Call for applications: Five scholarships for Arabic and Islamic Studies (2023–2026) | Deadline: March 1ˢᵗ, 2023
Subject: five scholarships for Arabic and Islamic Studies (2023‒2026) The Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies was founded in 1953 in Cairo in order to study Islam and the Arab Muslim…
Newsletter March-April 2022
In the contiguity of the light, in the twilight celebration where one lets himself be lulled by musical sounds, we sense an inner and outer power that announces the sun…
Newsletter February-March 2022
The 53ʳᵈ Cairo International Book Fair ended with the memory of evenings dedicated to poetry and Arabic calligraphy, and multiple educational suggestions for the youngest. We were delighted by these…
Call for applications: Three-month field scholarships for Master’s and PhD students
Three-month field scholarships for master’s and PhD students Students of the Dominican Study Centers → Purpose of the scholarship: to support the research of students in theology, history-geography, sociology, philosophy,…
Newsletter January-February 2022
Happy are the Islamic Scholars who probe the literature of lovers! Simply open the edition of Leyli and Majnûn which has just been published to understand that it is not…
There is Matter for Thought
Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, “There is Matter for Thought. The Episode of the Night Journey and the Heavenly Ascension in the Sīra ḥalabiyya, at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century”, in Denis…
Newsletter December-January 2022
During a study trip organized by the French NGO Œuvre d’Orient, which supports the activities of the IDEO, a visitor asked Jean Druel, O.P: What would change if we did…
Newsletter November-December 2021
Dear friends, For several months, in Cairo, bridges have sprouted up like mushrooms. They are sometimes so close to the houses that on days of traffic jams, coffee could be…
The Cairo Edition of the Qurʾān 1924: Texts, history & challenges
Fourth IDEO Conference in Cairo, October 16ᵗʰ‒17ᵗʰ, 2021 Scientific committee: Omar Alí-de-Unzaga (IIS, London), Aziz Hilal (IDEO, Cairo), Davidson McLaren (Thesaurus Islamicus, Istanbul), Ahmad Wagih (IDEO, Cairo). Coordination: Asma Hilali…
Dialogue with Islam: From Regensburg to Abu Dhabi
Emmanuel Pisani, “Dialogue with Islam: From Regensburg to Abu Dhabi”, One in Christ 55, n°1, 2021, p. 129‒132.
Newsletter October-November 2021
Dear friends, Intended by King Fuʾād, the so-called 1924 Cairo edition of the Qurʾān was published under the scientific authority of an al-Azhar committee. It has become so popular throughout…
Newsletter — September 2021
Dear friends, In September, we welcomed the President and the Secretary General of the association “The Friends of the IDEO”. Jean Félix-Paganon knows Cairo well. He was an ambassador here.…