The same restrictions apply to similar Christian literature from the Middle East. Books on Islamic economics Islamic social sciences are to be acquired selectively when they are written by scholars or by leading Islamic figures such as Shaykh al-Azhar or the Mufti of Egypt. This is the area where strict selection should be applied. CUL does not collect exhaustively in belles-lettres from the Middle East. CUL collects, however, works of excellence and representatively works which reflect popular trends or which contain features of special interest.
New authors represent the greatest problem in selectivity.
Normally, the library will collect works of new authors when recognized by positive reviews. 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.