(unknown)

A reader here is looking for the complete text of a play written by
Muhammad Watad and entitled "Co-existence. "  The play was probably in
Arabic, but I do not have an Arabic title for it.  It was partially
published (in translation?) in the journal "New Outlook" [v.13, no.7
(1970)] which the reader has seen.  The play concerned the Kfar Kessem
massacre of October 29, 1956 and was constructed out of interviews with eye
witnesses.  Does anyone know where the full text of the play can be
located?  Please reply to my email address:  jwwein@...

Thanks.

James Weinberger, Curator
Near East Collections

Book for review

I have the following books for review. Please remember that books should
be reviewed within six months. Please contact me directly at:
rsimon@...      Rachel

Dale F. Eickelman & Jon. W. Anderson (eds.), New media in the Muslim
world: the emerging public sphere (Bloomington & Indianapolis : Indiana
University Press, 1999)

Obayd Zakani, Collected works (edited by Mohammad-Ja'far Mahjoub) New
York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 1999

[Fwd: New Publications: MELANET] (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:26:01 +0000
From: batya <malikb@...>
To: elimeg@...
Subject: [Fwd: New Publications: MELANET]

From: äåöàä ìàåø áø-àéìï <press@...>
Subject: New Publications: MELANET
Date: 1999-11-28 10:48:52 GMT

Dear Sir / Madam,

Bar-Ilan University Press is pleased to announce that we have recently
published the following publications, and they are now available for
sale:

1) THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL - Constructing Political Deviance in
Israel, by G. Cromer

Five case studies of the reaction to political deviance in Israel
provide the basis for a comparison with the situation in other
countries, and the development of a new model of the rhetorical

INDEX ISLAMICUS QUESTIONS

		INDEX ISLAMICUS: SURVEY OF FUTURE REQUIREMENTS

With the 1999 no.3 advance issue of Index Islamicus, just published, a brief
questionnaire has been distributed, which can be faxed back to the publishers.
More conveniently for many people, including users who are not direct
subscribers, it can also be completed and submitted on the Web at

	http://www.bowker-saur.co.uk/contact/IIsurvey.htm

Responses to this will be important in determining:-

1. Whether and when Index Islamicus is made available online via the Web

2. Whether and when gaps in past coverage will be filled, particularly for the
years 1986-92 (when no comprehensive volumes were published).

  Decisions on these matters need to be taken in the very near future (we hope
before the end of 1999). We therefore urge all users of Index Islamicus, and
librarians whose readers use it, to complete and submit the form as soon as
possible. It has a space for "other comments" also.

						Geoffrey Roper & Heather Bleaney
						Editors, Index Islamicus

						Islamic Bibliography Unit
						Cambridge University Library

Conference

The following may be of interest.  You may note that it is scheduled opposite
the IFLA conference in Jerusalem, not unintentional.
John

The Arab Federation of Libraries and Information Professionals plus the
Libraries and Information Associations in the Islamic Countries plan to hold the
"Arab-Islamic Conference of Libraries" in Beirut, on August 12-17.

To:  MELANET-L@...

RE: Conference

Is there any contact information for the Arab-Islamic Library Conference?

						Geoffrey Roper

						Islamic Bibliography Unit
						Cambridge University Library

Contact info for Beirut conference

Sorry, I did have contact for the conference in Beirut.
islamic.lib.co@...
John

To:  MELANET-L@...

Virtual Library Middle East / North Africa

Dear colleagues,
many thanks to all those who have responded to my mail concerning
the project  "Virtual Library Middle East / North Africa". I will
get in contact with you in the next few days to discuss
suggestions in detail. Best wishes, Lutz W.

--
Dr. Lutz Wiederhold
Curator of the Oriental Books
Universitaets- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
August-Bebel-Strasse 13
06098 Halle
Germany
Tel.: 49-(0)345-55-22164
Fax.: 49-(0)345-55-27140
http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/bib.3/ssg.6_23/kontakt.html

Re: Conference

John--
I'm sure you know that it is  no wonder the conference is being held
at the same time as IFLA, since the conference in Jerusalem is being
protested by Arab librarians in the Middle East on many fronts.
Kay

>>> "John Eilts" <BL.JAE@...> 12/08 2:02 PM >>>
The following may be of interest.  You may note that it is scheduled
opposite
the IFLA conference in Jerusalem, not unintentional.
John

The Arab Federation of Libraries and Information Professionals plus
the
Libraries and Information Associations in the Islamic Countries plan
to hold the
"Arab-Islamic Conference of Libraries" in Beirut, on August 12-17.

To:  MELANET-L@...

Books for review

I got the following books for review in MELA notes. Please contact me
directly at rsimon@...  Please note the message below. I'll
soon send reminders to reviewers who are late in sending the reviews.
In  case of no response from the reviewers, I'll have to contact them
through MELANET.    Rachel

* Martin Kramer (ed.) The Jewish discovery of Islam (Tel-Aviv : The
Moshe Dayan Center, 1999)

* Beverly Milton-Edwards, Islamic politics in Palestine (London & New
York : I.B. Tauris, 1999

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