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Gerhard Behrens
“Amongst the familiar that Behrens conjures back so vividly, you will doubtless stumble on the new – some snippet of knowledge and language that had always puzzled will be explained. A detective st...view more“Amongst the familiar that Behrens conjures back so vividly, you will doubtless stumble on the new – some snippet of knowledge and language that had always puzzled will be explained. A detective story to savour.” M.Scott in: The Middle East in London (June 2007), on G. Behrens, The Janissary File (iUniverse 2007).
Gerhard Behrens studied law, including Islamic Law, in universities in Germany and Egypt. He has worked in academic institutions and government in Germany, and many years in Cairo as a banker and businessman. He is now retired and lives in London, where he has developed an interest in Islamic art and its market.view less