PhD in Linguistics and Language Sciences, and holder of the Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Chair for Arabic Language and Literature. Recipient of multiple international and Arab awards, including the Kuwait Prize in 2014 for Arts and Literature: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature. Awarded the honor of holding the Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Chair for Arabic Language and Literature. Winner of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science award for the book "The Articulation Without Speech: A Study in Body Language," recognized as the best-authored book in Literature and Humanities in 2007. Received the Chinguetti Award for Arts and Literature in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers, the Award for Scientific and Research Excellence, and the Housing Bank Award for Scientific Excellence in Amman, Jordan, among others.
Author of 16 published books in Beirut and over 45 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Served as Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research at Birzeit University, a visiting professor at Georgetown University in Washington, and Head of the Arabic Language Department at the University of Sharjah. Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Birzeit University, and a lecturer at various Western and Arab universities, including Columbia University in New York, Georgetown University in Washington, Oxford University, Erlangen University in Germany, Lyon 2 University in France, and Al-Farabi University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. A member of judging panels for international and Arab awards, and an expert in legal and legislative drafting.