Sami Aldeeb

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Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh
سامي عوض الذيب أبو ساحلية
Sami Aldeeb in his library
Born	(1949-09-05) 5 September 1949 (age 74) Zababdeh, West Bank
Alma mater	University of Fribourg
Occupation	Lawyer
Notable work	Qur'an in chronological order
Website	sami-aldeeb.com

Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh (in Arabic: سامي عوض الذيب أبو ساحلية / Sāmy ʿwḍ ʾĀd-dyb ʾĀbw-Sāḥlyh) (born 5 September 1949 in Zababdeh, near Jenin in the West Bank) is a Swiss Palestinian lawyer.^[1]

Aldeeb was the head of the Arab and Islamic Law department at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law from 1980 to 2009. He now directs the Center of Arab and Islamic law and teaches at universities in Switzerland, France and Italy.^{[citation needed]}

He is the author of books and articles on Arab and Islamic law. In 2008 he published a bilingual edition of the Quran (Arabic - French) classifying the chapters (surahs) in chronological order according to Al-Azhar, with reference to variations, abrogations and Jewish and Christian writings. He is currently preparing a similar edition in Italian and English. He also translated the Swiss constitution into Arabic for the Swiss Confederation.