8vo. xvi, 350 pp, tables, graphs, 1 map within text, 2 folding maps at rear, hardback binding, index, biblio, glossary, New, Orient-Institut Beirut & Ergon Verlag, Beirut, 2009.

Synopsis

For the first time such a typology of Aleppo mosques in the tension between legal theory and social practice is presented. The identification and localization of social workers in the religious area is another important finding of this study. In the various chapters of this work appear behind, grand facades’ not ruins, but a vital part of Aleppo area.