The MDC Arabic Press Archives are closed to the public due to digitization and reorganization processes.
We will update as soon as we are able to resume work.
The Arabic Press Archives of the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel-Aviv University are one of the largest and the most comprehensive collections of modern and contemporary Arabic-language newspapers in the world.
Services
The MDC Arabic Press Archives are especially useful for scholars and organizations from around the world conducting research projects in Middle Eastern and Arabic studies, and other fields as well.
Microfilm
Microfilm
Our archives include more than one thousand reels of microfilmed newspapers, the first of which appeared in 1887.
Hard Copies
Hard Copies
Our collection contains more than 10,000 individual titles of newspapers, magazines, and periodicals in Arabic, Turkish, Persian, English, and French, as well as other regional languages, such as Tamazight (Berber).
Digital Materials
Digital Materials
Our servers currently store over 30 terabytes (30,000 gigabytes) of digital newspapers that have been downloaded on a daily basis over the past two decades. In addition, we are continually digitizing our hard-copy holdings so as to preserve them for future generations. Currently, over one million pages of newspapers from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, among other countries, have been scanned and stored.
Visiting Procedures
The MDC Arabic Press Archives are closed to the public as of October 2026 due to digitization and reorganization processes.
Visiting Procedures
The MDC Arabic Press Archives are closed to the public as of October 2026 due to digitization and reorganization processes.
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