On the 30th of August 2006 Naǧīb Maḥfūẓ died-a legend and symbol of modern Arabic literature, so far the only Noble Prize winner (1988) in that field. For decades he had enriched literature with new novels, short stories ...

By the eleventh century the community founded in the seventh century by the Prophet Muḥammad had split into several religious groups. The umma as a single, unified community, had become a political fiction. The Abbasid ...

The Bibliography of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Poland (2004-2006).

Die Terroranschläge vom 11. September lenkten die Weltaufmerksamkeit nicht nur auf globale Sicherheitspolitik, sondern auch auf den Islam. Es tauchten Fragen auf, die man vorher nie stellte, weil es weder Interesse noch ...

The Bibliography of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Poland (2001).

Contents of vols. 1-10 (1993-2002).

It is extremely difficult to embrace all the forms of diplomatic activity in the region of Iberian Peninsula during the times of Muslim political presence in the area, because the interaction between Christians, Muslims, ...

Biography (from Greek bios=life + grapho=record) is an extremely popular type of prose of the last century. Its role is to present the account of person’s life with its two aspects: humanistic and biological. Biography can ...

Salman Rushdie was an author of books well known all over the world, when in 1988 he published his next book fiction under the title of Satanic Verses. It was printed in Great Britain by Viking Penguin Inc. and distributed ...

Kissinger followed a unique policy in his mediation efforts between the Arabs and Israel by eliciting proposals from each side, getting preliminary reactions, identifying obstacles and then starting the diplomatic process ...