Current position:
Lecturer, Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages.

Education:
- Bachelor of Arts (l961) - Beirut College for Women ( BUC) - B.A (thesis title: Taha Hussein).
- Master of Arts (l971) -American University of Beirut - M.A (thesis title: "Bechara al-Khoury": His Life & Work).
- Ph.D. 1997 American University of Beirut, Thesis Title :The Literary Movement in Lebanon between 1936- 1944 as reflected in al-Makshouf Magazine.

Work Experience:

1-Research work on "Arabic Manuscripts" at AUB l965-67 with Dr. Najm.
2-Teaching at " German School" l966- l978 - Elementary Arabic Intermediate Modern Arabic, Advanced Readings in Modern Arabic, Composition and Style in Arabic, and General Survey of Classical Arabic Literature.
3- Research and Study in " Freie Universitat Berlin" at the Islam Wissenschaft Institut with Professor Fritz Stepat, l975-77.West Berlin, Germany.
4- Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton
University, Princeton ,New Jersey l978-79 (Elementary Arabic and Lebanese and Syrian Colloquial Arabic, assisting with Intermediate and Advanced Arabic.
5- Part time Instructor in the Department of Arabic & N.E.L. at the American University of Beirut. (Main Campus); Casual Instructor at the Dept. of Arabic & N.E.L.1984-1988. (O.C.P.).Full time Instructor in the Department of Arabic & N.E.L. at the American University of Beirut 1988- .
6- Teaching translation from English into Arabic at U.S.J. 1984-1985.
7- Part time Instructor at Beirut University College -Humanistic Department Teaching Arabic Literature l979-l986 .
8- Study and Research on Frederic Nietzsche & Jubran at the University of Bonn
under the auspice of Professor Dr. Stephan Wild l990-l991.
9- Farah Antoun, His Terminology and Translation with father Farid Jabre.
10- Full Time Lecturer in the Department of Arabic & NEL at the American University of Beirut 1999-
11- Writing the biography of some prominent Lebanese poets to be published in "Babtin Dictionary for the Nineteeth and Twenteeth Century Arab poets.
12- Coordinator for the Arabic team working in the Arabic program for the King School project in Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
13- Attended the conference on the Poet Abi-Firas al-Hamadani and Abdel Kader al-Jazairy, held in Algeria. Oct 2000 by Mu'assasat Abd al-Aziz Saoud al-Babtin.
14- Attended the conference on the Miawiyyat Milad wal Rahil. Amine Nakhle and other, held in Kuwait by Mu'assasat Abdel Aziz Saoud al-Babtin in 2002.
15- Member of Oman Project which is run by the Regional External Program at AUB, I fulfilled this year the following:
a- preparation of six placement tests for the National College for Science and Technology, Salalah, Oman.
b- correction of 400 tests for the orientation and the first year classes.
c- assessment of the orientation & the first year classes.
c- preparation of an Arabic book for these two above mentioned classes.
d- preparation of a four year Bachelor Curriculum for the Dhofar University (DU) in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman.
e- an academic visit to the National College for Science and Technology, Salalah, Oman, where I met the Dean of the college, the Associate Dean, and the teacher of the Arabic courses. I attended the classes and interviewed the students to assess their level of Arabic.
f- Two academic visits to Dhofar University-Mascat, Oman during the year 2004, to supervise the Arabic instructors teaching and final exams , control the Arabic Entrance Exam for new comers, correct the exams , and classify the students levels.

Publications:
1-al- Akhtal al-Saghir, The Poet: His Life and Works.Published October1998. Dar Al-kitab Al-Arabi Beirut, Lebanon.
2- Ed. al-Akhtal al-Saghir, Poetry Collection. Published October 1998. dar Al-kitab Al-Arabi Beirut, Lebanon.
3- Ed. al-Akhtal al-Saghir, Prose Selections . Published October 1998. dar Al-kitab Al-Arabi Beirut, Lebanon.
4- Ed. Selection of Essays on al-Akhtal al-Saghir.Published October 1998. dar Al-kitab Al-Arabi Beirut, Lebanon.
5- Ed. al-Akhtal al-Saghir; Bibliography. Published October 1998. dar Al-kitab Al-Arabi Beirut, Lebanon.
6- Ed. A selection of letters sent to the poet al-Akhtal al-Saghir by eminent men of letters and politicians. Published October 1998. dar Al-kitab Al-Arabi Beirut, Lebanon.
7- The Literary Movement in Lebanon between 1936-1944 as reflected in al-Makshouf Magazine completed in 1997, will be edited and published soon .
8-The Arabic Poetry in Lebanon and al-Mahjar in the twentieth century (introduction & poetry selection) . Institution odf Abd al-Aziz Saoud al-Babtin, vol. 4, Kuwait (2001), pp. 327-624.
9- Selected Literary Texts and Language Skills (نصوص أدبية مختارة ومهارات لغوية تطبيقية), published by Dhofar University, Mascat, Oman, October 2004, pp. 200.