Sheila wrote numerous articles about the Middle East during the 1970s and 1980s, including these for MERIP:

• U. S. and Jordan: Thrice-Rescued Throne, by Sheila Ryan, Joe Stork, 
 MERIP Reports, No. 7 (Feb., 1972), pp. 3-11
• Constructing a New Imperialism: Israel and the West Bank, by Sheila Ryan, 
MERIP Reports, No. 9 (May – Jun., 1972), pp. 3-11+17
• Israeli Economic Policy in the Occupied Areas: Foundations of a New Imperialism, by 
Sheila Ryan, 
MERIP Reports, No. 24 (Jan., 1974), pp. 3-24+28
• Palestinians and the Political Situation in Kuwait, by Sheila Ryan, Joe Stork, 
MERIP Reports, No. 54 (Feb., 1977), pp. 14-17
• The West Bank and Gaza: Political Consequences of Occupation, by Sheila Ryan, MERIP Reports, No. 74 (Jan., 1979), pp. 3-8
• Khalid al-Hassan: “Our Strategy is to Help Our People Stay on Their Land”, by Khalid al-Hassan, George Cavaletto, Sheila Ryan, Jim Paul, 
MERIP Reports, No. 83 (Dec., 1979), pp. 12-14
• Abu Leila: Confronting the Dilemmas of the PLO in Lebanon and Jordan, by Abu Leila, Sheila Ryan, George Cavaletto, Tim Roberts, 
MERIP Reports, No. 83 (Dec., 1979), pp. 15-17
• The Reagan Budget: Money is Policy, by Sheila Ryan, 
MERIP Reports, No. 105, Reagan Targets the Middle East (May, 1982), pp. 14-16
• Israel’s Future in Lebanon, by Elias Khoury, Nubar Hovsepian, Jim Paul, Joe Stork, Sheila Ryan, 
MERIP Reports, No. 108/109, The Lebanon War (Sep. – Oct., 1982), pp. 28-32
• Further Reading on the Occupied Territories, by Joel Beinin, Sheila Ryan, 
MERIP Reports, No. 116, Israel’s Strategy of Occupation (Jul. – Aug., 1983), p. 31
• U.S. Military Contractors in Israel, by Sheila Ryan, MERIP Reports, Jan/Feb 1987
• Economic Dimensions of the Uprising, by 
Sheila Ryan, Middle East Report, No. 155, The Middle East after Reagan (Nov. – Dec., 1988), pp. 38-41
• Middle East Peace Priorities in the US: Seven Perspectives, by Eqbal Ahmad, Jeanne Butterfield, Noam Chomsky, Denis F. Doyon, Deena Hurwitz, Sheila Ryan, James Zogby, 
 Middle East Report, No. 158, Palestine and Israel in the US Arena (May – Jun., 1989), pp. 6-11