Sabry Hafez

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Sabry Hafez
Curriculum Vitae
Present Post:

Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of

English Literature and Linguistics, Qatar University, P. O. Box
2713, Doha, Qatar. Tel: + 974 485 2370
Emeritus Professor of Modern Arabic and Comparative Literature,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Home Address: 121 John Ruskin Street, London SE5 0PQ

Tel & Fax + 44 20 7703 6922
Qualifications
1979
PhD in Modern Arabic and Comparative Literature, School of Oriental
and African Studies, University of London, Thesis Awarded the Richter
Prize for the best thesis in 1979.
1970
MA in Criticism and Dramatic Literature with First Class Honours,
Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Academy of Arts, Cairo, Egypt. MA
thesis: Chekhov's Drama : a Critical Study of his Plays.
1962
BA in Sociology and Social Work with First Class Honors, Cairo.
Work Experience
2009 Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of
English Literature and Linguistics, Qatar University.
2007 Editorin-chief of the monthly on-line literary and cultural journal, AlKalimah (www.alkalimah.net).
2006- 09
Research Professor of Modern and Comparative Literature, School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
1993-2006 Professor of Modern Arabic and Comparative Literature, University of
London.
2005
Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Harvard.
2001-06
Head of Arabic Section, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
1998-02
Member of the panel of Modern Languages of the Arts and Humanity
Research Council (AHRC) of Great Britain which is responsible for
funding research in the British universities in the field of modern
languages and literatures.
1988-93
Lecturer in Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London.
1987
Visiting Scholar, the Institute of Semitic Languages, University of
Oslo, Norway.
1985-6
Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and
Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
1985
Programme Officer, BBC Arabic Service, London Head Quarter.
1982-84
Lecturer in Arabic jointly at the Institute of Oriental Languages,
University of Stockholm, and the Institute of Semitic Studies,
University of Uppsala, Sweden.

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1981-82
1980-81

1978-9
1971-73

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Lecturer in Arabic, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies,

University
of Edinburgh.
Lecturer in Arabic, Centre for Arabic Studies, the American University
of Cairo, Egypt.
Lecturer in Drama and Criticism at the Higher Institute for Criticism,
The Academy of Arts, Cairo, Egypt.
Lector in Arabic, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, and Senior
Associate Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.
Assistant Lecturer in Drama and Criticism, Higher Institute of Dramatic
Arts, Academy of Arts, Cairo.

Conferences:
1971 Took-part and gave papers, keynote addresses and /or lectures at over a
Present
hundred international conferences in the Arab world, Africa, Asia,
Europe and North America, most of which was fully paid by the host
institutions.
Also organised several conferences/workshops at SOAS, Oxford and
Cairo.

Short List of Publications

I. Books:
A. In English and European Languages:
1. Mediating Literary Theory: An Anthology of Modern Arabic Criticism
(Wiesbaden, Reichert Verlag, forthcoming 2012) ISBN 978-3-89500-568-8
2. Gateways to World Literature: The Ancient World through the Early Modern
Period (Penguin Academics Series, 2009) Volume 1 (One of the 13 editors
responsible for Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures). pp. 1232, ISBN-13: 9780205787104
3. Gateways to World Literature: The Seventeenth Century to Today (Penguin
Academics Series, 2010) Volume 2, (One of the 13 editors responsible for Arabic
and Middle Eastern Literatures). pp. 1056, ISBN-13: 978-0205787111.
4. The Quest for Identities: The Development of the Modern Arabic Short Story
(London, Saqi Books, 2008), 446 pp. ISBN 978-0-86356-363-8
5. Teaching World Literature (edited with others) Vol 1 (New York, Pearson
Longman, 2004), 385pp. ISBN 0-321-20921-4.
6. Teaching World Literature (edited with others) Vol 2 (New York, Pearson
Longman, 2004), 333pp. ISBN 0-321-20920-6.
7. Longman Anthology of World Literature (edited with others) Vol A The Ancient
World, (New York, Pearson Longman, 2004), 1425 pp. ISBN 0-321-05533-0
8. Longman Anthology of World Literature (edited with others) Vol B The Medieval
Era, (New York, Pearson Longman, 2004).1354 pp. ISBN 0-321-16978-6
9. Longman Anthology of World Literature (edited with others) Vol C The Early
Modern Period, (New York, Pearson Longman, 2004), 902 pp. ISBN ISBN 0321-16979-4.
10. Longman Anthology of World Literature (edited with others) Vol D The
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century, (New York, Pearson Longman, 2004),
692pp. 692pp. 0-321-16980-8.

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11. Longman Anthology of World Literature (edited with others) Vol D The
Nineteenth Century, (New York, Pearson Longman, 2004), 967pp. 0-321-173066.
12. Longman Anthology of World Literature (edited with others) Vol F The Twentieth
Century, (New York, Pearson Longman, 2003), 1158pp. 0-321-05536-5.
13. Den Arabiske Verden Forteller (The Arab Worlds Narrators), edited with Gunvor
Mejdell, (Oslo, Bokklubben Kunnskap og Kultur, 1997), 620pp.
14. The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse: A Study in the Sociology of Modern
Arabic Literature, (London, Al-Saqi Books, 1993), 320pp. 0-86356-149-7.
15. A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories, edited with C. Cobham (London, AlSaqi Books, 1988), 222pp. 0-86356-191-8.
B. In Arabic
1. Tawil al-Nass al-Riwai: Dirasah fi Riwayat Najib Mahfuz (The Hermeneutics of
Narrative Text: A Study in the Novels of Naguib Mahfouz), Beirut, forthcoming.
2. Usul Mabad al-Hadathah, an Arabic translation with introduction and textual
notes for Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity (London, Verso, 1998)
forthcoming by the National Council for Culture.
3. Takwin al-Khitab al-Sardi (The Genesis of Narrative Discourse), Rabat, 2002,
392pp. This is an Arabic translation of my English book, translated by Ahmad
Bu-Hassan and published in Morocco.
4. Maraya al-Dhat al-Ukhra (Mirrors of the Other Self: A Trip to South Africa),
Cairo, 1999, 360pp.
5. Ruwwad al-Fann al-Qasasi: Mahmud Tahir Lashin al-Amal al-Kamilah (The
Pioneers of Narrative Fiction: Mahmud Tahir Lashin: the Collected Works),
Cairo, 1999, 628pp.
6. Uff, (Selected Short Stories) by Zakariyya Tamir (selected and introduced),
Cairo, 1998, 350pp.
7. Tawfiq al-Hakim: Taammulat fi al-Adab wa-l-Fann (Tawfiq al-Hakims
Contemplation on Literature and Art), Cairo, 1998, 598pp.
8. Suradiqat Min Waraq: Part II (Appreciations: Evaluative Studies on the Work
and Role of 15 Arab Writers), Cairo, 1998, 504pp.
9. Ufuq al-Khitab al-Naqdi: Dirasat Nazariyyah (Horizons of Critical Discourse:
Studies in Literary Theory), Cairo, 1996, 254pp.
10. Mahmud Darwish: Silsilat al-Shir wa-l-Shuara, (An Anthology of the Poetry
of Mahmud Darwish), edited with a critical introduction and detailed textual
notes, Cairo, 1994, 192pp.
11. Jadal Al-Rua al-Mutaghayirah: Qadaya al-Thaqafah wa-Hiwar al-Muthaqqafin
(The Dialectics of Changing Visions: Cultural Issues and Intellectual Dialogues),
Cairo, 1992, 400pp.
12. Suradiqat Min Waraq: Dirasat Wadaiyyah wa-Taammulat fi Manaqib alRahilin (Appreciation: Evaluative Studies on the Work and Role of 13 Arab
Writers), Cairo, 1991, pp. 258.
13. Al-Qissah al-Arabiyyah wa-l-Hadathah: Dirasah fi Aliyyat Taghayyur alHasasiyyah al-Adabiyyah (Arabic Narrative and Modernism: A Study of the
Dynamics of Change in Literary Sensibility), Baghdad, 1990, 208pp.
14. Yuuf Idris; Sittun Ama min al-Fann al-Jamil (Yusuf Idris: Sixty Years of
Creativity) edited with an introduction, Cairo, 1987, 215pp.

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15. Diwan al-Qitat: Tarjamah wa-Taqdim (T. S. Eliot's The Old Possum's Book of
Practical Cats: An Arabic translation with textual notes and a critical
introduction), Cairo, 1986, 108pp.
16. Istishraf al-Shir: Dirasat fi Naqd al-Shir al-Arabi al-Hadith (Approaching
Poetry: Studies in Modern Arabic Poetry), Cairo, 1985, 264pp.
17. Al-Adab wa-l-Thawrah (Literature and Revolution), Beirut, 1984, 360pp.
18. Al-Tajrib wa-l-Masrah: Dirasat wa-Mushahadat fi al-Masrah al-Inglizi
(Experimentation in the Theatre: Studies in European Theatre), Cairo, 1984,
216pp.
19. Ahadith Ma Najib Mahfuz (Conversations with Naguib Mahfouz): Beirut, 1977,
224pp.
20. Al-Rahil ila Mudun al-Hulm: Dirasah fi Shir Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati
(Departure to the Cities of Dream: A Study in the Poetry of Abd al-Wahhab alBayyati), Damascus, 1973, 222pp.
21. Masrah Tishikhuf: Dirasah Naqdiyyah li-Masrahiyyatih (Chekhov's Drama: A
Critical Study of his Plays), Baghdad, 1973, 204pp.
II. Language Courses:
1. Colloquial Egyptian, IIa and IIIa, with O.Wright, (London, SOAS Publication,
1983), 280pp.
2. Colloquial Egyptian, I, with O.Wright, (London, SOAS Publication, 1980),
430pp.
3. Intensive Arabic Course, (London, SOAS Publication, 1977-79), pp 231.
III. Chapters in Books:
A. In English
1. The Aesthetics of the Closed Horizon: The Transformation of the City and the
Novel in Egypt since 1990, in From New Values to New Aesthetics: Turning
Points in Modern Arabic Literature, eds. Stephan Guth and Gail Ramsay
(Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011), pp. 109 138, ISBN: 9-783447066013.
2. Preface to Zenobia between Reality and Legend (London, Stacy International,
2010, pp. 11-20. ISBN 978-1-906768-38-6
3. Edward Said in Contemporary Arabic Culture, in Edward Said: Emancipation
and Representation, eds. Hakim Rustom and Adel Iskander (Berkeley,
University of California Press, 2010), pp. 170 190. ISBN: 9-780520-258907.
4. Litteratur efter Orientalism: Occidentens stadige tiltrkningskraft-Modernitet,
kanon og oversttelighed in Passage 62, pp. 7 21, ISBN 87-7934-198-5 (in
Danish a translation of Literature after Orientalism: The Enduring Lure of the
Occident: Modernity, Canon and Translitability).
5. Numan Ashur entry in Encyclopaedia of Islam (eds.) Gurdun Kramer, et. al.
2, 2009, (Leiden Boston, Brill, 2009).
6. George Abyad, entry in Encyclopaedia of Islam (eds.) Gurdun Kramer, et. al.
2, 2008, (Leiden Boston, Brill, 2008).
7. Muhammad abd al-Halim Abdulla, entry in Encyclopaedia of Islam (eds.)
Gurdun Kramer, et. al. 1, 2008, (Leiden Boston, Brill, 2008).
8. The Apollo Group, entry in Encyclopaedia of Islam, (eds.) Gurdun Kramer, et.
al. 3, 2007, (Leiden Boston, Brill, 2007).
9. Ihsan Abd al-Quddus entry in Encyclopaedia of Islam (eds.) Gurdun Kramer,
et. al. 2, 2007, (Leiden Boston, Brill, 2007).

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10. Ahmad Zaki Abu-Shadi, entry in Encyclopaedia of Islam (eds.) Gurdun

Kramer, et. al. 1, 2007, (Leiden Boston, Brill, 2007).
11. The Quest for/ Obsession with the National in Arabic Cinema, in Theorising
National Cinema, eds. Valentina Vitali and Paul Willemen (London BFI, 2006),
pp. 226- 53.
12. Mahmoud Darwishs Poem for the Land, trans. with Sarah Maguire in, 101
Poems Against War, ed. Matthew Hollis & Paul Keegan (London, Faber and
Faber, 2003), p.30.
13. Mahmoud Darwishs Other Barbarians Will Come Along, trans. with Sarah
Maguire in, 100 Poets Against War, ed. Todd Swift (London, Salt Publishing,
2003), p.35.
14. The Novel of the Desert: Poetics of Space and Dialectics of Freedom in La
Potique de lespace dans la littrature arabe moderne, eds. Boutros Hallaq,
Robin Ostle & Stefan Wild (Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelles, 2002), pp. 55-83.
15. Introduction to and Chronology for the Everymans edition of Naguib Mahfouz.
The Cairo Trilogy (Cairo, The American University in Cairo Press, 2001), pp.
vii-xliii.
16. Yusuf Idris: 1927-1991, in African Writers I (ed) C. Brian Cox (New York,
Charles Scribners Sons, 1997) pp. 345-65.
17. Criticism in Modern Arabic Literature in Contemporary Arab Writers, ed.
Robert B. Campbell, (Beirut, Herausgegelien von Orient-Institut der Deutschen
Morgenlndischen Gesellschaft, 1996), pp. 145-62.
18. Arabic Literature in Britannica Book of the Year 1996 (Chicago,
Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 1996), p. 238.
19. The Transformation of the Qasida form in Modern Arabic poetry in Qasida
Poetry in Islamic Asia & Africae: Classical Traditions & Modern Meanings
(eds) S. Sperl and C. Shackle, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996), pp. 98-120.
20. Arabic Literature in Britannica Book of the Year 1995 (Chicago,
Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 1995), p. 229.
21. Edwar al-Kharrat: The Relative and the Absolute in Avant-Garde Narrative in
The View from Within: Writers and Critics on Contemporary Arabic Literature
(eds) Ferial J. Ghazoul and Barbara Harlow (Cairo, The American University
Press, 1994), pp. 228-45.
22. Questions on the World of Ysuf Idris Short Stories in Critical Perspectives
on Yusuf Idris, (ed) Roger Allen (Washington D.C., Three Continents Press,
1994), pp. 45-63.
23. Towards a Typology of Womens Narrative in Modern Arabic Literature in
Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature, eds. R. Allen, H. Kilpatrick
and Ed De Moor, (London, Saqi Books, 1994), pp. 135-55 and Notes pp. 23336.
24. Culinary Semiotic Codes in Modern Arabic Literature in Culinary Cultures of
the Middle East, eds. R. Tapper and S. Zubaida (London. I.B. Tourus, 1994), pp.
260-88.
25. The Modern Arabic Short Story, in Cambridge History of Arabic Literature:
Modern Arabic Literature, ed. M.M. Badawi (Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 1992), pp. 270-328.
26. Bibliography of the Collections of Modern Arabic Short Stories, in
Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: Modern Arabic Literature, ed. M.M.
Badawi (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. 514-34.

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27. Nawal Sadawi, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press,

1994), pp. 450-51.
28. Abd al-Rahman Munif, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James
Press, 1994), pp. 367-9.
29. Imil Habibi, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press, 1994),
pp. 224-6.
30. Mahmud Darwish, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press,
1994), pp. 137-39.
31. Salwa Bakr, in Contemporary World Writers (London, St James Press, 1994),
pp. 43-4.
32. The Egyptian Novel in the Sixties, in Critical Perspectives on Modern Arabic
Literature, ed. I. J. Boullata, (New York, Three Continents Press, 1980), pp.
171-90.
33. Innovation in the Egyptian Short Story in Studies in Modern Arabic
Literature, ed. by R. C. Ostle, (Warminster, Aris and Phillips, 1976), pp. 99113.
B. In Other European Languages
1
Esthtique du Roman Nouveau in Renouveau Littraire: Espace AraboTurco-Persan, eds. Gilles Ladkany et Timour Muhidine (Paris, ERISMINALCO, 2004), pp. 97-105. ISBN 9-78258-311-460
2
Estetique du Roman Nouveau: Rupture Epistemologique et Anti-Lyrisme in
Renouveau Litteraire: Espace Arabo-Turco-Persan (Paris, Publication de
LERISM, 2002), pp. 97-115.
3
La Cultura Arab i els Matjans de Comunicaci in Cultura i Comunicaci:
Ponncies de la Sisena Trobada de la Comissi Internacional de la Cultura
Catalana, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1995), pp. 326-372.
4
LArt en lpoc de la Cincia i lAmenaa Ambiental in Art, Cincia i Medi
Natural: Ponncies de la Quarta Trobada de la Comissi Internacional de la
Cultura Catalana, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1994), pp.
339-44.
5
De Transformatie van de Werkelijkheid en de Esthetische Reactie in de
Arabische Roman in De Arabische Roman: Identiteit en Sociale Werkelijkheid,
eds. Richard van Leeuwen and Ed De Moor (Bussum, Netherlands: Continho B.
V., 1994), pp. 11-22.
6
El Discurs Narratiu Arab i les Politiques Socials in Gnre i Identitat Cultural:
Ponncies de la Tercera Trobada de la Comissi Internacional de Difui de la
Cultura Catalana, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1992), pp.
407-27.
7
Cultural Diversity and Euro-Arab Dialogue in La Diversitat Cultutal en el
Dileg Nord-Sud, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1991), pp.
87-93.
8
Le choc des cultures, preface for Yehia Haqqi's Choc, Nouvelles Traduites de
lArabe par Charles Vial et Sayyed Abul Naga, (Paris, Edition Denol, 1991),
pp. 7-20.
C. In Arabic:
1. Miawiyyat al-Masadi wa-Miawiyyat Mahfuz wa-Sual al-Bidayat: Drasa fi
muhtawa al-Shakl/ al-Jins al-Adabi wa Siyaqat Talaqqih (The Centenary of
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Content of Form/ Genre and the Context of its Reception in Mahmud alMasadi Mubdia wa-Mufakira, ed. Mahmud Tarshuna (Tunis, Bayt al-Hikma,
2012), pp. 9 44.
2. Al-Shaykhan: Bina Dawlat al-Haqq wa-l-Adl wa-l-Hurriyyah, an
Introduction to Taha Husain, Al-Shaykhan (Doha, Qatar Minstry of Culture,
2012),pp. 7 30.
3. Al-Masrah al-Tunisi bayn al-Bulufuniyya wal-Kitaba al-Rukhiyya (The
Tunisian Theatre between Polyphony and Dramaturgy) in Al-Masrah al-Arabi
bayn Iqdayn (Arabic Theatre in Two Decades) (Sharjah, Sharjagh Department
of Culture, 2011), pp. 33- 60, ISBN: 9948-04-638-2.
4. Trakub al-Sard al-RiwiI wa-Kashf Sawat al-Waqi (The Multilayered
Narrative and the Revelation of Reality: A close Reading of the Saudi Novel,
Jahiliyyah), in Al-Riwaya Qadaya wa-Afaq (The Novel Issues and Horizons),
ed. Abd al-Rahman Abu-Awf (Cairo, Egyptian Book Organisation, 2010), pp.
292 306.
5. Tahawwulat al-Khitab al-Riwai al-Arabi: Tabaddul al-Jamaliyyat wa-Ufuq alTalaqi, in Al-Funun wal-Asatir fi al-Riwaya al-Arabiyyah, ed. Khayri al-Zahabi
(Damascus, Dar al-Ynabi, 2009), pp. 18- 49
6. Abd al-Rahman Munif: Riwai Arabi Bari, in Abd al-Rahman Munif: Hayatuh
wa-Adabuh, ed. Faysal Darraj, (Beirut, 2008), pp. 20 42.
7. Al-Unsur al-Dhati fi al-Kitabah al-Adabiyyah (Autobiographical Elements in
Literary Discourse in Abd al-Karim Ghallab: Daw Yushriq min al-Maghrib
(Abd al-Karim Ghallab: Light Emanating from Maghrib) ed. Muhammad
Yusuf Najm (Kuwait, Sabbah Publications, 2003), pp. 121-156.
8. Huquq al-Insan fi al-Funun al-Qasasiyyah (Human Rights in the Arabic
Narrative Genres) in Huquq al-Insan fi al-Fikr al-Arabi (Human Rights in
Arabic Thought) ed. Salma Khadra Jayyusi (Beirut, Markaz Dirasat al-Wihdah
al-Arabiyyah, 2002), pp. 1007-1079. ISBN 9953-431-06-X
9. Nusus Naqdiyyah Mutaqatiah (Cross-Critical Texts) an introduction to AlNaqd al-Gharbi wa-l-Naqd al-Arabi (Western Criticism and Arabic Criticism)
by Muhammad Wild Blaibah (Cairo, Supreme Council for Culture, 2002, pp.
7-27.
10. Al-Qissah al-Qasirah al-Hadithah (An Arabic translation of My Chapter in
Cambridge History of Arabic Literature, Modern Arabic Literature) translated
into Arabic by Abd al-Azziz al-Sabil in Al-Adab al-Arabi al-Hadith (Jedda,
Al-Nadi al-Adabi, 2002),pp. 387-460.
11. Al-Awlamah wa-l-Thaqafah al-Qawmiyyah: Aliyyat al-Haymanah wa-lMuqawamah (Globalisation and National Culture: Dynamics of Hegemony and
Resistance) in Al-Awlamah wa-l-Huwiyyah al-Thaqafiyyah, (Cairo, Supreme
Council for Culture, 2001).
12. Sharnaqat Sulayman Fayyad (The Cocoon of Sulayman Fayyad) in Taht
Shams al-Kitabah: Shahadat wa-Dirasat fi Sulayman Fayyad (Riyadh, Dar alMarrikh, 1999), pp. 485-497.
13. Al-Dhibah: Banurama al-Unf wa-Tahawwulat al-Waqi al-Misri (Violance
and the Transformations of Egyptian Reality) in Taht Shams al-Kitabah:
Shahadat wa-Dirasat fi Sulayman Fayyad (Riyadh, Dar al-Marrikh, 1999), pp.
445-455.
14. Saat Maghrib wa-l-Simat al-Shiriyyah li-l-Qissah al-Qasirah (Sunset and
the Poetics of the Short Story) in Muhammad al-Bisati, Saat Maghrib (Cairo,
Dar al-Hilal, 1997), pp. 121-60.

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15. Fada al-Ghurbah wa-l-Shir wa-l-Tahawwulat (Space for Exile, Poetry and
Transformations) in Amjad Nasir, Khabt al-Ajnihah (Beirut, Riyd El-Rayyes,
1996), pp. 11-17.
16. Surat al-Rajul fi Riwayat al-Marah al-Arabiyyah (The Image of Man in the
Novels of Arab Women) in Al-Marah al-Arabiyyah fi Muwajahat al-Asr
(Arab Women in the Modern Age) (ed) Huda al-Saddah, (Cairo, Dar Nur,
1996), pp. 211-35.
17. Binyat al-Khitab al-Nasawi wa-Istratijiyyat al-Tatabu al-Kayfi (The Structure
of Feminist Discourse and the Strategies of Qualitative Progression) in Latifah
al-Zayyat: al-Adab wa-l-Watan, ed. Sayyid al-Bahrawi (Cairo, Nr
Publications, 1996), pp. 185-88.
18. Muhammad Ghunaimi Hilal (1916-68) in Ghunaimi Hilal Naqida wa Raida
fi Drasat al-Adab al-Muqaran (Hilal: A Critic and a Pioneer of Comparative
Literature), edited by the Department of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism in Dar
al-Ulum, Cairo University (Cairo, 1996), pp. 219-34.
19. Taghayyur al-Hasasiyah al-Adabiyyah wa-Tahawwulat al-Khitab al-Riwai alArabi (Change of Literary Sensibility and the Transformation of the Arabic
Novel) in Ahmad al-Hawwari (ed) Shukri Ayyad: Jusur wa-Muqarabat
Thaqafiyyah (Cairo, Manshurat Ayn, 1995), pp. 173-215.
20. Critical Analysis of Muhammad Shukris Autobiography in Muhammad
Shukris Al-Shuttar, (London, Saqi Books, 1992), pp. 219-42.
21. Al-Muthaqaf al-Arabi wa-l-Sultah (The Arab Intellectual and the
Establishment), in Awdat al-Istimar: min al-Ghazw al-Thaqafi ila Harb alKhalij, (London, Riad al-Rayyis Books, 1991), pp. 199-212.
22. Rijal wa-Thiran: Tahlil Naqdi (Critical Analysis of Yusuf Idris' Novel Men
and Oxen), in Yusuf Idris: 1927-91, (Cairo, Book Organization, 1991), pp. 694703.
23. Ray Akhar fi Masrahiyyat Al-Mikhattatin A Different Interpretation of alMikhattatin in Yusuf Idris: 1927-91, (Cairo, Book Organization, 1991), pp. 57489.
24. Masar wa-l-Dirama al-Shiriyyah bayn al-Tajrid wa-l-Tajsid (Masar: From
Abstract to Concrete Representation in Poetic Drama), in Anwar Jafars Poetic
Drama Masar (Cairo, Book Organisation, 1989), pp. 147-66.
25. Miramar: Trajidya al-Suqut wa-l-Daya (Miramar: The Tragic Representation
of Loss and Decay) in Rajul al-Qimmah: Dirasat fi Adab Najib Mahfuz (Top
Writer: Studies on the Work of Naguib Mahfouz) ed. Fadil al-Aswad: (Cairo,
Maktabat Misr, 1989), pp. 232-57.
26. Al-Naqd wa-lHarakah al-Adabiyyah fi Misr: 1952-80 (Criticism and the
Literary Movement in Egypt: 1952-80) in Al-Mash al-Thaqafi Li-Misr (Cairo,
National Council for Social Research, 1986), pp. 324-40.
27. Waqi al-Uqsusah al-Misriyyah: 1952-80 (The Situation of the Egyptian Short
Story: 1952-80) in Al-Mash al-Thaqafi Li-Misr (Cairo, National Council for
Social Research, 1986), pp. 360-403.
28. Bayt Min Lahm: Dirasah fi Binyat al-Qass (A House of Flesh: A Study in
Narrative Structure) in Yusuf Idris Biqalam Haula, (Cairo, Maktabat Misr,
1986), pp. 378-94.
29. Hasad al-Ayn al-Hadiah: Dirasah fi Aqasis Yahya Haqqi (The Harvest of a
Quiet Eye: A Study in the Short Stories of Yahya Haqqi), in Dirasat fi al-Qissah
al-Arabiyyah: (Beirut, Muassasat al-Abhath al-Arabiyyah, 1986), pp. 102-38.

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30. Muqaddimah li-l-Amal al-Shiriyyah al-Kamilah li-Muhammad Ibrahim AbuSinnah (An Introduction to The Complete Poetic Works of M. I. Abu-Sinnah)
(Cairo, Madbuli Publications, 1985), pp. 5-23.
31. Nas fi al-Zill wa-Qadiyyat al-Nathr al-Arabi (People in the Shadow and the
Question of Arabic Prose) in Sabun Shamah fi Hayat Yahya Haqqi (Haqqi:
Seventy Years of Creativity), (Cairo, Book Organisation, 1975), pp. 221-40.
32. Rihlat al-Bayyati Ma al-Niran wa-l-Kalimat (Al-Bayyati's Journey with
Poetry), in Masat al-Insan al-Muasir fi Shir Abd al-Wahab al-Bayyati:
(Cairo, al-Dar al-Misriyyah li-l-Tibaah, 1966), pp. 127-154.
IV. Articles:
A. In English:
1. Cultural Criticism: The Contribution of Raymond Williams Alif: Journal of
Comparative Poetics: No: 32 / 2012 (Cairo, The American University in Cairo
Press, 2012), 10 50.
2. The New Egyptian Novel: Urban transformation and Narrative Form, The
New Left Review, 64, July/ August 2010, pp. 47 62, ISSN: 0028-6060.
3. An Arabian Master: The Life and Work of Abd al-Rahman Munif, New Left
Review, 37, January/February 2006, pp 39-68, ISSN: 0028-6060.
4. Edward Saids Intellectual Legacy in the Arab World, Journal of Palestinian
Studies, 131 Vol. XXXIII, Number 3 Spring 2004, pp.76-90. ISSN 0377-919X.
5. Torture, Imprisonment and Political Assassination in the Arabic Novel, AlJadid, Vol 8 No. 38, Winter 2002, pp. 16-18.
6. Hanan al-Shaykhs Only in London Explores Hidden Aspects of Citys Arab
Life, Al-Jadid, Vol 7 No. 36, Summer 2001, pp. 23-24.
7. The Novel, Politics and Islam, New Left Review, 5, 2000, pp. 117-141, ISSN:
0028-6060.
8. Literary Innovations: Schools and Journals, Quaderni Di Studi Arabi, 18,
Venice, 2000, pp. 17-39.
9. Sexual Politics and Narrative Strategies in Modern Arabic Literature in
Alternation, University of Durban Westville (South Africa), 2.2, 1995, pp. 1539.
10. The Quest for Freedom in Arabic Theatre, Journal of Arabic Literature,
XXVI, No: 1-2, 1995, pp. 10-36.
11. Narrative Codes of Shifting Identities: Arabic Cinema in the Maghrib Alif:
Journal of Comparative Poetics, Cairo, American University in Cairo, Vol: 15,
1995, pp. 39-80.
12. Story-Telling Techniques in the Arabian Nights, Journal of Semitics Studies,
Vol: XL, No: 1, 1994, pp. 186-89.
13. The Transformation of Reality and the Arabic Novels Aesthetic Response,
BSOAS, LVII, 1, 1994, pp. 93-112.
14. Hanan al-Shaykh, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press,
1994), pp. 470-71.
15. Modern Arabic Short Story: The Problematic of Scholarship, Journal of
Arabic Literature, Vol. xxiii, 1992, pp. 155-64.
16. Intentions and Realisation in the Narrative of Nawal El-Saadawi, Third World
Quarterly, Vol.11 No. 3, July 1989, pp. 188-98.
17. Time and the Dialectics of Parallel Structures: An Arabic Reading of The
Name of the Rose, Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Cairo, American
University in Cairo, Vol. 9, 1989, pp. 37-48.

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18. The Maturation of a New Literary Genre, The International Journal of Middle
Eastern Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1984, pp. 367-89.
19. The State of the Contemporary Arabic Novel, The Literary Review,
Supplement on The Arab Cultural Scene, June 1982, pp. 17-24.
20. Social Polarization and Human Endurance in the Fiction of Mamd AlBadawi, Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol. XII, 1981, pp.101-24.
21. A Complete Bibliography of Collections of Egyptian Short Stories: 1921-70,
Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol: XI, 1980, pp.123-38
22. The Fiction of Yahya Haqqi, Azure, Vol. 2, 1978, pp. 45-9.
23. Yusuf Idris: the Man and his Work, Azure, Vol 1, 1977, pp.60-2.
Translations into English
1.Mahmoud Darwish: A State of Siege translated and introduced with Sarah
Maguire, in Modern Poetry in Translation, Series 3, No. 1 (2004), pp. 8-33.
ISBN 0-95 45 367-1-1
2. Mahmoud Darwish: In This Land translated with Sarah Maguire, in Being
Alive, ed. Neil Astley, Northumberland, Bloodaxe Books, 2004, p. 395. ISBN
1-8522-675-8
3. Mahmoud Darwish: He Embraces His Murderer translated with Sarah
Maguire, in Being Alive, ed. Neil Astley, Northumberland, Bloodaxe Books,
2004, p. 416. . ISBN 1-8522-675-8
4. Mahmuoud Darwish Poem for the Land, trans. With Sarah Maguire in, 101
Poems Against War, ed. Matthew Hollis & Paul Keegan (London, Faber and
Faber, 2003), p.30. ISBN 0-571-22034-7.
5. Mahmuoud Darwish Other Barbarians Will Come Along, trans. With Sarah
Maguire in, 100 Poets Against War, ed. Todd Swift (London, Salt Publishing,
2003), p.35. ISBN 1 876857 98 6.
There are in addition hundreds of articles in Arabic and a large number of
academic research articles, book reviews, obituaries and journalistic articles in
English and Arabic which are not included in this list. A list of these can be
provided if needed.
PhD Research Students
In addition to tens of MA dissertations which I supervised throughout my
academic career at SOAS, there are a large number of PhD students who worked
under my supervision, here a list of the ones who are currently working with me
and thoses who completed their work and obtained their degrees:
I. Current Students and Their Topics
1. Helen Carmichael, Poetry and the Nation: A Comparative Study of the Irish
Poet, W. B. Yeats, and the Iraqi Poet, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab.
2. Kiriko Tokura, Nationalism / Imagined Community in Lebanese Literature
3. Sayed Radi: A Critical Study of the Work of Baha Tahir
II. Students Successfully Completed PhD under my Supervision at the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London
2010
1. Lama Khsearoof, Big Brothers Small Worlds: A Comparative Study
of the Political Vision in the Novels of George Orwell and Haydar
Haydar.

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2. Ibtisam al-Mualla, Yahya Haqqi: Master of the Short Story.

2009

3. Abir Himdar, Representation of Female Illness in the Arabic Novel

4. Marisa Minnino, Subjectivity in Arab Women Short Stories

2008

5. Jafar Muhajir, Narrative Transformation from the Page to the Screen:

Adaptation of: the Novel in Arabic Cinema

2007

6. Christina Phillips, Intertextuality in the Late Novels of Naguib

Mahfouz
7. Shamsun Naher, A Comparative Study of Taghor and Mahfouz

2006

8. Rebecca Marston, The Transcendental in West African Novels and

Literature
9. Aliya Khalidi, Tradition and Modernity in Syrian Drama

2005

10. James Howarth, Sufism in Modern Arabic Poetry

11. Frode Sugestad, Individuation and the Quest for Meaning in Arabic
and European Literatures.

2004

12. Sana al-Jamali, A Study of the Novels of Fuad a;-Takarli

13. Jane Mitchell, The Perception of Women in Egyptian Cinema

2003

14. Alanoud Al-Sharikh, Angry Words Softly Spoken: A Comparative

Study of English and Arabic Women Writers.
15. Amal al-Maliki, Tradition and Modernity in Post Colonial Novels: A
Comparative Study of Chinua Achebe and Al-Tayyib Salih.
16. Samia Al-Itani, The Travels of Mahmud Al-Alusi: Arabic Rihlah
Literature in the Nineteenth Century.
17. Basma al-Mutlaq, Visions of Transition: A Comparative Study of the
Works of Sahar Khalifa and Nadine Gordimer
18. Amina Thiban, Transformation and Modernity in the Desert Tribal
Saga: Cities of Salt

2001

19. Kate V. Daniels, Perceptions of the Self and the Other in the Short
Stories of Yusuf al-Sharuni.

2000

20. Anshuman A. Mondal, Nationalism and Ideology in Colonial India

and Occupied Egypt. This has now appeared in book form as
Nationalism and Post Colonial Identity: Culture and Ideology in India
and Egypt (London, RoutledgeCurzon, 2003).

1998

21. Ashraf Eissa, The Saga in Modern Literature: A Comparative Study

of John Galsworthys The Forsyte Saga and Naguib Mahfouzs The
Cairo Trilogy.

1995

22. Elizabeth McKee, Triangular Desire and Narrative Structure in the

Novels of Levantine Women Writers (1958-91)

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23. Sophie Bennett, Gender and Identity in the Modern Egyptian Short
Story (1954-92).
24. Dainah Manisty, Changing Limitations: A Study of Women Novels in
Egypt (1960-91).
25. Laila Debs, Alienation in the Plays of Alfrid Faraj and Peter Weiss:
A Comparative Study.
26. Emad El-Din Abdel-Raziq, The Influence of the Theatre of Bertolt
Brecht on the Egyptian Theatre During the 1960s.

Editorships and Other Public Output

1. Editor, Al-Kalimah / The Word: A Monthly Cultural Review
(www.AlKalimah.Net)
2. One of the editor of Encyclopaedia of Modernism, Routledge, on going.
3. Consultant Editor of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, published by the
Department of English and Comparative Literature of the American University
in Cairo.
4. Consultant Editor of Alternation: Journal of Comparative Literature, published
by the Department of Southern African Literatures of the University of DurbanWesville, South Africa.
5. Book review editor of New Cinemas: A Journal of World Cinema. UK.
6. One of the editors of the AUC Companion of Modern Arabic Literature (A
Project in Progress at the American University in Cairo)
7. Consultant Editor of Al-Abhath, the Journal of the Faculty of Arts, The
American University in Beirut.
8. Literary consultant for a series of literary programmes on Arabia and the Gulf,
for Radio 3 appeared in 2004.
9. Literary consultant of Trapped in the Present, 45 minutes Radio 3 documentary
on the Egyptian novel, transmitted by Radio 3, on 3 November, 1996.
10. Literary consultant of Frames: Five 15 minutes progammes on Egyptian Poetry,
transmitted by Radio 3, 4-8 November, 1996.
11. Literary consultant of Lost Between Two Moments, 35 minutes television
documentary on the work of the Egyptian novelist Gamal al-Ghitani, transmitted
by Channel 4 on August 23, 1991.
12. Literary consultant of The World of Naguib Mahfouz, one-hour television
documentary on the life and work of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz,
transmitted by Channel 4 on 19 December 1989.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
British Association of Middle Eastern Studies, Modern Language Association of
North America, Egyptian Writers Union, Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics,
Arab Writers Union, Cairo's Atelier for Writers and Artists, British Association of
University Teachers, and a Founding Member of European Association of
Teachers of Modern Arabic Literature, Egyptian Society of Literary Criticism,
and Egyptian PEN Club.