The following scholars wrote the background texts for the teaching units:

Walid Abd el-Gawad, M.A.
Junior Researcher in the Department of Oriental Studies, Leipzig University

Hamed Abdel-Samad, M.A.
Junior Researcher in the Department of Contemporary History, Munich University

Prof. Dr. Almut Besold
Department of Arabic Language, Leipzig University

Edgar Blume, M.A.
History of Religion and Oriental Studies; Project leader for exchange programs at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Inse Boehmig, M.A.
Studied Political Science and Oriental Studies in Bonn, Germany; part of the 1001-ideas team at the GEI, Braunschweig

Dr. Atef Botros
Lecturer at Marburg University, Department of Comparative Literature

Dr. Ines Braune
Ph.D. in Oriental Studies; affiliated with the German Service for International Cooperation (GTZ)

Dr. Kenan Çayır
Assistant Professor at Bilgi University, Istanbul, Department of Sociology

Islam Dayeh, M.A.
Junior researcher in the research group “Perspectives on the Qur'an: Negotiating divergent views of a shared history” (Gudrun Kraemer, FU Berlin)

Dr. Barbara Drieskens
Lecturer at the American University of Beirut

Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Ebert
Chair of Islamic Law at the Oriental Institute, Leipzig University

Zuheir Elia
Artist, specializing in calligraphy (Munich and Tehran)

Katherina Fleckenstein, M.A.
Finishing her Ph.D. in Oriental Studies and History of Moghul India at Erfurt University

Mussie Habte, M.A.
M.A. in political science and peace- and conflict research, he is currently finishing his dissertation on inter-religious conflict and cooperation in Eritrea; affiliated with the GEI in Braunschweig

Prof. Dr. Heinz Halm
Chair for Oriental Studies at Tuebingen University

Dr. Thoralf Hanstein
Assistant Professor at Leipzig University, Department of Comparative Religion

Dr. Jan-Peter Hartung
Lecturer for the Study of Islam at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London

Dr. Pierre Hecker
Wrote his Ph.D. in Social Geography at Leipzig University on the topic of  Heavy Metal in Turkey

Ute Hempelmann
Journalist; specializing in children’s television and educational services

Sara Hoffmeier, M.A,
Arabic teacher at a language high school in Thüringen; specializes in school exchanges between Germany and Middle Eastern countries

Basha Humeid
Journalist at Al-Jazeera and Deutsche Welle

Nesrine Jamoud, M.A.
Oriental Studies and Contemporary History at the Free University, Berlin

Dr. Gerdien Jonker
Ph.D. in History and Science of Religion; Project Leader for 1001-ideas.eu at the GEI, Braunschweig

Dr. Omar Kamil
Historian; affiliated with the Leipzig Centre of Anti-Semitism

Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya
Director of the European Institute at Istanbul Bilgi University; Chair of International Relationships

Dr. Mouez Khalfaoui
History teacher in Tunesia; wrote his Ph.D. at Erfurt University on Islamic Law and minorities in Moghul India; part of the 1001-ideas.eu team, GEI, Braunschweig.

Daniel Kinitz, M.A.
Studies Arab language and Journalism in Leipzig, Kuwait and Damascus. Lecturer at Leipzig University

Felicitas Klingler, M.A.
Studied Oriental Studies and Education at Tuebingen University;part of the 1001-ideas.eu team, GEI, Braunschweig.

Prof. Dr. Uğur Kömeçoğlu
Assistant professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, Sociology Department. Publications on Islam and Public Space / Multiple Modernities / Youth, Authority and Public Places in Iran

Albrecht Materne
History teacher and teacher trainer, with a focus on colonial history

Dr. Andreas Pflitsch
Comparative religion and literature at Bonn and Damascus Universities; Junior researcher at the Centre for Research on Culture and Literature, Berlin.

Dr. Claudia Preckel
Ph.D. on the topic of the Ahl-e hadith Movement in India in the 19. Century

Moritz Remé, M.A.
Project manager for the DAAD University cooperation between the Leipzig School of Arts and three Arabic Art Faculties (www.hiwar-fanni.de)

Dr. Carola Richter
Lecturer at Erfurt University, Department of Media and Communication Science

Claudia Schneider, M.A.
Studied Sociology, Sinology und Russian at Leipzig and Chengdu Universities (China); affiliated with the German Foreign Office

Cornelia Schnoy, M.A.
Studied French and Arabic literature; part of the 1001-ideas team at the GEI, Braunschweig

Petra Schulz. M.A.
Political Science with a focus on transformation in the MENA-Region

Prof. Dr. Mohamad Nur Kholis Setiawan
Chair of Oriental Studies at the State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Christine Smers, M.A.
Studied Oriental Philology and History; Affiliated with development projects at the OSZE, the UN and the EU in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia

Heinrich Sobottka, M.A.
Studied History and Orientalism; Project leader for women’s international soccer exchanges (DAAD)

Robert Tittel, M.A.
African and Oriental Studies; Master in Tourist Management; Affiliated with the KFW Micro-finance bank

Dr. Helen Younansardaroud
Lecturer for the Seminar in Semitic und Arab Languages (FU Berlin) with a focus on Classical Syrian and New Aramaic Language and Literature