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The library of the Arab World Institute presents the culture and civilisation of the Arab world through its pluridisciplinary collections. It is deliberately orientated towards the contemporary Arab world, although it also aims to bring together sources of classical Arab culture, and seeks to meet the needs of both specialists and the wider public.
The following are available to readers:
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A selection of books
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on Islam (in French)
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on Palestine (in French)
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A computerised bi-alphabetical catalogue (databases of works, periodicals and journal articles).
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65,000 works and documents in French and in Arabic but also in English, German, Spanish and Italian, including :
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the Sayyid collection, 1,880 titles in Arabic, which brings together the masterpieces of classical and contemporary Arab culture - religion, philosophy, literature, history, and catalogues and manuscripts;
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the Ninard collection, specialised in Morocco, bringing together almost 2,500 titles that mainly cover the period of the Protectorate.
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1,360 periodical titles, including 800 "living" titles, representative of the editorial wealth and diversity concerning the Arab world: news reviews, and cultural, heritage, official, scientific and technical publications.
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24,400 articles listed, all disciplines together.
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60 Arabic methods with cassettes.
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CD ROMs : Adib, Docthèses, Myriade.
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The library also offers:
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three reading rooms with a total area of 1,072 sq. m (150 seats), split over three levels linked by the tower of books and two internal lifts.
a reading room for the Arab press (ground floor).
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un espace de lecture de la presse arabe (au rez -de- chaussée).
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a bibliographic research department, (fee-paying, on request).
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publications (Guide du monde arabe en France, Écrivains arabes d'hier et d'aujourd'hui , bibliographies, documentary information, etc.).
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