History of Jewish-Muslim relations

At the suggestion of many of our interlocutors in the Muslim world and in the West, we have launched an ambitious project to produce a dozen books in Arabic, Persian, Turkish and French (with English and Hebrew versions to come out later) on the common history of Jews and Muslims through the centuries past. Destined for the general public, the books will present a concise but precise history of Jewish-Muslim relations in countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Iran (and Afghanistan), Iraq, Turkey and Yemen. As the once thriving Jewish presence in many of these lands has come to an end, most people and particularly the younger generations are completely uninformed of this part of their country’s history.

A distinguished panel of historians and experts from Europe, the Arab world, Turkey and Iran under the chairmanship of Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary oversees the production of the series. The series editor is historian Michel Abitbol, pre-eminent expert on the history of the Maghreb.