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During the World Congress a book exhibition by publishers, booksellers
and authors will take place on the campus of the University, building A (Alte Mensa,
Becherweg 5).
The opening hours are Monday 10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.,
Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 6.30 p.m. and Thursday 9:00 a.m. -
5:00 pm
15 different exhibitions are shown in Building A (Alte Mensa, Johann-Joachim Becherweg 5). They display a wide range of various academic,
political and cultural themes on the Middle East through photos, posters and other documents.
Opening hours:
Mon 10:00 am - 6:30 pm;
Tue through Thu 9:00 am - 6:30 pm; Fri 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
Further exhibitions are shown in Building P (Philosophicum, Jakob-Welderweg 18).
Bridging East and West: Saudi Aramco World, 1949 - present
(Dick Doughty, Saudi Aramco World - Houston, Texas, USA)
Illustrations which inform western readers about history and culture of the Arabic World. The aim is to promote the intercultural understanding.
Advertising via Visual Symbols of Islam
(Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler, Universität Göttingen - Göttingen, Germany)
The use of religious symbols to merchandising products of every day life.
Cairene Landscapes
(Maha Maamoun, American University in Cairo - Cairo, Egypt)
Photographs presenting Cairo's ardour for Urban landscapes which merges with Cairo's fascination for natural landscapes.
Islamic Monuments in Old Cairo
(Monda Guirguis - USA)
Photographical documents about the great time of the metropolis Cairo whose buildings are threatened by disrepair.
The 'Jords' of Hermel-Akkar-Tripoli in the High Mountains of Lebanon
(Jean-Pierre Zahar, Al-Jord-Project - Beirut, Lebanon)
Documents of the Lebanese Mountains, their traditions and current development projects.
The World of Learning in Arabic and Islamic Countries
(Barbara Schumacher - Berlin, Germany)
Women and Girls in Arabic Countries: Traditional Folklore in Libya, Tunisia, Mauritania and in the United Arab Emirates
(Barbara Schumacher - Berlin, Germany)
Orientalism - Made in America
(Jonathan Friedlander, Center for Near Eastern Studies, University of Los Angeles - Los Angeles, USA)
The presence of the Middle East in the American architecture, folkloristic parades, entertainment industry and in the consumption's area of the USA.
Evangelicorum Commune Coemeterium: Istanbul's Feriköy Protestant Cemetery
(Brian Johnson, American Board - Istanbul, Turkey)
A presentation of one of the most impressing cemeteries worldwide.
Symbolic Defiance: Palestinian Costume and Embroidery since 1946
(Jeni Allenby, Palestine Costume Archive - Canberra, Australia)
A collection of the Australian Palestine Costume Archive.
The Revival of the Islamic Art of Illumination, Calligraphy and Printing
(Betissa Schahabian, Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation - Vaduz, Liechtenstein)
King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud (1876-1953)
(Khalid Al-Nasser, King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Historic photographs illustrating the life of the founder and king of modern Saudi Arabia.
The Asil Arabian Horse
(Georg Olms, Georg Olms Verlag - Hildesheim, Germany)
The most famous horse of the world in spectacular photographs, documentations and statues.
Palestine in the Spring
(Matthias Könsgen - Berlin, Germany)
Photographical documents of the destruction of architectural tradition by Israeli invasion.
Human's Opus - September 11th, 2001: the Physiognomie of Terror Seen in the Faces from New York to Kabul
(Peter Stechert - Mainz, Germany)
Posters are shown in Building P (Philosophicum) on the ground floor and the first floor. The poster presenters will
be ready to explain their work and answer questions on the site of their posters on
Tuesday, 10 September, at 10:30 - 11:30 am,
Wednesday, 11 September, at 4:00 - 5:00 pm and on
Thursday, 12 September, at 10:30 - 11:30 am.
Rahmat Abbasnezhad, Mehdi Mousavi Koopar, Mazandaran University, Iran: Archaeological and Archaeometalurgical Investigation at Western Mazandaran, Iran
Elham Bayour, California State University, USA: Personal Testimonies: Palestinian Women Political Prisoners Narrate Their Prison Experience
Mohamed Benbouziane, Tlemcen University, Algeria: Poverty Reduction: The Role of Cooperation and Aid
Walter Bisang, Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: SFB 295: Kulturelle und sprachliche Kontakte
Sophie Blanchy, Université de Paris X, France: Expansion et Retour aux sozrces chez les Chiites Dawudi Bohras. Une dialectique de la circulation dans la diaspora
Wolfgang Böhler, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Mapping Zafar - Capital of Himyar
Eva-Andrea Braun, Ursula Verhoeven van Elsbergen, Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Kulturbegegnungen in Ägypten und dem alten Orient
Yamna Djellouli, Université du Lemans, France: Les inegalités socials et spatiales liées à l’eau Développment insulaire en milieu aride et valorisation des resources naturelles et culturelles : quelles convergences? John Donohue, St Joseph University, Lebanon: Cross-Hatching in the Global Culture: Presentation of the Dictionary of Contemporary Arab Authors
Tim Fallenbacher, University of Erlangen, Germany: Ethnic Business in Germany's Catering Trade. A Chance for Integration?
Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (GTZ), City of Aleppo / Syria, Eschborn, Germany: Urban Rehabilitation and Urban development of the Old Aleppo: A German-Syrian Cooperation
Georg Glasze, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Segmented Society - fragmented Cities: Causes and Consequences of Gated Housing Estates in Lebanon
Rüdiger Gogräfe, Germany: Isriye-Seriana: Sanctuary, settlement and military station in central Syria from the early Roman Empire to the Abbassid period
Eduard Gombar, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic: Libya in the Process of Transformation
Mohamed Hafeznia, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran: Political and Social Participation in Iran
Sonja Hilzinger, Anton Escher, Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Menschen zwischen den Kulturen: Marokkanische Zirkusakrobaten
Gloria Ibrahim Saliba, University of California in Los Angeles, USA: The Association for Environmental and Developmental Studies in the Arab World
Antje Illberg, Germany: Informal Urban Patterns in Islamic Cities
Guenter Meyer, Ivo Strecker, Christina Niem, Richard Hattemer, Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Hollywood and the Orient
Feras Milhem, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium: The Origins and Evolution of the Palestinian Sources of Law
Zohreh Nafissi, AzZahra University, Iran: Increasing the Role of Women in the Political, Social, Cultural, Academic, etc. Arena of Islamic Iran
Buhara Önal, Occupational Health and Safety Centre, Turkey: Health Problems of Female Workers in Agricultural Sector
Robert Pütz, Hermann Kandler, Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Ausländische Selbständige im Rhein-Main Gebiet
Jalal Rafifar, University of Tehran, Iran: Social Entropy and its Role in Cultural Development Dany Shoham, Bar-Ilan University, Israel: The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction / The Silent East - West Frontline Migration from Europe to the Middle East
Thomas Stevenson, Ohio University-Zanesville, USA: American Institute for Yemeni Studies
Leslie Tramontini, Orient Institut der deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft-Beirut, Lebanon: Literary Lebanon - from the Dictionary of Contemporary Arab Authors
Andreas Wagner, Manfred Kropp, Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: ISATEX: Informationsstelle für Alt-Testamentliche Exegese
Stefan Weber, Orient-Institut der deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft-Beirut, Lebanon: Witnesses of Cultural Production - The Surveys on Late Ottoman Architecture in Damascus and the City of Tripoli
Thomas Weber, C. Walbiner, Klaus-Peter Todt, Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Schmelztiegel der Kulturen: Syrien von der Spätantike bis zum Ende der Kreuzzüge
Steffen Wippel, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Germany: Centre for Modern Oriental Studies: History and Cultures of the Modern Orient since the 18th Century
Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien (ZIS)
Wolfgang Zwickel, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany: German-Palestinian Excavation in Bir Zeit