Amar S. Baadj, Ph.D. (2012), University of Toronto, is a post-doctoral researcher at Trier University. His research focuses on medieval North Africa and Arabic historiography. Among his publications is Saladin, the Almohads and the Banū Ghāniya: The Contest for North Africa (12th and 13th centuries), (Brill, 2015).ContributorsEmad Abou-Ghazi, Al-Amin Abouseada, Youcef Aibeche, Sidi Mohammed Alaioud, Abdulhadi Alajmi, Allaoua Amara, Lotfi Ben Miled, Brahim El Kadiri Boutchich, Usama Gad, Azeddine Guessous, Fayza Haikal, Hani Hamza, Laith Hussein, Nasir al-Kaabi, Khaled Kchir, Mohammed Maraqten, Amr Omar, Abdelaziz Ramadan.