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Lecture by Prof. Dr. Danyel Reiche
December 8


Prof. Reiche (American University of Beirut) lecturing at the OIB about the climate policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council states when at the same time the UN Climate Conference was held in Copenhagen.

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5. Beirut Media Forum
November 20
In Cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Institut Français du Proche-Orient.


Round Table with Filmmakers: Michel Tabet, Orwa Nyrabia, Katja Jarjour, Patrick Hazard, Rania Stephan.

Christophe Varin explains how YouTube works.		Olfa Lamloum with keynote speaker Eric Neveu.
		Naomi Sakr in discussion.

Thinking about documentaries and their political function: Frédérique Devillez, Melhem Chaoul, Irit Neidhardt.

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Lecture by Tarif Khalidi
October 27

Lively discussions after Prof. Khalidi's reflections of a Qur'an translator.

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State and Religion: Comparing Cases of Changing Relations
October 24 - October 26
Research Seminar at the OIB in Cooperation with the Research Centre Res Gerendae, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the American University of Beirut.


Ayo Obe (Lagos, Nigeria) talking to Thomas Scheffler (OIB) and Albert Peter Rethmann (High School St. Georgen, Frankfurt).

Franz Magnis-Suseno (Philosophical College Jakarta, on the left) lecturing, seminar organizer Theodor Hanf (Res Gerendae) by his side.

Participants during one of the sessions: Udo Steinbach (University of Hamburg), Dominik Hanf (College of Europe, Bruges) and Coralie Hindawi (AUB) on the left picture, Thomas Scheffler (OIB), Albert Peter Rethmann and John Donohue (St. Joseph University, Beirut).

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Bibliotheca Islamica Relaunched
October 15

Tammam Salam, Lebanese Minister of Culture,
talking to OIB director Stefan Leder (on the left).

   
Professor Ahmad Hoteit lecturing to the listeners in the OIB garden.
   

  
Exhibition of the BI series and sale of the reprints.

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Lecture by Dr. Faleh A. Jabar October 6 Dr. Faleh A. Jabar explaining the structure of tribes.

Lecture by Prof. Martin Strohmeier October 13 Professor Strohmeier talks about the experiences of two governors in Beirut and Aleppo in the Ottoman time.

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Lecture by Dr. Friedericke Stolleis
October 9


Dr. Stolleis (on the right) discussing with a guest after her talk on Zoqaq el-Blat.

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German Order of Merit for Prof. Dr. Abdel Raouf Sinno
August 12


Abdel Raouf Sinno, a member of the OIB Scientific Advisory Board, receives the German Order of Merit by Ambassador Birgitta Siefker-Eberle. 

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Bergedorfer Round Table
May 20-22


Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora inscribes his name in the OIB visitors' book, to the left to him OIB Director Professor Stefan Leder and behind him the former Federal President of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker.

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Lecture by Prof. Dr. Aziz Al-Azmeh
April 7


Prof. Al-Azmeh lecturing about the idea of the Mediterranean.

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Arab-German Poetry Colloquium
February 25-27


The writers Ilma Rakusa (on the left) and Michael Roes (on the right) discussing the question "Why translate Poetry?", together with the Director of the Goethe-Institut Beirut, Farid Majari.


Poets Michael Roes, Girgis Shukri, Ilma Rakusa and Fuad Rifka together with Dr. Ines Weinrich (OIB) in a break.