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Revision as of 02:27, 26 March 2004 by Msosnow~enwiki (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Middle East Media Research Institute is a organization headquartered in Washington, DC with an office in Israel. According to its literature, it was established in 1978 to 'inform the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East'. MEMRI translates Arabic and Persian media. It describes itself as an 'independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501 (c)3 organization'.
Most of the translations produced by MEMRI are from mainstream Arab media, most of which are controlled or strongly monitored by their respective Arab governments. It is fair to say that the articles translated are common and not rare examples of hate speech. MEMRI devotes a section of its website to Reform in the Arab and Muslim World.
MEMRI is one of the few sources of English language translations of material published in Arabic and Persian. It provides a view into the intra-Arab and intra-Muslim dialog that is otherwise unavailable to those individuals that are not literate in Arabic or Persian.
Translations from MEMRI have been used throughout the news media.