Al Manhal MENA E-Book Collections

Logo Al Manhal The “Al Manhal MENA E-Book Collections” include the various e-book packages with over 5,100 titles that the FID Middle East has licensed as national licences from the provider Al Manhal.

To the collections

This link will redirect you to the provider’s platform. Here you can start your search in original script.

Islamic Studies E-Book Collection

The collection comprises 2,035 e-books, mainly in Arabic, on the topics of Islamic theology, Islamic law and Islamic history. A large part of the collection was already published in print between 2004-2016, but only a small part of it is available in Germany. The collection reflects the current discourse on Islamic theological issues in the Arab world.

Language & Literature und Classical Literature

The collections comprise over 2,600 e-books, mainly in Arabic. The larger of the two collections is Language & Literature and contains 2,522 e-books. The second collection is Classical Literature with 150 e-books.

EBA E-Book Collections

This collection was created through evidence-based acquisition – an acquisition tactic in which the titles that were most desired by the specialist community are selected from a large pool of titles on the basis of usage statistics. As a result, our collection has been permanently expanded by 500 titles.

Here you can see a list of the various subject areas represented in this collection:

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Access

The service is available free of charge throughout Germany and at German institutes abroad via the national licence system. Ask your library to register this licence if access is not yet possible.

Individuals who are not a member of one of the selected institutions can contact the FID team. Because scientists with residence in Germany and relevant research interests are also entitled to access.

Help with the use of the platform:

The platform of Al Manhal offers numerous tools for research. Some are only available after registration but not essential.

  • “Browse” → “By Subject” offers you a multi-level thematic subdivision of the collection.
  • All titles are available as full text.
  • Full-text search in Arabic is possible via a virtual keyboard.
  • The download or printing of a title is limited to 40% per session.

    • You can also find information on use in the manual of the platform.