Americans for Middle East Understanding

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Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) is a non-profit non-governmental organization{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/dpingo-directory.asp?RegID=NA&CnID=all&AcID=31&kw=&NGOID=77 |title=United Nations Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organization Directory |publisher=United Nations}}{{failed verification|date=July 2015}} that promotes the appreciation of the culture, history and current events in the Middle East among Americans. According to Elizabeth Boosahda, the AMEU "fosters increased understanding in America of the history, goals and values of all the peoples in the Middle-East and broader understanding of their religious beliefs, economic conditions and social customs."{{cite book |title=Arab-American faces and voices: the origins of an immigrant community |first=Elizabeth |last=Boosahda |date=July 2003 |page=261 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292709201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPhYhcvxwAcC&q=%22americans+for+middle+east+understanding%22&pg=PA261}} AMEU was established in 1967 by a number of American professionals who had experience of the Middle East,{{cn|date=July 2015}} and who believe that Americans were receiving biased information about the region. AMEU publishes a 16-page magazine called The Link on a bi-monthly basis,{{cite web| url= http://www.ameu.org/archives.asp| title= The Link Archives| publisher= Americans for Middle East Understanding| accessdate= 2010-04-06| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100329052120/http://www.ameu.org/archives.asp| archivedate= 29 March 2010| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}} which is now in its 33rd year of publication.{{cn|date=July 2015}} It also publishes leaflets about the Middle East,{{cite web|url=http://www.ameu.org/resources.asp |title=Resources |publisher=Americans for Middle East Understanding |accessdate=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207005346/http://ameu.org/resources.asp |archivedate=2010-02-07 }} supports educational programs,{{cite web |url=http://www.ameu.org/ameu.asp |title=Americans for Middle East Understanding |publisher=Americans for Middle East Understanding|accessdate=2010-04-06| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100427140410/http://ameu.org/ameu.asp| archivedate= 27 April 2010 | url-status= live}} sells books, donates to libraries, provides a speakers' bureau, subsidizes travel to the Middle East and provides teachers with educational material.{{cite web| url= http://www.ameu.org/whatdo.asp| title= What We Do| publisher= Americans for Middle East Understanding| accessdate= 2010-04-06| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100427135142/http://www.ameu.org/whatdo.asp| archivedate= 27 April 2010| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}