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Middle East Digital Humanities Digest Blog

The Middle East Digital Humanities Digest is a blog created by the Digital Humanities program at the American University in Cairo Libraries & Learning technologies. AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of the intellectual, social, and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni, and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries. The University stands as a crossroads for the world’s cultures and a vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate, and understanding across the diversity of languages, facilities, and human experiences.

MEDHD Vision:
Quality guide of content for digital humanities projects and content in Egypt and the Middle East.

MEDHD Audience: (Our ideal reader & Bloggers)

MEDHD  blog intends to be a space for digital humanists, librarians, scholars, and researchers, and students who show great interest or experience in digital humanities. Our ideal reader is the person who is applying digital humanities in his/her own field of study.

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