Middle East Media Research Institute
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The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), officially the Middle East Media and Research Institute,[1] is an American non-profit press monitoring and analysis organization that was co-founded by Israeli ex-intelligence officer Yigal Carmon and Israeli-American political scientist Meyrav Wurmser in 1997. It publishes and distributes free copies of media reports that have been translated into English—primarily from Arabic and Persian, but also from Urdu, Turkish, Pashto, and Russian.[5]
Abbreviation | MEMRI |
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Founded | December 1, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-12-01)[1] |
Type | 501(c)(3)[2] |
52-2068483[2] | |
Legal status | Think tank (non-profit) |
Focus | Media monitoring |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
Region | Worldwide |
Product | Media research, English-language translation, original analysis |
Official language | English |
President | Yigal Carmon |
Vice president | Alberto M. Fernandez |
Executive director | Steven Stalinsky |
Senior analyst | Nimrod Raphaeli |
Oliver Revell[3] Michael Mukasey[3] Reid Morden[3] Robert R. Reilly[3] Jeffrey Kaufman[3] Steven Emerson[3] | |
Revenue (2018) | $6,292,683[4] |
Expenses (2018) | $6,247,476[4] |
Employees (2017) | 20 (United States) 57 (international)[4] |
Volunteers (2017) | 5[4] |
Website | www |
Critics describe MEMRI as a strongly pro-Israel advocacy group that, in spite of describing itself as being "independent" and "non-partisan" in nature,[6][7][8] aims to portray the Arab world and the Muslim world in a negative light by producing and disseminating incomplete or inaccurate translations of the original versions of the media reports that it re-publishes.[9][10] It has also been accused of selectively focusing on the views of Islamic extremists while de-emphasizing or ignoring mainstream opinions.[11]