Textbook Classic by Carl Brockelmann in Open Access

„Arabische Grammatik: Paradigmen, Literatur, Übungsstücke und Glossar“ [ 1 ] by Carl Brockelmann is now freely available in our Open Access collection MENAdoc. The textbook can be regarded as a “classic” for the study of Arabic. We have digitized the 14^th edition from 1960.

Book on MENAdoc

Carl Friedrich Brockelmann (1868 –1956) is regarded as one of the most important German Orientalists and Semitists. Together with Hans Wehr he was significantly involved in the transcription standard of the Arabic alphabet (transcription of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG) and DIN-Norm DIN 31635).

1) Arabic Grammar: Paradigms, Literature, Exercises and Glossary

Secondary Publication on Hip Hop in Lebanon

Hip Hop Language

Hip Hop word battles are a global phenomenon in pop culture. The verbal combats, however, were not only imported into the Arabic-speaking world, but they also formed a “remix” with the local culture. Continue reading →

The Southern Shore of the Caspian Sea or the Northern Provinces of Persia

This travelogue about the northern provinces of Persia by Grigorij Melgunof from 1868 is freely available in our open access collection MENAdoc.

Melgunof was a Russian researcher, geographer and member of the German Oriental Society (DMG). Continue reading →

“Islamstudien” – Volume 1 Open Access

Carl Heinrich Becker (1876-1933) was an education politician in the Weimar Republic and Professor of Oriental Studies at the then Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin (now Humboldt University).

Volume 1 of his “Islamstudien : Vom Werden und Wesen der islamischen Welt” (“Islamic Studies : The Becoming and Essence of the Islamic World”) from 1924 is now freely available in our open access collection MENAdoc.

Newly digitized: German propaganda for Muslim prisoners of war

In our open access collection MENAdoc you will find these 5 German propaganda publications with leaflets from World War I.

The documents were directed towards Muslim prisoners of war from Russia. They were published in Tatar language and date from 1915. Continue reading →

New as Open Access: “Translating the Bible into Arabic”

Volume 131 of the „Beiruter Texte und Studien“

Volume 131 of the „Beiruter Texte und Studien“ is is now freely available here in our open access repository MENAdoc.

The book was edited by Sara Binay and Stefan Leder and published by the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB). The texts are partly in English and partly in Arabic. Continue reading →

New as Open Access: “Discrimination and Tolerance in the Middle East”

Volume 128 of the “Beiruter Texte und Studien”

Volume 128 of the “Beiruter Texte und Studien” is now freely available here in our open access repository MENAdoc.

The book was edited by Ray Jabre Mouawad and published by the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB). Continue reading →