Sami Aldeeb

Who is Sami Aldeeb?

Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh is a Christian lawyer, of Palestinian origin and Swiss nationality.

He was the head of the Arab and Islamic Law department at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law from 1980 to 2009. He directs the Center of Arab and Islamic law and teaches in various universities in Switzerland, France and Italy.

He is the author of many books and articles on Arab and Islamic law. In 2008 he published a bilingual edition of the Koran classifying the chapters in chronological order according to Al-Azhar, with reference to variations, abrogations and Jewish and Christian writings. He is currently preparing a similar edition in Italian and English. He also translated the Swiss constitution into Arabic for the Confederation.