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Biannual journal of the Oasis International Foundation
Studium Generale Marcianum
Year 6°, number 11, June 2010
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Editor
Roberto Fontolan

Managing Editor
Martino Diez

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Roberto Donadoni
Camille Eid

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Organisation
Michele Brignone
Elisa Pozzobon
Meriem Senous

French translation
Martine Gilsoul
Daniel Jalade
Lidia Campagnano [from French]

English translation
Victoria Bailes
Matthew Fforde

Arabic translation
François Eid
Michele Brignone [from Arabic]

Urdu translation
Mobeen Shahid

Registration
Tribunal of Venice No.1498 of 12/10/2004

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Card. Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons
Card. Josip Bozanić, Archbishop of Zaghreb
Card. Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Budapest
Card. Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna
H.B.Msgr. Fouad Twal, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins
H.E.Msgr. Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Melkites
H.E.Msgr. Fco. Javier Martínez, Archbishop of Granada
H.E.Msgr. Paul Mounged el-Hachem, Apostolic Nunzio Emeritus in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen
H.E.Msgr. Joseph Powathil, Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry
H.E.Msgr. Henri Teissier, Archbishop Emeritus of Algiers
H.E.Msgr. Maroun Lahham, Bishop of Tunis
H.E.Msgr. Anthony T. Lobo, Bishop Emeritus of Islamabad
H.E.Msgr. Camillo Ballin, Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait
H.E.Msgr. Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vicar of Arabia

Scientific committee:
Joaquín Alliende
Carl Anderson
Gianni Bernardi
Francesco Botturi
Rémi Brague
Paolo Branca
Michele Brignone
Stratford Caldecott
Maria Laura Conte
Angelika Diekmann
Axel Diekmann
Martino Diez
Jean-Paul Durand
Brian E. Ferme
Francesco Follo
José Andrés Gallego
Paolo Gomarasca
Henri Hude
Samir Khalil Samir
Nikolaus Lobkowicz
Claudio Lurati
Cesare Mirabelli
Ignazio Musu
Andrea Pacini
Jean-Jacques Pérennèss
Andrea Pin
Dino Pistolato
Javier Prades López
Gabriel Richi Alberti
Giovanna Rossi
Giovanni Salmeri
Giuseppe Scattolin
Franz Magnis-Suseno
Paolo Terenzi
Boghos Levon Zekiyan

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