The Edinburgh Middle East Report (Arabic: تقرير الشرق الأوسط ادنبورج), often abbreviated to EMER, is Scotland's only periodical dedicated to the Middle East. Founded in 2006 by George Richards and Camilla Hall, two students at the University of Edinburgh's Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Report covers political, social, cultural and business issues in Africa, the Middle East and the Islamic world.
Contributors include students from various faculties at the University of Edinburgh, as well as journalists and writers from across the United Kingdom, the Middle East and worldwide. EMER's self-stated aim is to promote the informed discussion of Middle Eastern issues, through a printed and online edition.
In November 2009, EMERglobal, the international edition of EMER, was launched online at emerglobal.com. EMERglobal constitutes a new step for EMER, which is expanding the range of services it provides to include briefings on Middle East affairs.
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