bibliography

MWL Journal (print) Islam, Islamic countries

Muteferrika (print)  Publishers and publishing -- Turkey -- History

Namayah (cancelled) Markaz-i Nashrīyāt-i ʻIlmī va Farhangī (Iran) -- Periodicals Persian periodicals -- Indexes -- Periodicals Periodicals -- Indexes 

Nashrah al-ihsaiyah (print)  Morocco -- Economic conditions -- Statistics -- Periodicals Morocco -- Commerce -- Statistics -- Periodicals Industries -- Morocco -- Statistics -- Periodicals Morocco -- Statistics

New Arabian Studies (ceased-09)  Arab  and Arabian Peninsula

New Perspectives on Turkey (print) history, politics and culture of Turkey and Ottoman Empire

Newsletter IRCIRA (print) Islamic countries -- History, Islam and art, Islam and politics

Nigah-I Naw (cancelled)  Iran -- Social conditions, Iran -- Civilization

Northeast African Studies (ejournal) (pr) politics and history of the Northeast African countries

Der Orient. Deutsches Orient-Institut (print) politics and economics of the Middle East

Orientalia  (print) Middle Eastern philology, Oriental philology 

Orientalia Suecana (ceased) (pr) Middle East -- Civilization, Asia -- Civilization, Middle Eastern philology, Oriental philology

Oriente Moderno (cancelled) Eastern question, Islam, Orient

Osmanli Arastirmalari (The Journal of Ottoman Studies) (print) Ottoman history

OTAM : Ankara Universitesi Osmanli Tarihi Arastirma ve Uygulama (print)  Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Palestine Israel Journal (ejournal) topics related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and relations

Praksis (print) Socialism -- Turkey, Turkey -- Politics and government, historical materialism

Princeton Papers (ceased) (pr) Middle East, Africa, North,  Islamic civilization

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies (print) Arabian Peninsula -- Congresses

Qajar Studies : Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association (print)  Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925, Arts Iranian

Al-Qantara (print)  Arabs -- Spain Civilization, Arab  Arab countries -- Study and teaching, Spain -- History -- 711-1516

Al-Qissah (print)  Short stories, Arabic

Quaderni di studi (ejournal)  Civilization, Arab

Raida (print)  Women -- Arab countries, Women -- Periodicals Jāmiʻah al-Lubnānīyah al-Amīrikīyah. Maʻhad al-Dirāsāt al-Nisāʼīyah fī al-ʻĀlam al-ʻArabī -- Periodicals

Religious Studies review (ejournal) (pr) Religion -- Book reviews, Religion -- Bibliography

Review of Middle East Economics and Finance (ejournal) (pr) Middle East -- Economic conditions -- 1979

Review of Middle East Studies (print)  Middle East Studies Association of North America, Middle East -- Study and teaching , Middle East

Risalat Ma'had al-Turath al-'Ilmi al-'Arabi (print) Jāmiʻat Ḥalab. Maʻhad al-Turāth al-ʻIlmī al-ʻArabī,Science -- History -- Arab countries -- Study and teaching

Rivista degli studi orientali (cancelled)  Asia, Oriental philology

Ruz al-Yusuf (print)  

Sanat dunyamiz (print)  Arts, Modern -- 20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century

Saudi Aramco World (print) Petroleum industry and trade -- Saudi Arabia

Al-Sharq (print)  Arabic literature -- Israel, Arabic literature -- Israel -- History and criticism, Arabic literature, Arabic literature -- History and criticism

Al-Shi'r (print) Arabic poetry -- History and criticism

Shuara (print)  Arabic poetry -- History and criticism

Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi = Journal of Social Sciences  (ejournal)  Literature -- History and criticism, Social sciences

Studi Epigrafici e linguistici (print)  Oriental philology, Middle Eastern philology

Studia Iranica (ejournal) (pr)

Studia Islamica (print)

Studies in Contemporary Islam (ejournal) (pr) analysis of contemporary Islamic developments and Islamic societies

Sudanic Africa (ceased; now) Scholarly periodicals -- Sudan (Region), Sudan (Region) -- History -- Sources, Africa -- History -- Sources

Suhayl : Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilization (print) Science -- Islamic countries -- History, Islamic civilization -- History

Sumer (print)  Iraq -- Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology)

Surah (cancelled)  Art, Iranian -- Iran -- Tehran

Syria (Fine Arts)  (print)  Syria -- Antiquities, Art -- Syria, Archaeology,  Asian Art

Tarih ve Toplum (print) Turkey -- political history, Ottoman history

Al-Thaqafah (print) Arabic literature, Civilization, Arab

Toplum ve Bilim (print)   Social sciences, Turkey -- Social conditions, gender studies, current political discussions

Toplumsal Tarih (ejournal)  world and turkish history, turkish literature and international relations

Turathiyat (print)   Civilization, Arab, Islamic civilization, Egypt -- Civilization

Turcica (ejournal) (pr) Turkey, Turkish philology

Turk Dili ve Edebiyati (print)  Turkish language, Turkish literature -- History and criticism, classical Ottoman literature

Turk Dunyasi (print) Turkic languages, Turkic literature

Turk Dunyasi Arastirmalari (print) History of Turkic republics, old Turkic languages literature

Turk Edebiyati (print)  Literary and artistic works of Turkey

Turk Kulturu (print)  Turkish literature, Turkish culture, art and history

Turk Kulturu Arastirmalari (print)  Turkey -- Civilization

Turkic Languages  (print) Turkic languages, Turkic philology,Turkish language,Turkish philology

Turkish Review of Middle East Studies (print)  Turkey -- Relations -- Arab countries, Arab countries -- Relations -- Turkey, Middle East -- History -- 1517

Turkish Studies (ejournal) (pr) Turkey, Turkey -- Politics and government,Turkey -- Economic conditions, Turkey -- History

The Turkish Studies Association Journal (print) (formerly Turkish Studies Association Bulletin) Turkey -- History 

Turkiye Arastirmalari Literatur Dergisi (print) Turkish history, Turkish studies

Al-Usur al-Wusta (print) Islamic Empire, Middle East Medievalists 

Virgul (ejournal)  Turkish literature and book reviews

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (ejournal) United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East  Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States

Der Welt des Islam (ejournal) history and culture of Islamic world (from 18th century)

Die Welt des Orients (print)  Oriental philology, Civilization, Oriental, Oriental antiquities

Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes (print) Oriental philology

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft (print) languages and cultures of the OrientNear and Middle East, Asia, Oceania and Africa

Zeitschrift fur Arabische Linguistik (print)  Arabic language, Arabic philology,Linguistics