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Middle East -- Audiovisual Online
- American University in Cairo Digital Archive and Research RepositoryAmerican University in Cairo Digital Archive and Research Repository (AUC DAR) is a repository for published research by AUC faculty and graduate students. It also houses a wide range of digitized primary sources from AUC’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library and other university units, including photographs, architectural plans and drawings, oral history recordings, and other items documenting the history and culture of Egypt and the region.
- Arabic 78 Collection, Loeb Music Library, HarvardThe collection contains over 600 records belonging to the Nahḍah era (Arab renaissance) of the early twentieth century. The recordings represent voices and instruments that shaped the music scene and aesthetic taste during the period between 1910 and 1950.
- Bella and Harry Wexner Libraries of Sound and SongThe Bella and Harry Wexner Libraries of Sound and Song (National Library of Israel) website will provide access to digitized music recordings, comprehensive catalog information in Hebrew and English about the myriad music resources available and their context, including sound recordings, books, and archives.
- Canadian Institute for Jewish Research Audiovisual ArchiveThe Canadian Institute for Jewish Research Audiovisual Archive holds materials pertinent to Israel and the Middle East and the Arab-Israel conflict, to historical and contemporary antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and to regional and international perspectives on the history and politics of Jewish Israel and the Arab and Islamic states.
- Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive36,000 recordings (78rpm, cylinders, LPs, tapes) relating to Jewish music and culture, Jewish society, and the history of Jewish recordings.
- Israel Broadcasting Authority ArchivesClose to 20,000 programs and songs dating from before statehood until recent years have been digitized and are now accessible. The items are categorized under Events, Holy Days and Festivals, Hazanut (cantorial music), Songs, Bible, Sketches based on tradition, Sabbath, Dances, Days of Awe, Music, Settlements, Jerusalem and General.
- Israel Film Archive: Jerusalem Cinematheque120 years of Israeli and domestic filmmaking coming to your screen straight off the Israeli Film Archive shelves. Includes thousands of hours' worth of films and rare archive footage.
- Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary: The Sylvia and Harry Rebell Digital CollectionsIncludes field recordings of Jewish Liturgical music from pre-State Israel, 1936 and 1938, recorded by Solomon Rosowsky and music recorded by Johanna Spector in Cochin, India, 1967-1968.
- Music in the Afghan North: 1967-1972Fieldwork and publication materials from Mark Slobin's research in Afghanistan. Includes an introduction to the ideas and topics with capsule summaries; links to excerpts from the book-length study; the entire book itself, Music in the Culture of Northern Afghanistan (1976). Still photography, moving picture clips, and sound clips accompany the written text.
- Recorded Sound Archives - Judaica Collection - Florida Atlantic UniversityThe Judaica Sound Archives is a center for the collection, preservation and digitization of Judaica audio recordings. The JSA is located in the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University.
- Syrian Cassette ArchiveWelcome to Syrian Cassette Archives – an initiative to preserve, share and research sounds and stories from Syria’s abundant cassette era (1970s-2000s. The growing collection features an overview of musical styles from Syriaʼs many communities and neighbors, including Syrian Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds and Armenians, as well as Iraqi cassettes and music from Iraqi’s that had been displaced by sanctions and war.
- Turkish Music Portal - Turkish Cultural FoundationListen to samples of Turkish classical, folk, pop and contemporary music from original performers. Includes History and Periods of Turkish Music, Composers, Performers and Musicologists, Types of Turkish Music, Instruments, Turkish Music Dictionary, Articles and Associations.
- University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century RevolutionThe University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution digital collection exhibits and preserves oral histories, photographs, publications, audio recordings, artifacts and other evidence of the momentous changes occurring in Egypt through the eyes of the American University in Cairo community.