About me

I am Senior Lecturer in Arabic, within Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies. 

Teaching

I teach Arabic grammar and Modern Arabic Literature on first and second cycle studies.

Research

My main field of research is literary analysis in Modern Arabic Fiction. My research is based on narrative and discurcive analysis. I have been working on the techniques of beginning in the Arabic novels of the 20th century, and on the portrayals of characters in a selection of  novels. I have also conducted research in the literature of exile. In the present time, I am working on the representation of spaces dedicated to death in Modern Arabic fiction.