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The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has microfilmed issues from 2010-2015 of the Syrian publication Ḍifāf.

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has microfilmed issues of the Moroccan Arabic-language newspaper al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī from 1987-1996 and the related French-language newspaper Libération from 1977-1981.

MEMP Preserves al-Hadaf

August 10, 2016

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has microfilmed issues of al-Hadaf from 1979-1989.  This title was published in Arabic in Beirut, Lebanon by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (P.F.L.P.).

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has preserved nine Afghan publications, covering a broad range of time periods and subjects.

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) and the South Asia Materials Project (SAMP) contributed funds for the preservation of seventeen newspaper and serial titles published in Afghanistan.

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has microfilmed several Iraqi newspapers published in Baghdad after the 2003 invasion.

MEMP (Middle East Materials Project) has microfilmed issues of the London daily newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi for May 2010 - December 2013.

CRL’s six Area Materials Projects increasingly embrace digitization as a mechanism for preservation and access.

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has digitized two newspapers related to Iraq that are now available online through the CRL Catalog.

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) recently broadened its mission to incorporate digital preservation and electronic access initiatives in its regular activities. Since July 2013, five institutions have joined MEMP.

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has microfilmed several years of the Kurdish newspaper Aso.

In recent years, CRL’s Area Studies Microform Projects supported the preservation of more than 300 newspaper titles collected by the Library of Congress overseas offices, ensuring scholarly access to more than 450,000 pages of news from Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.   

MEMP Microfilms Iraq Times

January 7, 2013

The Middle East Microform Project (MEMP) has microfilmed two years of the newspaper Iraq Times, filling a gap in CRL’s collections, so that CRL now holds Iraq Times from January 1948 to May 1964.

The Middle East Microform Project (MEMP) recently microfilmed the July–December 2011 issues of the Egyptian newspaper al-Tahrir, named after the recent uprising in Tahrir Square. MEMP recently approved funding for the microfilming of all 2012 issues as well.

The Middle East Microform Project (MEMP) has microfilmed five Iraqi newspapers published since 2003.

MEMP recently completed a long-standing project to microfilm CRL’s holdings of several Turkish newspapers from the 1940s and ’50s.

MEMP has microfilmed holdings of the newspaper Agos, which is in Turkish and Armenian.

The Middle East Microform Project will hold its annual business meeting on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, in San Diego, CA.

The Middle East Microform Project (MEMP) invites institutions outside of North America to participate in its collaborative preservation and access program.

MEMP has microfilmed 1984–2010 issues of the London newspaper Kayhan.