
HA
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Office location and address
133 New Cabell Hall
1605 Jefferson Park Ave
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22904
Publications
Courses
Credits: 2
In this class students will learn to identify, describe, and analyze aesthetic phenomena, understand the social role and ongoing evolution of human creative expression, and develop their own approach to creative expression.
Credits: 3
Introduction to the development and themes of modern Arabic literature (poetry, short stories, novels and plays). Taught in English.
Credits: 3
A comprehensive overview of contemporary Arab women's literature, this course examines all Arab women's literary genres starting from personal letters, memoirs, speeches, poetry, fiction, drama, to journalistic articles and interviews. Selected texts cover various geographic locales and theoretical perspectives. Special emphasis will be given to the issues of Arab female authorship, subjectivity theory, and to the question of Arab Feminism.
Credits: 3
The course will concentrate on cinemas of Egypt, the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) as well as Syrian and Palestinian films. It will examine major moments in the history of these cinemas and the political developments that have inevitably had a major influence on filmmaking in the region.
Credits: 3
Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers' period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor's permission.
Credits: 3
Introduction to the development and themes of modern Arabic literature (poetry, short stories, novels, and plays). Taught in English.
Credits: 3
A comprehensive overview of contemporary Arab women's literature, this course examines all Arab women's literary genres starting from personal letters, memoirs, speeches, poetry, fiction, drama, to journalistic articles and interviews. Selected texts cover various geographic locales and theoretical perspectives. Special emphasis will be given to the issues of Arab female authorship, subjectivity theory, and to the question of Arab Feminism.
Credits: 3
The course will concentrate on cinemas of Egypt, the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) as well as Syrian and Palestinian films. It will examine major moments in the history of these cinemas and the political developments that have inevitably had a major influence on filmmaking in the region.
Credits: 3
Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers' period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor's permission.
Honors
- College Teaching Fellowship, UVa., 2017-2019.
- Mellon Humanities Fellowship, UVa., 2015-2016.
- Mead Honored Faculty, The Mead Endowment, Univeristy of Virginia, 2012-2013. https://news.virginia.edu/content/mead-endowment-grant-winners-set-begin...
- Center for International Studies award, writer-in-residence (Hoda Barakat), 2013-2014. https://news.virginia.edu/content/renowned-lebanese-novelist-shares-cult...
- Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty, 2009-2010. https://news.virginia.edu/content/hanadi-al-samman-receive-woodrow-wilso...
- Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Residential Fellowship, 2009-2010.
- University Teaching Fellowship, Teaching Resource Center, University of Virginia, 2008-09. https://news.virginia.edu/content/influencing-eternity-university-virgin...
- University of Virginia Summer Reserach Grant, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016.
- University of Virginia Reserach Grant, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013.
- Professors as Writers Award, Teaching Resource Center, University of Virginia, 2006.
- Excellence in Diversity Fellow, Teaching Resource Center, University of Virginia, 2006.
- College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant, Indiana University, 1998-99.
- American Comparative Literature Association Travel Grant, 1998.
- Outstanding Scholar and Teacher Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences, Indiana University, 1997.
- Fulbright Scholarship, United States Information Agency (U.S.I.A.), 1990-1992.