Deletion of Institute for Middle East Understanding

Comment: meets  per Littleteddy and Tiamut
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ORG)

Comment: I'm wondering if those suggesting it meets  actually looked at the sources used to establish notability. Littleteddy  has offered up Nigleperry.net , which is not a , and is not independent of the article's subject - being merely a listing of the web sites designed by the source. Another source - http://www.boomantribune.com/?op=displaystory;sid=2007/11/13/112555/16 is a blog, again not . Tiamut's and
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ORG||WP:RS||WP:RS)

Comment: It's a small organization, but that doesn't preclude it having a Wikipedia entry, per . It's mentioned in http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol5no3_2006/pike_sharonswall.htm this journal as a good resource on Palestine. There is some information about the organization's founder, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha http://www.adl.org/Israel/carter_reactions_pa.asp in this article by the ADL, specifically on her praise for Jimmy Carter's book ''Peace Not Apartheid''. It's also listed in the http://books.google.com/books?id=3HCAqch8iWYC&pg=PA76&dq=IMEU+Middle+East&lr=&sig=zHr5cg3yZmjEgJ9wTkFc5oQqcLk 2008 Arab-American Media Directory, attesting to its importance to the Arab-American community. It was founded in 2005, and received a grant from the Jerusalem Fund in 2006 http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/humanitarianlink/grantees.php to highlight the accomplishments of Palestinian-Americans in the arts. literature, academia, community service, etc.. In short, I think there is enough coverage and information to put together a decent entry for the organization. No doubt as time goes on, more and more people will be looking for information on the organization and its background. I see no reason to delete the entry, though it definitely should be expanded and improved using some of the sources provided here, among others that can certainly be located
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ORG)