Arabic Language and Muslim Cultures
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Example from the "Islamic Heritage Project" by Harvard University
Collections
- Middle East Virtual Library -- Menalib
An information portal for Middle East, North African, and Islamic Studies. It provides access to electronic fulltext materials or electronic bibliographical records of printed materials and manuscripts - Islamic Heritage Project
Harvard University has cataloged, conserved, and digitized hundreds of Islamic manuscripts, maps, and published texts from Harvard’s renowned library and museum collections. These rare—and frequently unique—materials are now freely available to Internet users worldwide.
Other Specialized Collections
- Al-WaraqA searchable database of several hundred classical Arabic texts
- Al-MostafaDatabase of downloadable PDFs of Arabic texts, modern and classical
- Modern Egypt LibraryAlexandria library database of searchable texts
- al-Maktabah al-ShamilahDownloadable library, comprising thousands of Arabic texts.
- al-MishkatSearchable database of classical Arabic texts
- Digital Persian ArchiveA database of Persian historical documents from Iran and Central Asia up to the 20th century