Council Members

Linguist, university professor, Arabic lexicographer, and thinker, Mahmoud Fahmi Hegazy, born in Egypt, was a reader

Professor of Social Linguistics at Sultan Qaboos University and head of the Arabic department from 2014 to 2019, holding a PhD from the University of Manchester, England.

Professor of Higher Education at the Faculty of Arabic Language, Literature and Eastern Languages, Algiers 2 University.

Retired Professor of Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Lebanese University (1977-2009). Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Lebanese University 2000-2005.

Professor of Arabic and linguistics in the Faculty of Arts, the Jordanian University, Nihad bin Yassin al-Musa also chairs the Department of Postgraduate Studies in Social and Human Sciences at the University of Jordan. He is a member of the board of trus

​Born in Damascus in 1955, Mohamed Hassan Ben Hosni al-Tayyan is a corresponding member of the Arabic Language Academy in Damascus, head of the Free Syrian Writers’ Union, and head of the Arabic language program at the Arab Open University, Kuwait. Al-Tay

Associate Professor in the Department of Arabic Language at UAE University, Latifa al-Najjar was appointed to the College of Human and Social Sciences at the University and as Director of the GCC’s Center for Arabic Language Education. She was a member of

Ali Muhammad Ghaliv al-Mihlafi is a Professor in the Arabic Language Department, Arts Faculty at Sanaa University and formerly served as head of the Arabic Department at the Science and Technology University, dean of the Languages Center, deputy dean for

An Iraqi living in Morocco, Ali al-Kasimi has taught at the universities of Baghdad, Rabat, and Riyadh. Previously, he was educational director and then cultural director at ISESCO and director of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World. H

​Ali Ahmed al-Kabisi is a General Secretary of the Organization for the Renaissance of the Arabic Language, Doha, professor of grammar and morphology and head of the Arabic Department at Doha University. Al-Kabisi is also the Editor of Al-Doha magazine an

​Abdel Karim Muhammad Hasan Jabal is professor of linguistics in the Arabic Department at Tanta University and director of the Center for Teaching Arabic to Foreigners, and deputy dean of the Faculty of Arts, Tanta University. He has written a number of r

​Abdelkader al-Fasi al-Fahri is a research professor and director of studies for the higher and doctoral division at Mohamed V University in Rabat. Al- Fahri has also held positions as founding chairman of the Linguistics Association of Morocco; director

​Abdelali Oudrhiri worked as a linguistics professor specializing in lexicography at Mohamed Bin Abdullah University in Fes and Mohamed V University in Rabat (AKDAL). He became head of the World Islamic University in Niger (overseen by the OIC) from 1994

​​Member of the Libyan Arabic Language Academy and formerly an expert at the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Abdel Hamis Abdullah al-Huramah is a professor at a Libyan university specializing in the Arabic literature of

​A professor in higher education, Al-Shahid Ben Mohamed al-Bousheikhi has authored "Critical and Rhetorical Terminology in al-Jahiz's al-Bayan wal-Tabayyun," "Literary Critical Terms among the Pre-Islamic and Islamic Poets: Issues and Examples," and "Text

​Siham al-Farih is professor of literature and criticism at Kuwait University. She obtained her doctorate in 1979 from Cairo University and has previously served as head of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, head of the Media Department, de

​Elias Dheeb Atallah is professor of Arabic at a number of universities and colleges [LU1] and has to date published 24 academic books, foremost among them "Dr Atallah's Encyclopedia of Arabic Science" published in six volumes. Atallah received his doctor

​Professor at the Jordanian University, Ismail Ahmed Muhammad Al- Amayreh is also a working member of the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy, as well as the Arabic Language Academy on the Internet (Mecca). Al-Amayreh was also a visiting professor at the un

Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Dabib is a retired university professor, editor-in-chief of the Saudi Al-Arab magazine and formerly head of the King Saud University in Riyadh and professor in the Arabic Department there. He obtained his BA in Arabic Language from t

A professor of linguistics and now and Head of the Bibliography and Linguistic Corpus Unit, Dr. Obaidi has authored a number of books and research papers on the lexicon

Formerly a professor at Mohamed I University in Morocco and Oman, and the United Arab Emirates University, Rachid Ahmed Belahbib is currently a professor at Qatar University. His books include a translation of Fabio Caon's Pleasure in Language Learning: a

​Azeddine Bouchiki worked as deputy dean for academic research and cooperation in Moulay Ismail University in Meknes, Morocco, and served as a director of the Doctoral Studies Center, director of the Academic Center for Teaching Arabic Language and Civil

Ibrahim ben Murad is a professor in the Faculty of Literature, Arts, and Humanities at the University of Manouba in Tunisia, a chairman of the Arabic Lexicographers Association of Tunisia, and director of its journal Lexicography as well as being the head

A Professor of linguistics at the Tunisian University, Abdessalem Mseddi is also a member of the Iraqi Academy; the Tunisian Academy for Science, Literature, and the Arts; the Arabic Language Academy in Libya; and the Arabic Language Academy in Damascus.

Azmi Bishara is the General Director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) and a member of its Executive Board. A prominent researcher and writer, Bishara has published numerous books and academic papers in political thought, social t

Jewett Professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Ramzi Munir Baalbaki has authored numerous books in Arabic and English, and more than 60 peer-reviewed academic articles. Some of his articles have been reprinted in a special edition

Professor at the University Lumière Lyons 2, France, Hassan Hamze is also the director of the Library for Lexicography, Terminology, Dictionary Studies and Arabic Translation. He has overseen a number of research teams, especially in the context of the jo