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. His published works include books on linguistic research trends in Lebanon, the art of performing and teaching, research on the Arabic lexicon, Arabic expression, creating a lexicographical update to al-Azhari, and a study of the complete works of Manfaluti as well as more than seventy articles in Arab journals.