Middle East Media Research Institute

Also known as MEMRI

The Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) is an American non-profit organization specialized in Arabic and Muslim media monitoring. It focuses on extremist comments by Arab and Iranian leaders and communications from terrorist groups.

Key facts

Organization.logo: 250px|Middle East Media Research Institute Logo
Organization.abbreviation: MEMRI
Organization.type: 501(c)(3)
Organization.status: Think tank (non-profit)
Organization.name: Middle East Media and Research Institute
Organization.tax_id: 52-2068483
Organization.revenue: $9.24 million
Organization.revenue_year: 2021
Organization.expenses: $7.77 million
Organization.expenses_year: 2021
Organization.headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
Organization.region: Worldwide

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Overview
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Reception
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Positive reception
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MEMRI was co-founded by Israeli ex-intelligence officer Yigal Carmon and Israeli-American political scientist Meyrav Wurmser in 1998. MEMRI describes itself as being independent and non-partisan. Some critics have described MEMRI as aiming to portray the Arab world and the Islamic world in a negative light by producing and disseminating incomplete or inaccurate translations of the original versions of the media reports that it republishes.