Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies

The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Italian: Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica, Latin: Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Arabicorum et Islamicorum; PISAI) is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome focused on Arabic and Islamic culture, history and language.

[3] In 1949 it was decided to separate the teaching section from the other activities undertaken at IBLA which were more linked to the specifically Tunisian cultural scene.

So a study centre was opened at Manouba (near Tunis) which welcomed students of Arabic language and Islamic sciences.

[2] Christian de Chergé, one of the 19 martyrs of Algeria and prior of the abbey of Our Lady of Atlas, studied Arabic language and culture at the Institute from 1972 to 1974.

[4] Other alumni include Christophorus Tri Harsono, Dominic Eibu and Sister Carmen Sammut.