As a university student he studied communications, writing and Eastern Studies but never finished his degree.

So says the assistant professor of ancient Near Eastern studies who saw this on-line.

She went to work reediting a piece written by a professor of Eastern European studies.

"It will provide a key place for those already in the midst of their Middle Eastern studies to do some serious work on Islamic law."

In 1990, he co-established the office for state protection and the centre for Eastern studies, a think-tank organization.

She studied psychology and Near Eastern studies at the University of Michigan.

He studied law, philosophy and Near Eastern studies at the University of Vienna from 1882 to 1886.

More recently (1991), the same work has been translated by Thomas Cleary, a scholar of Eastern studies.

He also founded the university's department of Near Eastern studies and program of Jewish studies.

It is the oldest American research center for ancient Near Eastern studies in the Middle East.