I work on the manifestation/s of dictators and dictatorships in contemporary literary genres—the representation of its various configurations, and the politics of re/writing history. Specifically, I focus on contemporary Arabic novels that call attention to the parallel/s between narrative and the rhetorical processes and structures that once played a role in empowering dictators and helping them to create a godly-like figures of themselves.
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
African Studies
Arab Studies
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Arabic
Language Acquisition
Geographic Areas of Interest
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
All Middle East
Arab States
Specialties
Modern Arabic Literature And Cultural Studies; Gen
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (intermediate)
French (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 2016
| African Languages and Literature
| University of Wisconsin Madison
MA
| 2009
| African Languages and Literature
| University Of Wisconsin-Madison
MA
| 2006
| Applied Linguistics
| Jordan University of Science and Technology
BA
| 2001
| English Literature
| Yarmouk University
