Abdul-Nabi Isstaif
Professor of Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Translation
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Abdul-Nabi Isstaif is a professor of comparative literature, critical theory and translation at Damascus University. Abdul-Nabi Isstaif was educated at the University of Damascus and St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, where he received his D.Phil. in comparative criticism in 1983. He is a specialist in modern Arabic literature and criticism with special reference to Western influences. Isstaif has taught at the University of Oxford , Sanaa University , King Saud University , New College of the University of South Florida and Roger Williams University , University of Jaumi I , Deakin University , Al-Baath University as well as the Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Higher Institute of Technology and Applied Sciences and the Higher Institute of Interpreting and Translation in Syria. He is also interested in Anglo-American Orientalism and in the Euro-Arab cultural relations in medieval and modern times, publishing several books in Arabic, and over 900 articles, papers, reviews and translations in both Arabic and English in more than 90 periodicals in Syria, the Arab World, Europe and the United States of America.
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- Forging a New Self, Embracing the Other: Modern Arabic Critical Theory and the West--Luwīs 'Awad (2002) (4)
- Beyond the Notion of Influence: Notes toward an Alternative (1995) (2)
- Comparative Literature in the Arab World: An Overview (2012) (1)
- SERVING THE ZIONIST SCHEME, DISSEMINATING DISTORTED INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAMICJERUSALEM (2011) (0)
- Review: Wafa’ al-Wafa bi-‘Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa (‘Ali b. ‘Abdullah Al-Samhudi)Wafa’ al-Wafa bi-‘Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa (‘Ali b. ‘Abdullah Al-Samhudi) (2004) (0)
- Orientalism and Islam: European Thinkers on Oriental Despotism in the Middle East and IndiaBy Michael Curtis (2011) (0)
- Reading Orientalism: Said and the UnsaidBy Daniel Martin Varisco (2009) (0)
- Review: The Ontology and Status of Intellectuals in Arab Academia and Society * M'hammed Sabour: The Ontology and Status of Intellectuals in Arab Academia and Society (2004) (0)
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