The Smart and Effective Way to Access Arabic Legal Content. Anywhere. Anytime.

Qistas provides researchers worldwide a reliable and up-to-date access to original Arab Legal content through an unmatched database of laws and judicial decisions – an intelligent search engine – intertextual linkages, custom alerts, updates and convenient auxiliary research tools.

Top Qistas Features

Comprehensive Content

An unmatched and continuously expanding database of Arab Laws and Judicial Decisions covering all legal instruments and court levels- both secular and religious where applicable.

Smart Search

A proprietary legal search engine with advanced linguistic competencies enables basic and advanced targeted and subject/keyword search- within and across multiple jurisdictions and databases.

Effective Search Filters

Easy and intuitive browsing options and search filters - including nested search and search within texts - allow sifting through and narrowing search results towards arriving at relevant and applicable texts with ease.

Intertextual Linkages

Unique and powerful linkages between and within legislation and court decision enable contextual assessment and interpretation of search results.

Custom Updates and Alerts

In addition to general legislative updates- Qistas enables upon demand custom alerts for recently issued court decisions enabling you to follow upon matters from the comfort of your screen.

Legislative History

In addition to furnishing detailed background information for any text - Qistas traces all legislative amendments and offers a historic status snapshot of any law or legal provisions to ensure assessment of temporal applicability.

Access Anywhere & Anytime

Available online with continuous updates - Qistas is conveniently accessible anywhere anytime through the website or its Apple and Android compatible Apps.

Custom Workspace

Qistas offers users individualized research space with search history, custom alerts, and the tools and folders to annotate, classify and organize search results, as well as collaborate with colleagues.