The daily al-Akhbar covers (November 24) the Beirut Media Forum on Islamism that was organzied by the OIB in cooperation with FES (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) and IFPO (Institut français du Proche-Orient).

Michel Jiha reviews Ridwan al-Sayyid's book on German Orientalists, appeared in 2007, and thereby addresses the importance of the Orient-Institut Beirut, see here in al-Nahar (February 17).