Middle East & Central Asia in the SOAS Library
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Western language materials cover the following areas:
- Arab countries of Middle East and Egypt (for other Arab countries in Africa see Africa Section)
- Islamic Spain and Sicily, Malta
- Turkey and the Ottoman Empire (including Balkans and Cyprus)
- Iran
- Central Asia (including Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan)
- Caucasus (including Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)
Religions:
- Islam in the Middle East and Central Asia
- Zoroastrianism, in general
Language and literature in the following languages:
- Arabic
- Iranian languages (Persian, Kurdish, Pushto, etc.)
- Turkic languages (Turkish, and Turkic languages of Central Asia)
- Armenian, and Caucasian languages (Georgian etc.)
Selection of key journals
- British journal of Middle Eastern studies
- International journal of Middle Eastern studies
- MEED: Middle East economic digest
- MERIP reports
- Middle East journal
- Middle Eastern studies
- Central Asian survey
- Journal of the Central Asian Society
- Edebiyat: a journal of Middle Eastern literatures
- Middle Eastern literatures
Key reference material
- Index islamicus (print & online)
- Encyclopaedia of Islam
- Encyclopaedia of Iran
- The Middle East and North Africa (Annual)
- Middle Eastern contemporary survey (Annual)
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
- Encyclopedia of Arabic literature
- Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an
Contact information
Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb
020 7898 4152
E-mail: da4@soas.ac.uk
Special Collections (in the Library & Archives)
- A significant though small collection Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts
- Early Egyptian printed books in SOAS Library (published by IDC)
