Ibn Khaldun Essay Contest Winners

Atlas is pleased to announce the winner’s of the Third Annual Ibn Khaldun Essay Contest. The goal of this contest is to help enhance social, economic, cultural and religious understanding among Islamic societies and the West.

The Ibn Khaldun Essay Contest encourages participants to research, understand and explain the works of Ibn Khaldun, as well as other Islamic economist and thinkers, and to find common principles shared with those of Western economic authors and thinkers.

First place winners of this Essay Contest each received $2000, Honorable Mentions received $300.

2008 Winners :

	Volkan Ertit , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Turkey Read his Essay , The Articulation of Islamic Practices and Free Market Principles- Not that far from Reality
	Suleyman Dost, Sabanci University, Turkey Read his Essay, The Idea of Free Market in Early Islam

2008 Honorable Mentions are:

	Saleh Muhammad Zeki Mahmood Al Leheabi, Baghdad, Iraq Read Excepts from his Essay
	Rana Hanna Handal, Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories Read Excerpts from her Essay
	Mr. Mohamed Aladdin Wefati, Tripoli, Libya

Previous Winners

• Faizan Quereshi
• Nouh El Harmouzi
• Mirwais Hadel
• Katayoon Bekshar-Dana
• Matthew Baker