Acknowledgements
The conference “Approaches to the Study of Pre-Modern Arabic Anthologies” and its ensuing proceedings collected in this volume would not have been possible without the support of many individuals. The conference which took place May 10–12, 2018 was funded by the Center for Arts and Humanities and the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Chair of Arabic at the American University of Beirut, and for this we would like to thank Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn and Ramzi Baalbaki respectively. The editors would like to thank the contributors for their patient cooperation. The publication of the volume was supported by the Sheikh Zayed Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Special thanks go to the Huguette Caland Studio, specifically, Brigitte Caland, for granting permission to use Huguette Caland’s painting Mustache Green Faces (2011) for the book cover.
We are also grateful to Aida Abbas for her remarkable job in the organization of the conference, to Riccardo Paredi for his editorial assistance, to Rima Deeb for proof reading and smoothing the English style of the chapters in record speed, to Brill publishers for showing an interest in our book project, and to Teddi Dols for supervising its production.