Newsletter — January 2018
Dear friends, The IDEO conference on Ḥadīṯ, organized in partnership with the French Institute of Egypt (see photo), was an extraordinary occasion for young specialists from several different countries to meet together. Methodological issues largely dominated the conversation: how to study Ḥadīṯ today, is this great set of literature attributed to the Prophet? The quality […]
Newsletter — December 2017
Dear friends, In the face of the dramatic situation that is shaking the Arab world, the victims of which are Muslims and Christians, atheists, believers and non-believers of all religions, more and more people are getting up and engaging in the discovery of the beautiful internal diversity of this Arab world in crisis. At the […]
Newsletter — November 2017
Dear friends, The finesse of the debates that we are witnesses to — be it in our common projects, seminars, lectures, at the defense of doctoral theses, or during the visits we receive — contrasts cruelly with the violence that has one again struck innocent people last November 24th in the Al-Rawḍa Mosque located between […]
Newsletter — October 2017
Dear friends, The month of October was an opportunity to meet with you all twice, once during a conference organized by the association “Friends of IDEO” on October 9th at the Bernardins in Paris, entitled “Scholars of the Other: the Dominicans of the IDEO in Cairo“. The second was at the first Gala of the […]
Newsletter — September 2017
Dear friends, from September 18‒22nd, the 33rd German Oriental Day Conference (DOT) organized by the German Orientalist Association (DMG) was held in Jena (Germany). More than 950 lectures were presented, on topics ranging from Africa to Japan, including Semitic languages, Eastern Christians, the ancient Near East, Islamic Studies and the contemporary Arab World. We were […]
Newsletter — July and August 2017
Dear friends, A new academic year begins and it is an opportunity for us to invite you to once again participate in all our activities. The library welcomes researchers in Arab-Muslim culture, its online catalog contains a wealth of cultural and contextual information, you can subscribe to receive invitations to our seminars and read the […]
Newsletter — June 2017
Dear friends, The month of June was marked by numerous visits and preparatory meetings for the upcoming academic year. For next year, we have several projects currently under study, we hope to be able to announce some good news at the beginning of the year. Until then, we wish you all a very beautiful summer, […]
Newsletter – May 2017
Dear friends, Ramadan has begun once again, and this year in the midst of violence. How can some people believe that this violence pleases God? How can they imagine that God would be satisfied with seeing his children murdered in his name? If it is clear that there are many economic and political factors that […]
Newsletter – April 2017
Dear friends, Many people wonder if it is naïve to believe that Pope Francis’s visit to Egypt could lead to anything. Firstly, we should not minimize the symbolic impact of such a visit and of the meeting between Pope Francis and al-Sheikh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib. This visit clearly affirms that there is no war between Christians […]
Newsletter – March 2017
Dear friends, We are now beginning to reap the rewards of our past efforts! As it was necessary to arm ourselves with patience to finally arrive at a signed agreement of collaboration with al-Azhar University, two encouraging sessions have already taken place. These two sessions show us that it is possible to do research with […]