Since September 11, 2001, The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has been following, and documenting, content from the Middle East and South Asia media on the attacks of that day. Many of the initial reactions in these media – from prominent journalists, academics, politicians, and leading religious figures, as well as from officials in the governments of Arab countries – centered on conspiracy theories implicating the Jews, Israel and/or the Mossad; President Bush, Vice President Cheney, the CIA, the FBI, and/or the National Security Council; Christians and/or the Vatican; the U.K.; white supremacist groups; and others.
- To visit the Updated MEMRI 9/11 Documentation Project Website, click here .
- To visit the Updated MEMRI TV 9/11 Documentation Project Website, click here.
September 11, 2001 also marks the emergence of the reform movement in the Arab and Muslim world. Following the attacks, intellectuals, writers, journalists, associations, and reform websites and organizations, in ever-growing numbers, began calling for reform – which resulted ultimately, years later, in the Arab Spring.
The MEMRI 9/11 Documentation Project Archives constitute the foremost repository for translated research material from the Arab and Muslim world on 9/11, providing primary sources and translated research – including video clips, print and online media, and more – for governments, legislatures, media, and academia worldwide. As the events of 9/11 become a topic of study in curricula in the Arab and Muslim world, MEMRI will cover schoolbooks as well.
The countries/regions covered by the project are Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, and Yemen.
Currently, the MEMRI 9/11 Documentation Project Archives include hundreds of translations and analyses from over 75 print media sources. Also included are over 500 minutes (to date) of translated MEMRI TV clips, from some 100 channels Arab and Iranian TV channels, including Al-Jazeera, Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV, Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV, and many others.
