Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc.

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East, the Arab and Muslim world, Russia and China through their media, "bridging the language gap" between the West and these regions. It provides timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, Russian and Chinese, through media and other open sources print, broadcast, and online, including social media, sermons, and schoolbooks as well as original analyses of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East. It monitors and reports on extremist online activity, providing information to the public and assisting relevant authorities. Founded in December 1997 to inform the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East, MEMRI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC.