[The Ninard collection, a documentary collection focusing on Morocco at the Institut du monde arabe]

Dr. Bernard Ninard, a former director of the Biology Laboratory in Rabat, has given his library to the Institut du monde arabe (IMA). There are 2,400 books and periodicals devoted to Morocco, which may be consulted at the IMA, 1 rue des Fossés Saint-bernard, Paris 5e. The topics represented in this collection are very varied. One may particularly find numerous studies in ethnology, that help to understand the development of the Moroccan Society in the XIXth century.