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245		0	_aWhen the library was stolen: On the Private Archive of Abd Al-Rahman Munif- Fehras Publishing Practices/ _bعندما سرقت المكتبة: في أرشيف المكتبة المنزلية للروائي عبد الرحمن منيف- فهرس الممارسات النشرية
260			_bFehras Publishing Practices, Berlin; Dar Al-Tanweer دار التنوير, Beirut; _c2017
300			_a302p; _c25x18cm
490			_aSeries of Disappearances
520			_aIn 2015 the private library of the author and novelist Abd Al-Rahman Munif was burglarized in his residence in Damascus. Munif is considered as one of the most renowned authors and novelists in the Arab world. During his lifetime, he lived in various Arabic and European countries settling in Damascus the last thirty years of his life until his death in 2004. He has published numerous books, novels and studies in the field of literature. In the thick contents of Abd Al-Rahman Munif’s library we can read the political and cultural movements of the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. In that regard, it is a distinctive case study for a research into the archives of the Arab private library, a central hub for publications. Munif’s biography and his migrations represent finely the trajectories of the Arab intellectual and of his library: Munif was a Saudi writer who relocated and migrated continuously between different countries his entire life. He was also a collector of books. In every place he settled, he set up a personal library at home. His peregrinations began in the 1940s and lasted until the late 1980s. Munif lost some of his libraries, but he managed to bring most of them to Damascus, to his main library, enriched by all the changing historical eras and cultural lives he experienced. Munif’s library uncovers the metamorphosis of knowledge production and publishing practices in Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region. The book is based on a long-term research by Fehras Publishing Practices followed by cataloging it’s content that counts approx. 10.000 publications. When the Library Was Stolen is in three chapters. This first features selected texts addressing the library as a space, publication practices in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa, and archiving publications with contributions from: Amer Bader Hassoun (Archivist, publisher and collector), Suad Kawadri (The wife of Abd Al-Rahman Munif), Hassan Yaghi (Publisher), Franck Mermier (Anthropologist), Fehras Publishing Practices & Nadia Saleh (Radio Producer). The second chapter includes a catalogue documenting approx. 10.000 publications of the library, and the third presents the photographs of Munif’s library. These are the key documentary materials that set the foundations for the content of the book. ----This book will be issued within the »Series Of Disappearances«. The series examines the relocating of knowledge due to the displacement of libraries and books. It follows their disappearances and transformations within social, political and economic changes in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa.
546			_aEnglish; Arabic
650			_aN7560-8266 Visual Arts. Special subjects of art
650			_aPersonal archive _97886
650			_aPrivate library _97887
651			_aSyria _91275
700			_aAbo Faraj, Nour نور أبو فرج _97888
700			_aFehras Publishing Practices فهرس الممارسات النشرية _97889
700			_aFranck Mermier _97890
700			_aHaqqi, Yahya يحيى حقّي _97891
700			_aHassoun, Amer Bader عامر بدر حسون _97892
700			_aHoussami, Eyad إياد حسامي _97893
700			_aKawadri, Suad سعاد قوادري _97894
700			_aSaleh, Nadia نادية صالح _97895
700			_aYaghi, Hassan حسن ياغي _97896
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