Online Media: Music, Videos, Movies, Television
Arabic Song Lyrics and TranslationOver 600 songs by 135 artists, with lyrics and English translations. Also occasionally has comments on cultural references or connotations of expressions found in the songs. [R.C.]
3ArabTV.comLarge media site with links to multi-dialect singing competitions, talk shows, music videos, movies, Lebanese sitcoms, Egyptian political dramas, comedies, a host of Arabic radio staions, and much, much more! Also links to http://6rbtata.com/ for non-video music resources. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE. [A.S.]Dima4.com
Interesting Moroccan media portal with links to Moroccan, Algerian, Egyptian, and Berber music, videos, movies and plays. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE. [A.S.]
Casavie.comVery rich French/Arabic site with links to Arabic language film clips, Algerian, Moroccan, Jordanian, Egyptian, Kuwaiti, and MSA television and radio programs and stations, as well as music sites. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE [A.S.]
Farfesh.comAnother user recommended site for music, television and plays. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE [A.S.] 
Alaghany.com
Downloadable Arabic music. [D.L.I.]
Jordanian singers and musiciansThe title says it all. [D.L.I.]
Middle East Media Research Institute - TV Monitor ProjectSelected clips of Arabic TV broadcasts reflecting radical or fringe viewpoints. With English subtitles. [R.C.]
al-JazeeraMany of the al-Jazeera programs are available free on iTunes as audio or video podasts. You can get transcripts of the shows on the aljazeera page under the pulldown for sattelite (الفضائية) and then pull down the “live broadcasts” for some of the more popular shows. [R.C.]
VideoGoogle.comMany (but not all!) of the videos hosted by google can be downloaded in for iPod viewing. Under the video there will be a blue, underlined ref to the artist or film. Press that and for some of the films/clips you’ll see an option for iPod in the frame on the right. Right click that and save it to your PC and you can import it into iTunes for viewing on your iPod. [R.C.]
Literature Links
Arabic LiteratureFrom the Middle East and Islamic Studies collection at Cornell University Library. Links to both Arabic and English language selections. [B.S.]v
A very detailed Arabic language website for fans of the Harry Potter series. People, places, biographies of characters, history, storyline, movie stills, etc. Lots of pictures. Very well done. [J.D.]
The X RegionLots of interesting paranormal articles in Arabic on topics ranging from Nostrodamus and the Bermuda Triangle to Bigfoot and Atlantis. Articles about horror story writers like Steven King and HP Lovecraft. [J.D.]
The EmperorModern Arabic poetry website. Very well done. Lots of genres. Articles. [J.D.]
Religious Websites
AflaMedia.comThe Qur’an, Muslim Songs, Videos, and Talks. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE [A.S.]
Dima4.comMuslim Songs and Oral Recitation of the Qur’an. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE [A.S.]
Musicians Singing Muslim Songs. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE [A.S.]
Samiyusuf.comMuslim songs, videos, concerts, and musician interviews. For a detailed description and user's guide, click HERE [A.S.]
CoptologyWebsite of Coptic Orthodox Studies. [R.M.]
Cultural Resources in English
The Internet Islamic History SourcebookGood website for background information on Islam. [J.D.]
Al-Jadid: A Review and Record of Arab Culture and ArtsEnglish internet magazine also available in hard copy subscription. Good resource to find out what is up and coming in the Arab arts world. [J.D.]
Banipal: Magazine of Modern Arab LiteratureEnglish literary magazine out of the UK with English translations of emerging Arab poets and short story writers; also excerpts from novels. [J.D.]