However, if the author has not been established, the greatest care should be applied in acquiring his or her works. The general principal is not to acquire a work of this genre unless it has received several positive reviews showing that it contains originality or sets new trends. Translations from Western languages into Arabic. Translations from one Near Eastern language into another such as Persian, Turkish and Hebrew. Exceptions could be made for Kurdish or Berber into Arabic.
Exception also applies when the translator is an eminent literary figure.
Translations, abridgments or textbooks like treatments of classics rendered into modern Arabic. An abridgment of the Iliad or the Shahnameh for example are not to be acquired. Reprints of editions already in the Library's collections and in good condition. Collected works of major poets, novelists and writers should be acquired. C. Eulogistic poetry.