AZ ARAB VILÁG TÖRTÉNETI ÉS KULTURÁLIS KISLEXIKONA

Our lexicon is divided into four chapters. The first one is a detailed introduction, where we present a professional background of our topic, the significance of our research, the structure of our work, as well as the used literature and sources, in addition to an overview of the Arab-Hungarian relations. In the second and longest chapter, we portray biographies of the Arab personalities. In the third one, we examine the most important historical events in the Arab world, such as, the Arab-Israeli wars, the nationalization of the Suez Canal, the parallel crisis of 1956. In the last chapter, we briefly introduce concepts related to the stories and biographies found in the volume. Only a few results of Arabic historiography have been integrated into modern Hungarian research. Therefore, we consider it a priority to fill this gap. The aim of this work is to create a lexicon in which we gather – in the form of articles – the most eminent Arab personalities (approximately 1000), who were/are decisive in political, economic, military or even cultural life and others associated with the Arab world. KEYWORDS: Arab world, Arab lexicon, Arab-Israeli War, Cold War, Hungarian-Egyptian relations, Arabic historiography, Islamic historiography, Arabic literature, Arab-Hungarian relations, Houthi movement, Gulf countries, Meghreb, Diplomacy, Arab-European peace, Arab modern history, Arab Cinema.