The book is about the Hadramawt Documents, 1904-51: Family Life and Social Customs under the Last Sultans.

The nineteen articles gathered in this volume were presented at a conference on the cultural history of Mamluk Egypt and Syria, jointly sponsored by the Orient-Institut Beirut and the University of Balamand in May 2005. The authors of these studies break new ground, delving into diverse topics [...]

The translation of the Bible into Arabic combines interreligious, intercultural and historical aspects. Translating the Bible is related to multi-confessional and multilingual backgrounds which were – and are – particularly present in Lebanon. The translation of the Bible, again, seems to be part of [...]

Die Untersuchung behandelt den von zeitgenössischen Verfechtern eines "islamischen Wirtschaftssystems" erhobenen Anspruch, der Islam verfüge über ein Instrument, das mehr soziale Gerechtigkeit zu schaffen vermag. Als dieses Instrument gilt in der so genannten Islamischen Ökonomik die Almosensteuer [...]