Middle East (Mideast)

Middle East, generally

Encyclopaedia of the Orient - A reference work covering the culture and history of the Middle East and North Africa. Somewhat biased concerning Israel.
Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC) (University of Texas, Austin)
Global Connections: the Middle East - An educational site from PBS
MERIA Research Guides (Middle East Review of International Affairs)
Middle East Institute - Policy institute interested in the region from Mauretania to Kazakhstan
Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide (U. of Utah)
Middle East Studies Internet Resources (Columbia University Middle East and Jewish Studies Library)
Middle Eastern Studies (Intute)

Access Middle East - News from many sources, including media outlets and think tanks. The sponsors support Israel and believe objective reporting best serves all parties.
Al Jazeera - The (in)famous news outlet from Qatar (English-language version)
Arab Reform Bulletin - Monthly briefs on political developments (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - News from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Syria (United Nations)
Middle East Media Research Institute - Translations of local news media
Middle East News Online - Distributes news articles from the local media. Consider the source as you read them. (Not a bad idea for any media you consume.) But it has perspectives we don't hear often in the U.S.
See also Israeli news media

al-Bab.com - All kinds of information about the Arab world. Even the page on Jews in the Arab World is reasonably evenhanded.
ArabDataNet - Basic info about Arab countries, from the U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
ArabNet - Information on Arab nations and peoples.
Warning: The section on Palestine (which is not recognized as a sovereign state by most of the world) is misleading. For example, the topography subsection ignores the sovereign state of Israel, and it specifically includes the Galilee and the Negev, even though those regions are part of Israel under the 1949 borders that the United Nations and most Arab leaders claim to support.