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Your Middle East virtual library. Posts of the #Fachinformationsdienst #Nahost / #Specialisedinformationservice #MiddleEast at the Universitäts- & Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle

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MENALIB @menalib.bsky.social · Dec 2
Time flies. Things change. So does our website. The FID Middle East is getting an upgrade. Visit our site to find out more about us & our services. We are proud of the result and hope you like it too. However, one thing remains the same - our domain.

www.menalib.de

#MENA #FID #Middleeast #library
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"Phoeniciae linguae vestigiorum in Melitensi Specimen I." by Johann Joachim Bellermann

[Berolini: Maurer, 1809]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/99363

#maltese #phoenician
February 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
menalib.bsky.social
Der Workshop „Lexikographische und etymologische Fragestellungen in den Sprachen entlang der Seidenstraße“ wird gemeinsam mit der Niedersächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften sowie dem Seminar für #Turkologie und #Zentralasienkunde organisiert.

4.–5. Feb. 26

www.uni-goettingen.de/de/60858.html
February 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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mihalyfy.bsky.social
A new #OpenAccess textbook for Sahidic Coptic!

#Egyptology #ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky #LangSky
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
Sahidic Coptic
Begin your journey in Sahidic Coptic. This open access textbook offers essential grammar and readings for understanding Coptic texts.
uclpress.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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*Spring School*

The ENIS Spring School ’26 at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social (14–17 April 2026) invites RMA students and PhD candidates working on Islamicate contexts to discuss “Islamicate Concepts: Between Particularism and Universalism.”

Deadline: 20.03.26

nisis.sites.uu.nl/2025/12/19/e...
February 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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*Call For Papers*

#MECAM invites applications for eight postdoctoral/advanced fellowships (Sept 2026–Apr 2027) on the theme “Imagining Futures: Dealing with Disparity.” Open to scholars worldwide. Deadline: 2 March 2026.

www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/news/nachric...
February 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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*Call For Papers*

Hosted by the University of the Aegean, Department of Social Anthropology and History, the conference “Entangled Histories in/of the Mediterranean (14th–18th c.)” will take place on 11–12 September 2026 in Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece.

historiansnet.com/call-for-pap...
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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Die @bsbmuenchen.bsky.social sucht zum 1.10.2026 einen Referendarin (Fächerprofil C: Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft) für den zweijährigen Vorbereitungsdienst im wissenschaftlichen Bibliothekswesen.

Bewerbungsschluss: 25. Februar 2026

interamt.de/koop/app/ste...
February 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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"Brilliant achievement: Joschka Fischer, Yasser Arafat and the road map peace plan" by Matthias Küntzel

[Hamburg, 2003]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/108...

#middleeast #peaceplan #germany #israel #palestine #USA #politics
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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jabunna.bsky.social
It's out! My first publication on Mauritius 🇲🇺: “'Ène langue qui nous comprend': The Pragmatism and Politics of Translating the Qur’an into Mauritian Kreol". I am so grateful to all the kind people from Mauritius who supported me and talked to me. 😍

journals.openedition.org/etudescreole...
“Ène langue qui nous comprend”: The Pragmatism and Politics of Tran...
1. Introduction In 1976, the Muslim Students Movement of Mauritius published a booklet containing a translation of the first two suras of the Qur’an into Mauritian Kreol, the language spoken in hom...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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T ENIS Spring School ’26, “Islamicate Concepts: Between Particularism and Universalism.” 👏😍

Taking place in Freie Universitaet Berlin during 14-17 April 2026,

Registration is now open and will close on Monday, March 2nd 2026. nisis.sites.uu.nl/2025/12/19/e...
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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"Further Correspondence respecting the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey"

[London: HMSO, 1898]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/91300

#foreignpolicy #armenia #turkey #province
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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"Kitāb Ṣubḥ al-aʿšā" by Aḥmad Ibn-ʿAlīI Qalqašandī

[al-Qāhira: Dār al-Kutub al-Ḫidīwīya, 1913]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/100...

#arabic #islam #legallanguage #administration #egypt #syria #history
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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ERINNERUNG

Online Vortrag über "Koran als Medium der Selbst- und Weltbetrachtung gegenwärtiger Sufis" von Yunus Hentschel (@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social).

Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen teilzunehmen! 😊

🗓️ 29.01. 2026
⏰ 14:15 Uhr
💻 Zoom-Zugang: is.gd/b097yv oder QC-Code auf dem Plakat
January 28, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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"Bibliothecæ Arabicæ Specimen" by Christian Friedrich Schnurrer

[Tubingae: Litteris Hopfferianis, 1805]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/97804

#arabic #literature
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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*Published in 1708 at the University of Halle*

"Dispvtatio Academica De Mvhammedismi Laxitate Morali" by Christian Benedict Michaelis

[Halle (Saale): Christian Henckel (Universitätsdrucker), 1708]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/99292

#islam #theology #ethics
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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While #Halle is covered in snow, the #FID team is in #Cairo at #MELCom International with a presentation on ‘Open to Read, Closed to Publish: Is There an Open Access Dilemma for the Global South? #Deocolonising Knowledge’.

#openaccess #globalsouth #MENA #Egypt #cosimena
January 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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"Extreme makeover?" by International Crisis Group

[Jerusalem [u.a.]: International Crisis Group, 2013]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/112...

#jerusalem #israel #demography #occupation #palestinian
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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bulac.bsky.social
📰 🇦🇲 Haratch ! en ligne, en long et en large

Le journal Haratch occupe une place importante dans l'histoire de la diaspora arménienne. La mise en ligne du journal numérisé s'accompagne d'un parcours thématique sur la BiNA.

www.bulac.fr/node/19
Titrage du numéro du 1er décembre 1935, portant le slogan « Le premier quotidien arménien en Europe ». Le titrage a conservé sa typographie de lettres enflammées tout au long de la carrière du journal. Collections de la BULAC, BULAC PER GFol 21.
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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On January 22, 1517, the Ottomans captured Cairo, bringing Mamluk rule in Egypt to an end and shifting the region’s balance of power.

Literature on the topic:
halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=%22...

#ottomanempire #mamluks #egypt

Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ka... -Public Domain
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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"Farhang-i Īrān-zamīn"

29 volumes, published 1952-1996

[Tihrān, 1953]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/91473

#iranianstudies #journal #persian #literature #culture #history
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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visithmml.bsky.social
How do you transform a fragile book into carefully maintained digital images & provide free, round-the-clock access for anyone, anywhere in the world?

On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events
The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library Wayne Torborg, Dr. Catherine Walsh, and John Meyerhofer January 28 from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. (CT) Free, virtual Winter Lecture Series RSVP at HMML.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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*Call For Papers*

“Entangled Histories in/of the Mediterranean: Ottoman and Wider Perspectives, 14th–18th Centuries” invites research on Ottoman–Mediterranean interactions, connectivity, and cross-cultural dynamics.

11-12.09.26, Lesvos, Greece

Deadline: 15.02.26

www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
January 22, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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"Morocco’s Islamists: bucking the trend?" by Anouar Boukhars

[Madrid: Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior, 2014]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/108...

#islam #fundamentalism #politics #marocco
January 21, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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A @brismes.bsky.social online webinar on “What’s in an Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives” - 27 January 2026
For more information and to register: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/outre...
#MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology
Shared for reference; opinions not my own.
What’s in an Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives
www.brismes.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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*Jan. 21*

On this day in 1774 Abdülhamid I (1725-1789) became sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

So far, there isn’t much literature on his life and reign; here are a few titles:
halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=nor...

#ottomanempire #sultan #abdulhamid

Source: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM