“…Romano el Cantor nace en la ciudad de Emesa (Siria) hacia 490; es ordenado diácono hacia el año 515 en Berito -hoy Beirut-, desde donde se traslada años más tarde a la capital del Imperio, constantinopla. …”

“…Cet ouvrage inaugure la série des Entretiens franco-allemands de Beyrouth qui sera consacrée à la collaboration scientifique franco-allemande en Orient et qui transcrira le résultat des conférences, ateliers, rencontres..., conjointement organisés par l'Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) et l'Orient-Institut Beirut. Die neubegründete Reihe Beiruter Gespräche-Das deutsch-französische Forum will die wissenschafdiche Kooperation zwischen dem Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) und dem Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) bei gemeinsamen Kongressen, Tagungen und Projektarbeiten im Orient dokumentieren…”

“…And finally, I wrote extensively about my second return to Lebanon around the turn of this century, my working and residing in Beirut, and about leaving work after the uprising...…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- INTRODUCTION -- Objective -- Rationale -- CONCEPTUAL DISCOURSES -- Terror -- On Terrorism -- Political Terrorism -- Criminal Terrorism -- Repressive Terrorism -- Revolutionary Terrorism -- Sub-revolutionary Terrorism -- State Terrorism -- Violence and Political Violence -- Terrorism and Liberation Activities: The Politics Of Nomenclature -- Spectrum of Political Conflict -- THE NATURE OF TERRORISM -- Anatomy of Terrorism -- Manifestations of Terrorism -- Some Cases of Terrorism -- The Entebbe Affair -- The Beirut and Rome Operations -- Political Terrorism in Cotonou -- Action aguinst Geneva Peace Conference -- Terrorism against OAU Heads -- Hijacking of a British Airliner -- The Black Septembist Munich Terrorism -- Terrorism by drug barons in Bogota -- Assassination of Prime Minister Rabin -- United States Embassy Bombings -- West Jerusalem Bombing -- World Trade Center Destruction -- Bombing of London City -- Algeria -- IMPLICATIONS OF TERRORISM FOR NATIONAL SECURITY -- Uses/Goals and consequences of terrorism -- Courter terrorism measures -- TERRORISM: AN OVERVIEW OF THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE -- TERRORISM AS AN EMERGING THREAT TO GOOD GOVERNANCE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY, PROSPERITY AND NATIONAL SURVIVAL: THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES -- THE MANAGEMENT OF TERRORISM IN CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS -- Preventive Measures -- Measures For Avoidance of Terrorist Attacks -- Measures For Handling Terrorist Attacks -- Situation Control -- Strategy Review -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- THE WORKING OF A BOMB AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES -- Terror as a political weapon: reflections on the bomb explosions in Abacha's Nigeria -- Introduction -- Définition of Terrorism -- The Political Antecedents and Dimensions of the Bomb Attacks -- Who were the Terrorists? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Zwischen Abgrenzung und Anpassung: Die Konfrontation der Mission laïque française mit den Beiruter Schulen; III. Koloniale Bildung ohne Kolonie: Die französischen Schulen nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg; 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Vol. 1: Projects featured: Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (Adjaye Associates) - Active Nature, Saclay, France (Agence Babylone) - Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan (Tadao Ando) - Toku Tokoyo Line Shibuya Station, Tokyo (Tadao Ando) - Papertainer Museum, Seoul Olympic Park, South Korea (Shigeru Ban) - Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway (Barlindhaug Consult AS) - King Abdullah International Gardens, Riyadh (Barton Willmore) - CaixaForum Vertical Garden, Madrid (Patrick Blanc) - Anti-Smog, Paris (Vincent Callebaut Architectures) - Perfumed Jungle, Hong Kong (Vincent Callebaut Architectures) - Westraven office complex, Utrecht, Netherlands (Cepezed) - Phantom House, Southwestern USA (Diller Scofidio + Renfro) - Samir Kassir Square, Beirut (Vladimir Djurovic) - Tree Tower, Los Angeles (Dennis Dollens) - Ecoboulevard of Vallecas, Madrid (Ecosistemo Urbano) - Jinji Lake, Suzhou, China (Edaw) - Shark Alley Retreat, Great Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand (Fearon Hay) - Petronas University of Technology, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia (Foster + Partners) - Little Ajax affordable housing, Aspen, Colorado (Peter Gluck) - Schweiger House, Sistrans, Austria (Monika Gogl) - E.ON Energy Research Department, RWTH Aachen, Germany (Zaha Hadid) - Linsdale Beach House, Great Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand (Herbst Architects) - Handmade School, Rudrapur, Bangladesh (Anna Heringer and Eike Roswang) - 474 Wing House, Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu, California (David Hertz) - Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, Osoyoos, British Columbia (Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden) - Vertical Farm, Harlem, New York (Chris Jacobs) - Hedge Building, Rostock, Germany (Kempe Thill) - Sidwell Middle Friends School, Washington DC (KieranTimberlake) - Telefonica District C, Las Tablas, Madrid (Rafael De La-Hoz) - Water+Life Museums Campus, Hemet, California (Michael B Lehrer) - Environmental education centre, Hoorn, Netherlands (MIII Architects) - Wood house, Ville-d'Avray, France (Marchi Architectes) – San Francisco Federal Building (Morphosis) - BIP Computer Office & Shop, Providencia, Santiago de Chile (Alberto Moro) - Putrajaya Precinct 4 waterfront development, Kuala Lumpur (Manfredi Nicoletti) - Helios House, Los Angeles (Office DA) - Macallen Building, Boston, Massachusetts (Office DA) - Zhong-Xiao Boulevard Urban Ecological Corridor, Taipei (Sergio Palleroni) - Renovation and expansion of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (Renzo Piano) - Heifer International World Headquarters, Little Rock, Arkansas (Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter) - Digestible Gulf Stream, 11th Venice Architecture Biennale (Philippe Rahm) - World Wide Fund for Nature, Zeist, Netherlands (RAU) - Hybrid Earthship, Tao, New Mexico (Michael Reynolds) - Westend Grun, Berlin (Roswag & Jankowski) - Christine's House, Mason's Bend, Alabama (Rural Studio) - Inujima Art Project Seirensho, Inujima, Japan (Hiroshi Sambuichi) - Fondazione Pierto Rossini Pavilion, Briosco, Italy (Site) - Streetscape in a new world, Beijing (Site) - Masdar Headquarters, Abu Dhabi (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture) - Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Ken Smith Landscape Architect) - H16, Tieringen, Germany (Werner Sobek) - Hotel Remota, Puerto Natales, Patagonia, Chile (German del Sol) - Salam Center for Cardia Surgery, Soba, Sudan (Studio Tamassociati) - Forest House, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand (Chris Tate) - Vigilius Mountain Resort, Lana, Italy (Matteo Thun) - Mosaic House, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan (TNA) - IBG and Tax Offices, Groningen, Netherlands (UNStudio) - Post Rotterdam, Netherlands (UNStudio) - ASLA Green Roof, Washington DC (Michael van Valkenburgh) - Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle (Weiss/Manfredi) - Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan (Why Architecture) - Mewah Oils Headquarters, Pulau Indah Park, Port Klang, Salangor, Malaysia (Ken Yeang) - The New National Library Board Building, Singapore (Ken Yeang) - Rafflesia Zero Energy House, Kuala Lumpur (Zoka Zola) - Solar Tower, Chicago (Zoka Zola)…”

“…Ranging across the animal inhabitants of Britain’s zoos, sick sheep on Scottish farms, unproductive livestock in developing countries, and the tapeworms of California and Beirut, they illuminate the multi-species dimensions of modern medicine and its rich historical connections with biology, zoology, agriculture and veterinary medicine. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gentrification versus Territorialisation: The Peri-Urban Agriculture Area in Beirut -- 30. Reimagining the “Peri-Urban” in the Mega-Urban Regions of Southeast Asia -- Part X: Integrated Urban Development -- 31. …”

“…William Dalrymple emprendió el mismo recorrido casi mil quinientos años después, y en su peregrinaje encuentra joyas de la antigüedad intactas, pero también una sangrienta guerra civil en Turquía oriental, las ruinas de Beirut, las violentas tensiones de Cisjordania. «Es todo lo que debe tener un buen libro de viajes: ingenioso, erudito y muy divertido»…”

“…The first documents from the Ḥaram al-sharīf in Jerusalem were discovered in the 1970s and described by Donald Little (Catalogue of the Islamic Documents, Beirut/Wiesbaden 1984). In recent years, approximately 100 new documents have been discovered that are described in this catalogue. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; PÁGINA LEGAL; ÍNDICE; AGRADECIMIENTOS; PRÓLOGO; I EL CAMINO DE LA PAZ; DE BEIRUT A MADRID: LA ETAPA PREVIA DEL PROCESO DE PAZ; DE MADRID A OSLO: LOS FUNDAMENTOS DEL PROCESO DE PAZ; 1. …”