• “This Week in the Middle East” – a review of weekly events in the region from Teach Mideast.
• The Politics of Water: Water and Conflict in the Middle East. Engaging multimedia site on various water issues affecting the MENA region. Assign your students this webquest to complete on the site.
• The Choices Program of Brown University: “Teaching with the News initiative” provides online curriculum materials and lessons to connect the content of your classroom to the headlines in the news.
• Soccer as a way to Explore Middle East Politics: This blog explores the role of soccer at times of transition in society. You can use the labels bar on the right to filter by country and topic.

News Sources

• • Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East
  • Al Jazeera English
  • BBC World News – Middle East
  • Jadaliyya: Independent ezine with reports, articles, interviews on current issues