Al-Abhath

Edited by As'ad Khairallah

Al-Abhath is an internationally refereed journal of scholarship on the culture, history, literature and languages of the Arab World and the Middle East.  Originally the Journal of the Center for Arab and Middle East Studies, al-Abhath was first published in 1948 as a quarterly for Arab Studies.  It has been appearing in one annual volume since 1970.

Since its inception, al-Abhath has covered many related fields of interest – Arab and Islamic studies, sociology, numismatics, history, economics, language, psychology and astrology – concentrating on the Arab world.  It appears in both Arabic and English, and is a necessary and useful reference for anyone interested and engaged in the study of this part of the world.

Latest issue:  Volume 52-53 (2004-2005), 300 pages, $25.  Back issues volumes 1-22 ($6 per fascicle), volumes 23-49 ($15 each), indexes 1948-57 and 1958-67 ($11 each), volumes 50-present ($25 each). ISBN 9953-9011-1-2

al-Watha'iq al-Arabiyya
[Arab Political Documents]

Edited by Y. Khoury

Produced by the Center for Arab and Middle East Studies, each volume contains important political documents covering a single year. It provides access to Arabic sources, both official and unoffical and includes among others, government policy declations, political speeches, party manifestoes and reports from conventions.

Arabic, 1963-82, approx. 750 pages, paper, $20 each.

Arab Political Documents 1963-65

Edited by Walid Khalidi and Yusuf Ibish

This is the English translation of the first three volumes of al-Watha’iq al-Arabiyya. They provide a representative cross-section of Arab documents on domestic and inter-Arab politics.

English, 1963, 1964 and 1965, approx. 500 pages, paper, $9 each.

Berytus Archaeological Studies

Edited by Helga Seeden

Published since 1934, Berytus is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted primarily to archaeological, ethnoarchaeological and historical studies on Lebanon and Syria from prehistoric to Ottoman times.  It is published annually by AUB's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.  Some recent volumes have been devoted to publishing the results of excavations conducted by an archaeological team from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in collaboration with a group of British archaeologists and organizations at a group of sites in and around the souks of post-war Beirut between 1994 and 1997.

Latest issue:  Volume 48-49 (2004-2005), 300 pages, $30.  Back issues from 1934-2000 ($15 each), 2001-present ($30 each).  Some out-of-print issues available online at no charge:
http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/archaeology/berytus-back/berytus01/.  Volume 40 (1992) is an index for volumes published in 1934-1991.ISBN 0067-6195

Chronology of Arab Politics

Edited by Walid Khalidi and Yusuf Ibish

Arabic and English, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966, soft cover, $3 each.

Middle East Economic Papers

The Economic Research Institute

English, 1954-64, 1967-69, approximately 125 pages each, soft cover, $2 each.