Dear MEMRI Subscriber,
MEMRI has been awarded a generous dollar-for-dollar matching grant up to a total of $250,000.
This challenge grant will be offered until July 4, 2009, and will provide a unique opportunity for individual donors and foundations to significantly enhance the impact of their support to MEMRI. With breaking news coming out of the Middle East every day, MEMRI's work is needed now more than ever.
Like many others, MEMRI has been severely affected by the economic crisis. Your donation is of critical importance and we are grateful for your efforts in continuing your generous support during
these hard times. To make an online donation now go to www.memri.org/donation .
MEMRI IS THE ONLY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN THE WORLD THAT MONITORS AND TRANSLATES THE MIDDLE EAST'S OPEN SOURCE MATERIAL, AROUND THE CLOCK AND UP TO THE MINUTE. WE ARE ALSO THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES ITS MATERIAL IN ALL WESTERN LANGUAGES AS WELL AS IN RUSSIAN, MANDARIN CHINESE, AND JAPANESE.
MEMRI monitors and translates the very latest news in the Middle East, from the print media, television, and the Web, including:
· Iran's nuclear program and presidential elections
· Terrorism in Iraq and the U.S. troop withdrawal
· The Taliban in both Pakistan and Afghanistan – a dangerous emerging threat to the world
· Lebanon's parliamentary elections and their impact on the region, due to Hizbullah’s alliance with Iran and Syria
· The PLO, Hamas, and the peace process
· The succession of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
· Al-Jazeera TV’s impact on the radicalization in the region
· The possible takeover of Somalia by Al-Qaeda, and its implications
· The situation in Sudan and Darfur
· The emerging jihadist hold in Jordan
· Al-Qaeda and other terrorist use of the internet
· The escalating cold war in the region
· And much more
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS STILL LACKING ARABIC, FARSI, URDU, PASHTU, AND TURKISH-LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS
MEMRI's research fills this glaring need on a daily basis providing crucial translations for the U.S. government, Congress, and military to better understand the developments in the region as well as threats by terrorist groups.
On May 30, The Washington Post reported that even now, five years after the 9/11 Commission Report faulted the U.S. government for its shortage of essential foreign language personnel, the CIA is still lacking in translators from Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu.
This shows the extent to which the U.S. government continues to rely on MEMRI for its most fundamental understanding of the Middle East.
PLEASE HELP US CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE – TO DONATE NOW, GO TO www.memri.org/donation
Our monitoring, translating, and distributing efforts are a costly endeavor – we need your help now.
We thank those who have contributed to us in the past and ask you to kindly renew your support, and even consider increasing it, so we can continue our important work in the areas outlined above.
Donating online is easy and secure, and also keeps our administrative costs down. To contribute right now, visit www.memri.org/donation. You can indicate the project to which you wish to contribute. MEMRI is a 501(c)(3) status organization, and your donation to MEMRI is tax-deductible.
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MEMRI
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Thank you for your support,
Yigal Carmon Steven Stalinsky
President Executive Director
