Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR): February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics aims to develop and enhance the Palestinian official statistical system based on legal grounds that organize the process of data collection and utilization for statistical purposes.

Functions of PCBS

To establish a comprehensive and unified statistical system to serve Palestinian authorities as an instrument of guidance for diagnosing problems and evaluating progress made.

To provide truthful and impartial official statistics on demographic, social, economic and environmental states and trends to serve the Palestinian citizenry.

To enlighten the public with information provided through the mass media, and cooperate with university and other research organizations.

To serve the instrumental needs of businesses and their organizations for statistical information on states and trends.

To conduct a population and housing census and agriculture census every ten years or less in accordance with the rules of a special census act issued by the President of the Palestinian National Authority, and to conduct an Establishment census every five years or less.

To participate in the international cooperation and exchange of official statistics in accordance with international standards which guarantee Palestinian membership in international organizations.

To compile essential statistics published on Palestine and the Palestinians by any country or international organization and analyze such statistics.

To establish statistical training centers in order to prepare qualified personnel to carry out the statistical activities conducted by governmental or non-governmental departments or agencies.

To create and maintain a library of Palestinian and international statistics and an archive of Palestinian censuses and surveys covering the areas listed.

To participate effectively in building the different administrative records and central registers to meet the administrative and statistical needs of the Palestinian society.

To publish statistical yearbook annually.

To update Voting Register based on the Population Register regularly and every three months, and to provide voter listings when needed.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Digital Collections of Early Printed Materials in the Arabic Script

[Originally posted on 2/21/2014. Updated on 2/25/2014 with a revised link]

Roper, Geoffrey.
“Digital Collections of Early Printed Materials in the Arabic Script.”
Paper presented at the 35th MELCom International Conference, Moscow, May 2013.
Available on the MELCom website at: http://www.melcominternational.org/?page_id=1076

Friday, February 21, 2014

Heritage for Peace

We are an international group of heritage workers who believe that cultural heritage is a common ground for dialogue and a tool to build peace. Founded in February 2013, Heritage for Peace’s mission is to support heritage workers as they work to protect their collections, monuments and archaeological sites during armed conflict. We are an NGO based in Girona, Spain.

Thesaurus d'Epigraphie Islamique

[First posted in AMIR 16 October 2011, updated 21 February 2014]

Thesaurus d'Epigraphie Islamique

Le projet du Thesaurus d’épigraphie islamique a pour ambition de réunir toutes les inscriptions arabes, persanes et turques, voire dans d'autres langues du monde musulman, jusqu'à l'an 1000 de l'hégire, c'est-à-dire du Moyen Age.Le Thesaurus d’Epigraphie Islamique s’inscrit dans la lignée du Répertoire Chronologique d’Epigraphie Arabe tout en étant indépendant. En effet, le projet actuel ne tient pas compte seulement des inscriptions arabes mais également persanes et turques, voire d’autres. En outre, les avantages informatiques ont permis une nouvelle présentation de fiche-type ainsi qu’une précision accrue dans l’enregistrement et surtout dans la consultation des données. La Fondation Max van Berchem de Genève a bien voulu accepter la sponsorisation du projet qui a été officiellement mis en route en février 1992. La base de données étant informatisée, on peut facilement imaginer que les premiers pas n’étaient pas simples, «l’universalité» du système informatique n’ayant pas été, à l’époque, encore achevée (problème des caractères latins diacrités, des caractères “neutres“ dans l’écriture arabe, compatibilité entre Macintosh et PC, etc.). Dès le début, la saisie des inscriptions se fait sur l’ordinateur Macintosh et le logiciel utilisé pour l'élaboration de la base est le logiciel “4ème dimension», sous ses différentes versions successives. C’est ainsi que nous sommes passés, non sans mal, par plusieurs systèmes informatiques différents. La diffusion se faisait, à partir de 1998, sous formes de CD-Rom,t puis de DVD-Rom, chaque nouveau disque comprenant une (éventuellement deux ou trois) nouvelle livraison incluant les inscriptions d'une nouvelle région. Le découpage géographique suivi est présenté plus bas, dans la section 5/ des présentes notices.Depuis le mois d’octobre 2011, c’est à dire depuis la 10ème livraison, la base est disponible, gratuitement, sur Internet. Deux ou trois livraisons à venir vont inclure les régions manquant et il sera ainsi prochainement possible, au bout d’un long chemin, de consulter l'ensemble des inscriptions musulmanes du moyen âge! Le projet ne va pas s’arrêter là. La base sera régulièrement enrichie et complétée et tous les deux ans environ, une livraison actualisée, sur le plan scientifique comme sur le plan informatique, va remplacer la livraison précédente.Nous souhaitons susciter, pour les différentes régions comme pour l’ensemble du projet, des collaborations effectives qui vont continuer à être reconnues dans la section 7/ Remerciements.

Previously available only on a CD with periodic updates, the 11th and 12th editions are now available free on the web. Registration required.

1 PRÉSENTATION DU PROJET

2 A PROPOS DES AUTEURS

3 PRISE EN MAIN

4 GUIDE ABRÉGÉ DE LA BASE

5 DÉCOUPAGE GÉOGRAPHIQUE

6 BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES ARTICLES PRÉSENTANT LE THESAURUS

7 REMERCIEMENTS

8 COMMENT CITER LE THESAURUS ?

9 CONTACTS

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Online Publications of the Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford)

Islamic collections

Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
A catalogue of seals and talismans housed at the Ashmolean from the 8th to 19th century Islamic world, by Ludvik Kalus (published Oxford, 1986).
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Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt
A selection of 10th to 16th century embroideries from the Newberry collection at the Ashmolean, by Marianne Ellis (published Oxford, 2001).
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Islamic Ceramics
A select catalogue of the Ashmolean's collection of ceramics from the Islamic world from the 9th to 18th century, by James Allen (published Oxford, 1991).
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Islamic seal impressions and ownership stamps online

Chester Beatty Library Seals Project
http://www.cbl.ie/islamicseals/

Islamic Manuscripts Collection, University of Michigan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97661713@N07/sets/72157634195731483/

Iraqi manuscript libraries ( Middle East Librarians Association's Committee on Iraqi Libraries )
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LibraryStamps/LibraryStamps.htm

Library of the Institut d'Égypte
http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/2011/12/library-stamps-from-institut-degypte.html

Catalogue of seals and talismans housed at the Ashmolean from the 8th to 19th century Islamic world, by Ludvik Kalus (published Oxford, 1986).
http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/7/10228

Please let us know about similar collections.

Open Access Journal: Quranica - International Journal of Quranic Research

QURANICA - International Journal of Quranic Research
ISSN 2289-5396

"Quranica (ISSN 2289-5396) is an international trilingual (Arabic, English & Malay) peer-reviewed bi-annual journal published by Centre of Quranic Research (CQR), University of Malaya. This Quranica journal has replaced the formerly journal known as International Journal on Quranic Research (ISSN 2180-4893), and it has been considered as a continuation of the previously published issues. It reflects on the full range of current scholarly works on Qur’anic Studies..."

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Open Access Journal Archive: al-Jinān (1870?-1886)

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008882426

Title: Jinān - الجنان.
Bayrūt : s.n., 1870?-
General: 16 v. ; 26 cm.
Numbering begins each year with al-Juzʼ 1.

Ceased in 1886.

Alphabetical List of Open Access Historical Newspapers and Other Periodicals in Middle East & Islamic Studies

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Open Access Journal Archive: al-Hilal (1892-1941)

al-Hilal (1892-1941)

"Jurji Zaidan founded the monthly magazine Al-Hilal in 1892. It has been continuously published since then and celebrations to commemorate its 120th anniversary were held in Egypt in 2012. In the context of the Memory of Modern Egypt Series documenting the political, social and cultural history of Egypt in the last two hundred years, the Library of Alexandria completed the five year Dar Al-Hilal Documentation project in January 2012, on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the birth of Jurji Zaidan. This project included the digitization of the whole collection of Al-Hilal Magazine from the first year of publication in 1892 to the present day. The Zaidan Foundation website is happy to present, courtesy of the Library of Alexandria, all the issues of Al-Hilal (in Arabic) in the first fifty years between 1892 and 1941 grouped in ten year ..."

[Update March 3, 2023]
Al-Hilal issues are now available from 1892 to 2007 , click here.

Alphabetical List of Open Access Historical Newspapers and Other Periodicals in Middle East & Islamic Studies

Open Access Encyclopedia: İslâm Ansiklopedisi

Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm ansiklopedisi /
[Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, İslâm Ansiklopedisi Genel Müdürlüğü].
Published: Üsküdar, İstanbul : Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, İslâm Ansiklopedisi Genel Müdürlüğü, 1988-
Description : v. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

ISBN: 9789753894272 (set)

Contents:

cilt 1. Âb-ı hayât-el-Ahkâmü'ş-şerʻiyye

cilt 2. Ahlâk-Amarı

cilt 3. Amasya-Âşık mûsikisi

cilt 4. Âşık Ömer-Bâlâ Külliyesi

cilt 5. Balaban, Mustafa Rahmi-Beşir Ağa, Moralı

cilt 6. Beşir Ağa Camii-Câfer Paşa Tekkesi

cilt 7. Câʻfer es-Sâdık-Ciltçilik

cilt 8. Cilve-Dârünnedve

cilt 9. Dârüssaâde-Dulkadıroğulları

cilt 10. Dûmetülcendel-Elbise

cilt 11. Elbistan-Eymir

cilt 12. Eys-Fikhü'l-Hadı̂s

cilt 13. Fikih-Gelenek

cilt 14. Gelibolu-Haddesenâ

cilt 15. Hades-Hanefı̂ Mehmed Efendi

cilt 16. Hanefı̂ mezhebi-Hayâ

cilt 17. Hayal-Hilâfiyat

cilt 18. Hilâl-Hüseyin Lâmekânî

cilt 19. Hüseyin Mirza-İbn Haldûn

cilt 20. Haldûn-İbnüʼl-Cezerî

cilt 21. İbnüʼl-Cezzâr-İhvân-ı Müslimîn

cilt 22. İhvân-ı Safâ-İskit

cilt 23. İslâm-Kaade

cilt 24. Kāânî-i-Şîrâzî-Kastamonu

cilt 25. Kastilya-Kile

cilt 26. Kili-Kütahya

cilt 27. Kütahya Mevlevîhânesi-Manisa

cilt 28. Manisa Mevlevîhânesi-Meks

cilt 29. Mekteb-Mısır Mevlevîhânesi

cilt 30. Mısra-Muhammediyye

cilt 31. Muhammediyye-Münâzara

cilt 32. el-Müncid-Nesih

cilt. 33. Nesih-Osmanlılar

cilt. 34. Osmanpazarı-Resuldar

cilt. 35. Resuliler-Sak

cilt. 36. Sakal-Sevm

cilt. 37. Sevr antlaşması-Suveylih

cilt 38. Suyolcu-Şerif en-Nîsâbûrî

cilt 39. Şerif Paşa-Tanzanya

cilt. 40. Tanzimat-Teveccüh

cilt. 41. Tevekkül-Tüsterî.

cilt. 42. Tütün-Vehrân

cilt. 43. Vekâlet-Yûsî

cilt. 44. Yûsuf-Zwemer

Monday, February 10, 2014

Brill's 15 most downloaded journal articles in Middle East & Islamic Studies.

Brill's 15 most downloaded articles from Q4 2013 in the subject area of Middle East & Islamic Studies. These articles are freely accessible until 15 April 2014!

Imagining Hāfez: Rabindranath Tagore in Iran, 1932
Author: Afshin Marashi
Journal of Persianate Studies, Volume 3,No. 1, pp. 46‑77

A New Introduction Sociology of Islam: Social, Political and Economic Transformations in Muslim Societies
Authors: Gary Wood | Tugrul Keskin
Sociology of Islam, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 1‑6

When Did the Bible Become an Arabic Scripture?
Author: Sidney H. Griffith
Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 7‑23

The ardiyyahs of Ibn al‑Mu'tazz: Breakthrough into Lyricism
Author: Jaroslav Stetkevych
Journal of Arabic Literature, Volume 41,No. 3, pp. 201‑244

The Sociology of Islam: Precedents and Perspectives
Author: Armando Salvatore
Sociology of Islam, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 7‑13

Democracy and Islam: A Tale of Democratic Struggle in a Muslim Majority State
Author: Mohammad Musfequs Salehin
Sociology of Islam, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 88‑114

Sociology of Islam: the Desiderata
Author: Bryan S. Turner
Sociology of Islam, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 14‑16

The Role of Authentic Islam: The Way Forward for Women in Saudi Arabia
Author: Amani Hamdan
Hawwa, Volume 10,No. 3, pp. 200‑220

Introduction
Authors: Camilla Adang | Meira Polliack | Sabine Schmidtke
Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 1‑5

Culture or Class? Why Islam is Neither the Question nor the Answer
Author: Jeff Tan
Sociology of Islam, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 64‑87

Even If It's Not True It's True: Using Unreliable Hadīths in Sunni Islam
Author: Jonathan A.C. Brown
Islamic Law and Society, Volume 18,No. 1, pp. 1‑52

The Muslim‑Majority Character of Israeli Constitutional Law
Author: Adam S. Hofri-Winogradow
Middle East Law and Governance, Volume 2,No. 1, pp. 43‑80

The Muslim Brotherhood and Democratic Transition in Egypt
Author: Carrie Rosefsky Wickham
Middle East Law and Governance, Volume 3,No. 1‑2, pp. 204‑223

Discourses of the 2011 Arab Revolutions
Author: Ken Seigneurie
Journal of Arabic Literature, Volume 43,No. 2‑3, pp. 484‑509

Redefining Islamic Tradition
Author: Etty Terem
Islamic Law and Society, Volume 20, No. 4, pp. 425‑475