Brief C.V. of
Dr. Muhammad Ubaidallah
- Born on 5 September 1969, at Salt, Jordan
- Spent his childhood and early youth in al-Karamah, Southern Shonah,
Jordan Valley – where he finished his secondary school study.
- Worked for and got his Ph.D. in Arabic language and literature, with an
‘excellent’ ranking, from the Jordan University, in 1998.
- An associate professor at the Department of Arabic Language and
Literature, Philadelphia University, Jordan.
 First: Publications
 A. Critical books
1. The Bow and the Longing: The short story in the New Horizon
Magazine of Jerusalem. Ministry of Culture. Ramallah, 2000.
2. The Short Story in Palestine and Jordan; in the Series ‘Book of the
Month’. No. 23. Ministry of Culture. Amman, 2002.
3. Palestine in the Jordanian Short Story. Dar Azminah, in
collaboration with the High National Commission, Amman:
Capital of Arabic Culture, 2002.
4. The Article as Art: Theoretical elements, applications, and
samples; in collaboration with Prof. Saleh Abu Isba’, Majdalawi
Publishers. Amman, 2002.
5. Rhetoric of Discourse: Readings in the Jordanian short story.
Jordanian Ministry of Culture. Amman, 2006.
6. Structure of the Novella: The novella in Jordan and Palestine. Dar
Azminah for Publication and Distribution. Amman, 2006.
7. The Aesthetics of the Short Story: A reading of Ilyas Farkouh
experience. Dar Azminah. Amman, 2009.
8. Features of the Literary Scene in Palestine and Jordan 1050-2000.
Chapter on the short story. Shoman Establishment and the Arabic
Establishment for Study and Publication. 2009.
 Creative Work
1. Stabbed with Absence: Poetry. Dar Aram. Amman, 1993.
2. Mute Clouds: Poetry. Dar Majdalawi. Amman, 2005.
Select Researches:
1. Umru’u al-Qays in modern literature: Umru’u al-Qays bnu Hijr, a
play by Muhammad Hassan Ala’a al-Deen, Journal of Literature,
Constantine University, Faculty of Literature and Languages, No. 6,
1424 A.H., 2003 C.E.
2. Ihsan Abbas’s Method in criticizing poetic heritage, in Philadelphia
Papers, a volume of refereed papers. Philadelphia University,
Amman, 2005.
3. Woman in pre-Islam Arabic heritage, in the Journal of Philology,
Faculty of Languages. Ain Shams University, Cairo. No. 2, XLIV.
June, 2005.
4. Ancient Arabic discourse: Periphery to center, a refereed research,
published in the Arabic Journal of Humanities, Council of Scientific
Publication. Kuwait University. 2005/2006.
5. Changes in discourse in the Algerian novel. A paper published in the
journal Semiotic Researches, Center for Scientific and Technical
Research for Developing the Arabic Language. Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research. Algiers, Nos. 3-4, December 2007.
6. The role of language in the distinction of a discourse text. Published
in the Journal of Philology, Faculty of Languages, Ain Shams
University, Cairo. No. 49/January, 2008.
7. Aspects of discourse manipulations in the Arabic narrative heritage.
Published in the Journal of the Faculty of Literature, Cairo
University. Issue of July, 2010.
8. The mythical approach in pre-Islamic poetry: Dr. Nusrat AbdulRahman’s experience. An academic research submitted for
publication in the journal of al-Basa’er, Petra University. Jordan,
2010.
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