On the 500th anniversary of Ibn Khaldun death, I was thinking. We really need a new translation of the Muqaddimah in English. I re-read it (in Arabic) last year, and the available English translation can be much improved. You should read A.L. Tibawi's critique of the translation by Franz Rosenthal. Tibawi is so underestimated. He had such devastating critiques of Orientalism long before the appearance of Said's Orientalism. I recommend that you read a collection of his book reviews collected in one volume.