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Sami Aldeeb
Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh (in Arabic language, Arabic: سامي عوض الذيب أبو ساحلية / ''Sāmy ʿwḍ ʾĀd-dyb ʾĀbw-Sāḥlyh'') (born 5 September 1949 in Zababdeh, near Jenin in the West Bank) is a Swiss Palestinian lawyer. Aldeeb was the head of the Arab and Islamic Law department at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law from 1980 to 2009. He now directs thCenter of Arab and Islamic lawand teaches at universities in Switzerland, France and Italy. He is the author of books and articles on Arab and Islamic law. In 2008 he published a bilingual edition of the Quran (Arabic - French) classifying the chapters (surahs) in chronological order according to Al-Azhar Mosque, Al-Azhar, with reference to variations, abrogations and Jewish and Christian writings. He is currently preparing a similar edition in Italian and English. He also translated thSwiss constitutioninto Arabic for the Swiss Confederation. Biography Born to a family of Christian peasants in Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zababdeh
Zababdeh or Zababida ( ar, الزبابدة) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located southeast of Jenin and from the Arab American University. History Sherds from Middle Bronze Age II, Iron Age I & II, through to the Byzantine era have been found at the site.Zertal, 2007, p126/ref> Remains of a Frankish ''bovaria'' (=farm) has been noted, while sherds from the Mamluk and Ottoman era have also been found. Ottoman era The village was (re-)founded in 1834, during the Ottoman era, by three Christian Greek Orthodox families who purchased the land from Jenin Muslims.Alain Epp Weaver'The crescent and the cross are the marks on my hands: The performance of Palestinian unity amid political fragmentation,'in Paul S Rowe, John H.A. Dyck, Jens Zimmermann (eds.) ''Christians and the Middle East Conflict,'' Routledge 2014 pp.137-151, p.138. In 1838 "Zabedet" was noted as a Greek Christian village in the ''Haritheh'' area, north of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |