An Academic hub in the heart of beirut

The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) is a non-profit German academic research center and part of the Max Weber Foundation – International Humanities, mainly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. It conducts and supports research on the Near East and the larger Arab world in past and present.

Annual Report 2018

The OIB Library

The library of the OIB is a research library. It provides a collection of books, journals and newspapers that comprises around 130.000 volumes. The collection includes text editions as well as literature related to Middle East studies in Arabic and many western languages.

THE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IN THE GDR IN 1989 AND THE SHORT-LIVED SYRIAN SPRING 2011 - A JUXTAPOSITION

Opening, discussion and reception – Tuesday, 9 July, 6 pm, at the Orient-Institut Beirut(Showing hours 10:00 am - 05:00 pm from the 9th till the 16th of July 2019)