It is one of the oldest publishing houses. It was founded by Shaikh Zuhair Ash-Shaweesh in Damascus 1370 A.H./1950 and then in Beirut at the beginning of 1382 A.H./1963. Website: http://www.almaktab-alislami.com
A Kurd caller in Kurdistan territory in Iraq graduated from Dohuk University in faculty of legislation and Islamic studies in legislation department in 1998. He is Imam and Khatib in a Masjed in Irbil.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) is a lecturer and caller to Islam. He made considerable efforts to call the non-Muslims to Islam. He is one of the founders of project "Defining Islam" in Santishun Institution, Bangkok, Thailand.