Mohammad Shaheen has been a professor of

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at the University of Jordan in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

since 1985. Shaheen holds a PhD degree in English literature from

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He is the author of many books, including '' E.M. Forster and the Politics of Imperialism''. Shaheen teaches modern literary theory and criticism in the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Jordan, he also teaches the English novel, twentieth-century English literature, Literary translation and comparative literature. He has been the editor-in-chief of ''Al-Majallah Al-Thaqafeyyah'' (University of Jordan) since 2008. He has also translated the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish into English.

Experience

* Professor of English, the University of Jordan, 1985 till now * Assistant of the president of the University of Jordan and head of the president's Office 1978-1980 * Advisor to the Ministry of Higher Education - Jordan, 1985-1989 * Chairman of the English Department, the University of Jordan, 1988-1990 * Chairman of the Modern Languages Department, the University of Jordan, 1988-1990 *

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Taiz University Taiz University was founded in Yemen, Taiz Taiz ( ar, تَعِزّ, Taʿizz) is a city in southwestern Yemen. It is located in the Yemeni Highlands, near the port city of Mocha, Yemen, Mocha on the Red Sea, at an elevation of about above sea ...

, Yemen, 1993 * Chairman of the English Department, the University of Jordan, 1993-1995 * Visiting professor at Qatar University, Qatar, 1996 * Vice president of Mutah University, Jordan, 1998-2002 * Associate editor of ''Paideuma'',

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, 1967-till now *

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of ''Mu'tah for Research'', 1998-2002 *

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of ''Dirasat'', the University of Jordan research journal, 1985-1991 * Editor-in-chief of ''Al-Majallah Al-Thaqafiyyah'', University of Jordan, 2008-till now

Memberships, fellowships and scholarships

* Member of the Higher Curricula Committee, the Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan, 1991-1993 * Member of the Executive Committee of the

International Comparative Literature Association The International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) (French: Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée—AILC) is an international organization for international research in comparative literature. Founded in 1954, ICLA pro ...

, 1985-till now * British Council Scholarship, 1969-1973 *

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, (Summer of 1979) * Beirut University, DAAD scholarship, 1982 *

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, associate fellow of

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, 1983 till now * American research fellowships in Humanities (1987) *

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

(1995) * DAAD-Bochum University (1998)

Books published

* ''The Modern Arabic Short Story: Shahrazad Returns''.

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, 2 edition (22 February 2003), , 304 pages * ''George Meredith: A reappraisal of the Novels''. Macmillan Press: London 1981 * ''Selected Letters of George Meredith''. Macmillan Press: London * ''E.M. Forster and the Politics of Imperialism'', Palgrave Macmillan (12 August 2004), , 256 pages * ''Almond Blossoms and Beyond'' (translation). Interlink Publishing 2009

Articles published

* George Meredith's Early Life: Ordeal and Reticence: ''The Modern Language Review'' April 1982 Vol. 77 * The Reception of Pound in Arabic: Immature response of Gibran and Bayyati: ''Paideuma'', Vol 34 * The Arabian Nights in English Literature (book review): ''The Yearbook of English Studies'', Vol 22 * Pickthall: ''New Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford, Clarenden Press, 2004 * On Meredith's Letters: ''American Notes and Queries'', Yale 1974 * Forster on Proust: ''Times Literary Supplement'', London 1974 * Tayeb Salih and Conrad: ''Comparative Literature Studies'', University of Illinois, 1985 * T.L. Lawrence and Pound: ''Paideuma'', 1988 * The Manuscript of Meredith's Last Novel: ''Notes and Queries'', Oxford 1975 * Meredith Letter to Stephen: ''Notes and Queries'', Oxford 1978 * Some Unpublished Hardy Letters to Gosse: ''Notes and Queries'', Oxford 1980 * Two New Meredith Letters to Gosse: ''Notes and Queries'', Oxford, 1980

Resources

*
Interlink Website
*
Ministry of Culture in Jordan

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaheen, Mohammed Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Colorado alumni Ain Shams University alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Fellows of St Antony's College, Oxford Academic staff of Mutah University Academic staff of Qatar University University of Maine faculty Academic staff of the University of Jordan Jordanian writers