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Department of Arabic, College Hall 464, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tel: 01-350000, ext 3857. Email: rn36@aub.edu.lb
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
M.A in Arabic Literature, 1996
(Master Thesis: Sheikh Aref El-Zein (1884-1960), a Pioneer Reformist in Jabal Amel.)
University of Damascus , Syria
B.A. in French Literature, 1977
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Full-Time Instructor, Department of Arabic & NEL, American University of Beirut.
Courses given: 201A, Basic Arab Grammar and Syntax; 201B: Reading in Arabic
Literature. March 2008-Present.
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Part-Time Instructor, Department of Arabic & NEL, American University of Beirut.
Courses given: 201A, Basic Arab Grammar and Syntax; 201B: Reading in Arabic
Literature. February 2006 – February 2008.
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Editor, Arab Dialogue Magazine (published by Arab Thought Institution). 2004-2006.
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Adviser, Kalimat, an International Journal of Creative Writing , Sydney, Australia. 2000-
2006.
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Freelance Editor, Lebanese American University (LAU). 2003.
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Freelance Editor, GIL Association. 2003.
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Freelance Editor, Lebanese Association for Educational Studies. Editing language, summarizing chapters, reviewing references. 2000 – 2003.
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Editor, Translator, and Researcher, Arab Development Institute. 1978 – 1983.
LECTURES
 The Development of Novel Writing in Egypt and the Rise of Egyptian Nationalism (1938-
1970). (Common lecture delivered twice a year for 201B students.)
PUBLICATIONS
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Ahmad Aref El-Zein, the Modernist Sheikh from Jabal Amel: the Centennial of Al-Irfan
Magazine 1909-2009 , Annahar Newspaper, Beirut 26-27/1/2009.
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Ahmad Aref Al-Zein, a Pioneer Reformist in Jabal Amel (1884-1960), in Liban, Figures
Contemporaines, , pages103-120, published by the Arab World Institute in Paris, 1999.
 The National Struggle in Syria against The French Mandate, in “Research on Arab
Nationalism”, vol.1, p.224-257, published by the Arab Development Institute, 1983.
 Sheikh Ahmad Aref El-Zein (1884-1960), a Pioneer Reformist , a book based on my master thesis
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(in progress.)

EDITING & TRANSLATION
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Edited the Arabic text of the basic living skills project (BLSP), published by The Lebanese
American University, 2003, (770 pages).
 Edited the book Human Rights and Citizenship , published by the GIL association, 2003,
(200 pages).
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Edited books published by the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies:
Teacher preparation in the Arab Countries , 2002, (352 pages).
Values and Education , 2001, (452 pages).
Educational Administration in the Arab Countries , 2000, (464 pages).
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Translated a book from French to Arabic,
Franz Fanon et son effet sur la litterature Africaine, Souad Chikhani, published by the Arab Development Institute, 1982, (157 pages).
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Arabic (native language), French and English.