The internet is flush with images from Islamic art, architecture, and society, but reliable sources (with credit information) are more difficult to track down. So we’ve done it for you! Here are some of the best sites for finding credited visual resources for Islamic, Middle Eastern and North African Studies.

Essential reference on the built environment of Muslim societies and beyond.

A non-profit association founded in Berlin, Germany, in 2010, to reconstruct and preserve the memory of Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire. Content includes material related to the history of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, including social history, local microhistory, dialects, music, literature, material culture, etc.

Launched October 2018, this blog features new DH projects in Middle East studies.

A vast archive featuring the cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf and wider region, freely available online for the first time. Includes archival materials, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs and much more, complete with contextualized explanatory notes and links. Interface in English or Arabic; metadata can be searched in either language, but not content.

Explore the lives of women during the Qajar era (1796-1925) through a wide array of materials from private family holdings and participating institutions. Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran provides bilingual access to thousands of personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, publications, everyday objects, works of art and audio materials, making it a unique online resource for social and cultural histories of the Qajar world.

By Birte Kristiansen (Leiden University Library). Published in Bibliotheca Orientalis 71/3-4 (2014), a jubilee issue celebrating the 75th anniversary of The Netherlands Institute for the Near East. It is also available as a free pdf download.

By Ronald E. Kon (Leiden University). Published in Bibliotheca Orientalis 71/3-4 (2014), a jubilee issue celebrating the 75th anniversary of The Netherlands Institute for the Near East. It is also available as a free pdf download.

A tool to assemble and distribute information on open-access material relating to the Middle East.

A cartography blog dedicated to presenting quality maps with a maximum pixel-to-word ratio.

Documents and analyzes cultural, social, and political trends in the diverse Iranian, Central Asian, and Diaspora communities. Provides access to contemporary debates and research in fields ranging from literature to gender studies and from cinema to urban geography and beyond.

Created by two former students of computer science located in Copenhagen, Denmark. In addition to annotated text, provides additional links to further resources intended to aid study of the Quran and Tafsir.

This is a literary blog aimed at non-Arab readers seeking a deeper understanding of Arabic literature and culture. Produced by Marcia Lynx Qualey, it focuses on Arabic literature that has been translated and discusses the translations as well as the literature itself.

By Sara Scalenghe & Nadya Sbaiti.

By Nadya Sbaiti and Sara Scalenghe.

By Navid Zarrinnal, an introductory guide describing the archives and process of gaining access to them, once a person is already in the country. Emphasizes the National Library and Archives Organization of Iran as they hold the most comprehensive collections.

Via the Digital Orientalist.

A guide to researching the Middle East and beyond.

Free online resources for journals in the humanities, biographical information, and downloadable books that have been banned in Iran. Downloadable socio-economic data.

Collection of reports by journalists from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, who are pioneering new forms of multimedia journalism. They provide original snapshots of life in their societies in multimedia formats, from new angles, offering new voices and images.

Interested in exploring Nubian culture, language, literature and history but just getting started? This sampling of scholarly and popular resources centering Nubian voices and perspectives complements those developed by the Collaboratory. Suggestions and feedback welcome! Compiled by Evyn Kropf.

A weekly internet radio program in English and Turkish offering interviews with scholars and researchers on emerging topics in the study of the Ottoman Empire and the modern Middle East.

Originally created by Jonathan Rodgers, former head of the Near East Division at Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; now maintaned by Evyn Kropf, Librarian for Middle Eastern & North African Studies and Religious Studies and Curator, Islamic Manuscripts Collection.

Dedicated to exploring the art and architecture of the Ottoman Empire and beyond, looking at the stories behind the buildings and objects that have been left behind.

A blog and podcast that offers content related to the history, society, and culture of North Africa.

(In Persian) Translation and humanities topics.

A close-to-the-source document blog displaying primary sources and archival materials intended for use by researchers.