1. Middle East Film & Mass Media Sources Jason M. Schultz Communication Liaison Georgia State University schultz@gsu.edu

2. Mass Media & Current News Mass Media studies and the gathering of current news from and about the Middle East is a growing field of both scholarly and general interest. The number of news sources in English from Middle Eastern countries continues to grow, as well as sources from Europe and North America.

3. Reference Surveys in Print Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. Andrew Hammond. Santa Barbara, California: ABC CLIO, 2005. World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide. Amanda C. Quick, ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003.

4. Galileo Electronic Databases Lexis Nexis Mostly North American, European, and Israeli newspaper sources, along with radio and television show transcripts in full-text. Newspaper Source (EBSCO) Includes a number of newspapers from the Middle East, along with many U.S. sources.

5. Online Sites for Current News Al-Jazeera (English Site): http://english.aljazeera.net http://english.aljazeera.net allAfrica.com (North Africa): http://allafrica.com/northafrica/ http://allafrica.com/northafrica/ ABYZ Near & Middle East Newslinks: http://www.abyznewslinks.com/neara.htm http://www.abyznewslinks.com/neara.htm GSU Library Middle East News Links: http://www.library.gsu.edu/research/pages.asp?ldID=85&guideID=0 &ID=2324 http://www.library.gsu.edu/research/pages.asp?ldID=85&guideID=0 &ID=2324

6. Filmmaking in the Middle East Three distinct cinemas are found in the Middle East. Arab Cinema Films in Arabic, dominated by Egyptian cinema since the first feature films appeared in the early 1930s. Iranian Cinema The oldest and most prolific national cinema in the Middle East with films in Farsi. Israeli Cinema Cinema constructed largely by the Jewish population living in Israel/Palestine, with films dating as back as the 1930s.

7. Print Reference Sources Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern & North African Film. Oliver Leaman, ed. London: Routledge, 2001. Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers: A Comprehensive Handbook. Rebecca Hillauer. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2005. Israeli Cinema: A Reference Guide. Amy Kronish & Costel Safirman, eds. Wesport, CT: Praeger, 2003.

8. Critical Surveys Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. Viola Shafik. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1998. Arab and African Film Making. L. Malkmus and R. Armes. London: Zed Books, 1991. Cinema in Iran, 1900-1979. M. Ali Issari. Meutchen: Scarecrow, 1989. New Iranian Cinema: Politics, Representation and Identity. Richard Tapper, ed. London, I.B. Tauris, 2002.

9. Free Electronic Databases Film Literature Index http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp Index to trade and scholarly journal literature from 1976-2001. Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com Information about productions, actors, and directors.

10. Online Sources Arab Gateway Cinema Page http://www.al-bab.com/media/cinema/cinema.htm Dreams of a Nation (Palestine Filmography) http://www.dreamsofanation.org Arab Celebs http://www.arab-celebs.com Seattle Arab & Iranian Film Festival http://www/saiff.com

11. Selected Film Vendors Feature Films Arab Film Distribution New Yorker Films Documentaries Arab Film Distribution Bullfrog Films Films for the Humanities First Run/Icarus Films Women Make Movies

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