Research Areas

Theory of literature and literary criticism in classical Arabic literature; Rhetorics and poetry in Arabic literature; Literature of opposition parties in Islam; Shi'ite literature and maqtals of Husayn

Publications

• (Forthcoming). "The Poetry of Hussein ibn Ali Revisited". Zeitchrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft.
  
  
• 2005. "Notes on the Literary Output of Hussein ibn Ali". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft 155, pp. 341-364.
  
  
• 2008. The Ghawani al-Ashwaq fi Ma'ani al-Ushshaq. A Treatise on the Concept of Love in Classical and Medieval Arabic Heritage, Written by Abd al-Mu'in ibn Ahmad al-Balkhi, Known as Ibn al-Bakka'. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany.
  
  
• 2003. Rawdat al-Qulub wa-Nuzhat al-Muhibb wa al-Mahbub by Muhammad b. Nasr al-Shayzari, 12 th Century. The book includes an introduction to Arabic love literature. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany.
  
  
• 2001. "An Introduction to teh Husseini Poetry". Introduction to vol. 2 of teh Husseini Encylopedia.
  
  
• 2000. Ubaydullah ibn al-Hurr al-Ju'fi the Rebellious Poet. Published by Otto Harrassowitz in the Series: Codecisi Arabi Antiqui, Wiesbaden.
  
  
• 2000. "Some Notes on the Literary Output of Hussein ibn 'Ali". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft.
  
  
• 1999. Memories of a Hen. A translation into English of Ishaq Musa al-Husayni's novel, Mudhakkirat Dajaja, first published in 1943.
  
  
• 1998. " Abdullah ibn al-Ahmar the Poet of al-tawwabin in the First Century of Islam". al-Karmil 18, dedicated to the late Prof. D. Semah, pp. 331-351 (in Arabic).
  
  
• 1998. " The Massacre of Hussein between History and Folklore". Studies in Canonical and Popular Arabic Literature. York Press, Canada. pp.23-36.
  
  
• 1995. " Zawa'id Diwan al-'Askari", Majallat Majma' al-Lugha al-'Arabiyya, vol. 70, part 3, pp.568-581.
  
  
• 1993. Une emigration interieure: la literature Palestinienne en Israel.
  Athanor 4, 115-119 (Bari University, Italy).



• 1993. The Issue of Land as Reflected in the Literature of the Arabs in Israel. Hamizrah Hehadash 35, 165-181.



• 1992. Karbala' in the Shi'ite Literature. Al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature, 13 (in Arabic).



• 1991. The Correct Readings of the Unvocalized Poetry of the Hamasa. Haifa: Al-Karmil Publications Series 4.



• 1991. The Literary Theory of Abu Hilal al-Askari. Israel Oriental Studies, 11, 21-36.



• 1990. Abu Bakr al-'Allaf and his Poem 'Elegy of a Cat'. (in Arabic). Al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature , 11, 201-220.



• 1989. Studies in the Kitab as-Sina'atayn of Abu Hilal al-'Askari. Leiden: E.J. Brill.



• 1989. Ideological Elements in the Arabic Literature in Israel. (in Hebrew). Hamizrah Hehadash, 32, 21-36.



• 1989. On Wine in Classical Arabic Literature. With F. Abu Khadra (Eds.) . Damascus: The Accademy of Arabic Language.
  
  
• 1988. Islah ma ghalita fihi an-Namiri mimma fassarahu min abyat al-Hamaasa, by Abu Muhammad al-A'rabi al-Aswad. (corrections to the errors made by an-Namiri in his first and second interpretations of [Abu Tamam's] Hamasa). Haifa: Al-Karmil Publications Series 3.



• 1988. The Six-Day War as Reflected in the Arabic Palestinian Literature in Israel. In A. Sofer (Ed.), Twenty Years after the 1967 June War,pp.57-68. Haifa: The Jewish-Arab Center (in Hebrew).