Budrus

This documentary tells the story of a community organiz …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Dialect: Levantine (Palestinian)
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Just Vision

My Neighborhood

My Neighborhood tells the true story of Mohammed El Kur …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Just Vision

Cultural Orientation

This collection of resources includes cultural orientat …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Bridging a Cultural Divide with Literature about Arabs and Arab Americans

This article makes the case for including multicultural …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle School Journal

Rania Matar: In the Middle East

“In the Middle East” includes three collection of photo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Image/Photo
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Rania Matar Photography

Arts & Identity: Teaching About Palestinian and Israeli Identity Through the Arts

This website, created by Betsey Coleman, teacher at Col …

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

Gender and the Muslim World

This guide by Primary Source provides a collection of r …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things

This innovative Tumblr page includes pictures of Muslim …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Image/Photo
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: MuslimsWearingThings

Modern Egypt

This guide provides books, websites, curriculum, films …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

9/11: Resources for Teachers

This guide, curated by Primary Source, highlights books …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

15 Minute History: History of the Ottoman Empire, Part II

In this podcast, the second of a two part series, host …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Audio
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

Contestant No. 2

This episode of Wide Angle features an Arab-Israeli gir …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Wide Angle

Muslim Women Through Time

This lesson plan challenges the idea of a monolithic an …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Who Wears a Veil?

In this lesson, students will consider ways in which Mu …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Misperceptions About the Middle East

This text dispels misconceptions commonly held about Is …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Stereotypes: More than Meet the Eyes

This lesson is one of two in this particular series. In …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Muslim Women and Soccer

This unit includes 5 lessons about Muslim women and soc …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Films for the Classroom

This resource lists 13 films from and about the Middle …

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

Vocabulary of the Middle East

This two-part lesson plan introduces students to key vo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Rebels by Accident

Rebels by Accident, by Patricia Dunn, tells the story o …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

A Day in the Life of an Egyptian

In this lesson plan, students explore the daily lives o …

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

The Queens of Ancient Egypt

In this lesson, students learn about some of the queens …

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

Suheir Hammad: Poems of War, Peace, Women, Power

In this TED Talk, Suheir Hammad performs two spoken wor …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen Through My Eyes

In this TED Talk, Nadia Al-Sakkaf talks about her visio …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

Cafe Baghdad Curriculum

Cafe Baghdad, a script provided by this resource, tells …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Iraqi-Jewish Archive

Jews lived in Iraq for centuries, but by the 1970s, mos …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: US National Archives

Baghdad Twist

This documentary features a collection of photographs, …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Film Board of Canada

Children of Heaven

The Persian film, Children of Heaven, tells the story o …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Culture: A Rich Mosaic

This article explores the diversity of cultures living …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Women’s Voices in the Modern Middle East

This website hosts a collection of resources that prese …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

Access Islam

These multimedia resources about Islam will help studen …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Educational Broadcasting Corporation

The Experience of the Egyptian Revolution

In 2011, the Egyptian people staged 18 days of demonstr …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Teaching about Refugees

As an increasing number of refugees in the Arab world s …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Georgetown University

Rethinking the Region: Women and Gender

This unit was developed based on an extensive analysis …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Teach-MENA

Caramel

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s popular film, Caramel …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Lionsgate

Penn Middle East Center Useful Links, Resources, and Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers

This is an extensive list of links related to teaching …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center

The Light in Her Eyes

This site presents the trailer of The Light in Her Eyes …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape, Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: POV

A New Day in Old Sana’a

Directed by Bader Ben Hirsi, A New Day in Old Sana’a is …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Typecast Releasing

Veiled Voices – With Sheikha Stories

Directed by Brigid Maher, Veiled Voices is a 2009 docum …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Typecast Releasing

Op-Doc: The Light in Her Eyes

This New York Times Op-Doc from July 2012 provides a 5- …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: New York Times Company

Arab Culture and Civilization: Family and Society

This resource deals mostly with gender roles and shifti …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

Arab Culture and Civilization: Ethnicity and Identity

This unit explores the identity of Arabs from Arab pers …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

The Trials of Spring Lesson Plan: Women War and Social Change in the Arab Spring

This lesson plan uses the Trials of Spring video series …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Peace is Loud

Wearing a Kufiya on Eid

This photograph depicts a father helping his son put on …

Language of Presentation:
Media Format: Image/Photo
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider:

An Arab Family Visits the Pyramids

This photograph depicts two Arab families, each of whic …

Language of Presentation:
Media Format: Image/Photo
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider:

A Palestinian Family in Jerusalem

This photograph depicts a Palestinian family in Jerusal …

Language of Presentation:
Media Format: Image/Photo
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider:

Mohamed Ansary’s Blog

In this blog, you will find a great variety of resource …

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

Mohamed Ansary’s YouTube Channel

In this page you will find a series of videos dealing w …

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

Saudi Aramco World Digital Image Archive

This image database contains over 40,000 images from th …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Saudi Aramco World

A Couple in Love in a Cairo Cafe

This photograph depicts a couple gazing into each other …

Language of Presentation:
Media Format: Image/Photo
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: