Arabic Multimedia Collection

This is an online resource with interactive games and l …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider:

Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

This online exhibit of Mughal painting contains a fine …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Smithsonian Institution

Clear Picture

This YouTube channel contains amazing and interesting v …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Clear Picture

GCC Joint Production Institution

The GCC is a joint program with all the Arabic Gulf cou …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: Gulf Cooperation Council Joint Program Production Institution

Arts of the Islamic World: A Teacher’s Guide

The following resource is an overview of historical Isl …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

This beautiful and very accessible film journeys throug …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Unity Productions Foundation

Global Language Project – Arabic Curriculum – Year 3

This download includes the Global Language Project comp …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Global Language Project

Global Language Project – Arabic Curriculum – Year 2

This download includes the Global Language Project comp …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Global Language Project

Global Language Project – Arabic Curriculum – Year 1

This download includes the Global Language Project comp …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Global Language Project

Miniatures from the Topkapi Museum

Bilkent University hosts the online collection of the T …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Bilkent University Department of History

Visual Poetry: Persian manuscript painting

An online exhibit from the Freer and Sackler Galleries, …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Smithsonian Institution

Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings

This online version of a 2011 exhibit at the Freer/Sack …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Smithsonian Institution

The Koran Does Not Forbid Images of the Prophet

In contrast to traditional claims that Islam does not a …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Newsweek

Figural Representation in Islamic Art

This short, clear essay on Islamic art from the Heilbru …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vegetal Patterns in Islamic Art

A variety of objects from the museum’s collection illus …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Tiles of Infinity

Physicist Peter Lu discovered in 2005 that the elaborat …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Aramco Services Company

Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art

This fascinating exhibit by the Smithsonian Museum of A …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Calligraphy in Islamic Art

This short article with accompanying objects and descri …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Islamic Art

This concise and informative essay brings together both …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Nature of Islamic Art

The definition of Islamic art given in this article is …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

LACMA’s definition of Islamic art incorporates both the …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Museum Associates dba the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Learning Through Creativity: Ali Asani on the Role of Art in the Classroom

One important strategy for teaching the arts is to have …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University

Writing and Literature: The Islamic Period

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Writing and Literature: Before Islam

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Chicago

Art, Language and Culture

This resource is a collection of essays, teaching mater …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

The Arabic Language

The main website contains information about Beirut in A …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: YAbeyrouth

Syrian Story

This website contains a variety of Syrian stories. The …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: SyrianStory

Rethinking the Region: New Approaches to 9-12 U.S. Curriculum on the Middle East & North Africa

This resource is a compilation of units and curricula f …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: British Council and Social Science Research Council

The Art of Ancient Egypt

The art of ancient Egypt and the collection of The Metr …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Art of the Ancient Near East

Many features of civilization originated in the lands w …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art of the Islamic World Curriculum

Learn about art and culture of the Islamic world and gl …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Links for Educators

This resource is comprised of an extensive list of free …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University

Teaching Music of the Arab World Through Rhythm!

Karim Nagi, Musical Educator and Performer (http://www. …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Qatar Foundation International

Bahrain: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Algeria: Country Profile

This profile of Algeria provides a comprehensive overvi …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Classroom Resources

This webpage from the Oman Ministry of Education contai …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Oman Ministry of Education

Nb3 Asala – نبع الأصالة

The website contains a variety of materials and resourc …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: نبع الأصالة

Ma3aly School Resources

This website contains a variety of photos, worksheets, …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Ma3aly

Middle Eastern American Resources Online Precollegiate Lesson Plan Collection

This section of the Middle Eastern American Resources O …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle Eastern American Resources Online (MEARO)

Arabic and Islamic Blog

This is a blog spot that contains a variety of Arabic a …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider:

Student and Teacher Blog Spot

This blog spot was designed originally for Palestinian …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider:

The Electronic Sudanese School

This website is an online school that any teacher could …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Electronic Sudanese School

Majalet Fares

Faris is a children’s magazine. This is the online vers …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Dar Akhbar El Yom

Rashf

This website contains one of the largest Arabic literat …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Rashf

La7oon

This site provide teachers, students, and users with wr …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: La7oon

Al Bawaba

The Al Bawaba network consists of several web portals t …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Al Bawaba

Adab Al Atfal

This website contains a variety of short stories that c …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: شركة دار الهدى للطباعه والنشر م.ض

Heritage in Qatar

QFI Video on Heritage in Qatar >

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level:
Institution/Provider: QFI

Arabic Literature

Arabic Literature from Qatar Foundation International >

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level:
Institution/Provider: QFI

Marrakesh Express

Marrakesh Express is an online Moroccan rug and pillow …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Susan S. Davis