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Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)

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11-2988 Beirut
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The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) is a German academic research institute focusing on the Arab world and wider Middle East. The OIB was established on the initiative of the German Oriental Society in 1961, and has been part of the Max Weber Foundation - German Humanities Institutes Abroad since 2003. The institue conducts and supports research in the humanities and social sciences. The systematic study of primary sources and cooperation with regional actors and institutions provides a common conceptual framework for the institute's research activities. The OIB maintains an important research library (ca. 130,000 volumes), and publishes three series, Bibliotheca Islamica (BI), Beiruter Texte und Studien (BTS) and Orient-Institut Studies (OIS).