West emerging from East / Ruth Nanda Anshen -- Ancient near East: Cradle of history / E. A. Speiser -- Judaeo-Christian heritage / Jack Finegan -- World-center of Islam / Edwin E. Calverley -- The desert and the land / Carleton S. Coon -- Mid-land, mid-sea, mid-air / Ernest Jackh -- World-center of oil / Haarold B. Hoskins -- Political institutions / George Lenczowski -- Economic and social conditions / Charles Issawi -- Woman / Nabia Abbott -- Education / Taha Hussein -- From religious to national law / Majid Khadduri -- Language / Louis Massignon -- Art / Mehmet Aga-Oglu -- Science / George Sarton -- Nationalism and imperialism / Hans Kohn -- Communism and Islam / Bernard Lewis -- The example of Turkey / Ernest Jackh -- The phenomenon of Israel / Samuel Hugo Bergman -- West returning East / Ruth Nanda Anshen --