Research Areas

Arabic poetry, prose and theatre.
The history and culture of Arab-Jews.
Hebrew literature of Arabs and Oriental Jews.
Muslim asceticism and mysticism.

Education

Ph.D., Arabic Literature, Hebrew University, 1987
DISSERTATION: Mystical Dimensions in Modern Arabic Poetry 1940-1980 [Hebrew], Hebrew University, 1997, 559+31 (unpublished).

Books

1. Modern Arabic Literature: A Functional Dynamic Historical Model (Toronto: York Press, 2001), 92 pp.
2. Rak‘atan fi al-‘Ishq: Dirasa fi Shi‘r ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati [Two Rak‘as in Love: A Study of ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati’s Poetry] (Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2002), 338 pp.
3. .Arviyut, Yahadut, Tsiyonut: Ma’avak Zehuyot ba-Yetsira shel Yehude ‘Iraq [Arabness, Jewishness, Zionism: A Struggle of Identities in the Literature of Iraqi Jews] (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 2005), 666 pp.
4. Palestinian Theatre (Literaturen im Kontext, vol. 20) (Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2005), 234 pp.
5. Religion, Mysticism and Modern Arabic Literature (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006), 178 pp.
   


Edited Books

1. S. Ballas and R. Snir (eds.), Studies in Canonical and Popular Arabic Literature (Toronto: York Press, 1998), 121 pp.

2. Contributing Editor: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), 1036 pp.

Collections For Teaching
1. Literary Criticism of Modern Arabic Poetry [Arabic] (ed. with an introduction) (Jerusalem: Akademon, 1986), 367 pp.

2. Anthology of Ascetic, Mystical and Metaphysical Arabic Poetry From the Eighth Century to Our Days [Arabic] (ed. with an introduction) (Jerusalem: Akademon, 1986), 334 pp.

3. The Myth in Modern Arabic Literature [Arabic], (ed.) (Jerusalem: Akademon, 1987), 159 pp.

Articles

1. “Mysticism without Sufism: A New Reading of ‘Abd al-Sabur’s Poem ‘The Little God’” [Arabic], al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 6 (1985), pp. 129-146.

2 “Cultural Changes as Reflected in Literature: The Beginning of the Arabic Short Story by Jewish Authors in Iraq” [Hebrew], Pe‘amim - Studies in Oriental Jewry 36 (1988), pp. 108-129.

3. Review Article [Arabic]: Shmuel Moreh, al-Shi‘r al-‘Arabi al-Hadith 1800-1970, Tatawwur Ashkalihi wa-Mawdu‘atihi bi-Ta’thir al-Adab al-Gharbi (trans. by Shafi‘ al-Sayyid and Sa‘d Masluh) (Cairo: Dar al-Fikr al-‘Arabi, 1986) and ‘Abd Allah Muhammad al-Ghadhdhami, al-Sawt al-Qadim al-Jadid, Dirasat fi al-Judhur al-‘Arabiyya li-Musiqa al-Shi‘r al-Hadith (Cairo: al-Hay’a al-Misriyya al-‘Amma li-l-Kitab, 1987), in: al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 9 (1988), pp. 167-189.

4. “Two Egyptian Writers in the Service of Peace,” Middle East Review 21 (1988 / 1989), pp. 41-45.

5. “The Arab-Israeli Conflict as Reflected in the Writing of Najib Mahfuz,” Abr-Nahrain 27 (1989), pp. 120-153.

6. “Human Existence According to Kafka and Salah ‘Abd al-Sabur,” Jusur 5 (1989), pp. 31-43.

7. “A Wound Out of his Wounds: Palestinian Arabic Literature in Israel” [Hebrew], Alpayim 2 (1990), pp. 244-268.

8. “‘We Were Like Those Who Dream’: Iraqi-Jewish Writers in Israel in the 1950’s,” Prooftexts 11 (1991), pp. 153-173.

9. “Figliastri pieni d’amore: Scrittori arabi in lingua ebraica,” La Rassegna Mensile di Israel LVII (1991), pp. 245-253.

10. “Neo-Sufism in the Writings of the Egyptian Poet Salah ‘Abd al-Sabur,” Sufi - A Journal of Sufism 13 (1992), pp. 24-26.

11. “‘The Oil in the Lamp Will Never Dry Up’: The Dialectic of the Ivory Tower / the Lighthouse in the Mirror of Committed Poetry” [Arabic], al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 13 (1992), pp. 7-54.

12. “The ‘World Upsidedown’ in Modern Arabic Literature: New Literary Renditions of an Antique Religious Topos,” Edebiyat 5 (1994), pp. 51-75.

13. “‘Why Have the Words Been Exiled’ - The Poet and his Rock in the Mirror of Committed Poetry” [Arabic], al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 14 (1993), pp. 49-93.

14. “The Theatrical Elements in the Ancient Arabic Heritage” [Arabic], al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 14 (1993), pp. 149-170.

15. “The Inscription of ‘En ‘Abdat: An Early Evolutionary Stage of Ancient Arabic Poetry,” Abr Nahrain 31 (1993), pp. 110-125.

16. “The Beginnings of Palestinian Political Theatre: Samih al-Qasim’s Qaraqash” [Hebrew], Ha-Mizrah He-Hadash 35 (1993), pp. 129-147.

17. “A Study of ‘Elegy for al-Hallaj’ by Adunis,” Journal of Arabic Literature 25.2 (1994), pp. 245-256.

18. “Literature, History, and the History of Literature” [Arabic], al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 15 (1994), pp. 61-85.

19. “Arabic Literature in the Twentieth Century: A Historical Dynamic Functional Model” [Hebrew], Ha-Mizrah He-Hadash 36 (1994), pp. 49-80.

20. “Mysticism and Poetry in Arabic Literature,” Orientalia Suecana XLIII-XLIII (1994-1995), pp. 165-175 .

21. “Arabic Literature of Iraqi Jews: The Dynamics of the Jewish Cultural System and its Relationship with the Arabic Cultural System” [Hebrew], Miqqedem Umiyyam 6 (1995), pp. 255-288.

22. “Palestinian Theatre: Historical Development and Contemporary Distinctive Identity,” Contemporary Theatre Review 3.2 (1995), pp. 29-73.

23. “‘Hebrew as the Language of Grace’: Arab-Palestinian Writers in Hebrew,” Prooftexts 15 (1995), pp. 163-183.

24. “Neo-Sufism in Modern Arabic Poetry,” Sufi - A Journal of Sufism 27 (Autumn 1995), pp. 23-27.

25. “A Study of ‘Broken Pitchers’ by ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati” [Arabic], al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 16 (1995), pp. 7-53.

26. “Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Literature and Periodicals of Iraqi Jewry” [Hebrew], Pe‘amim - Studies in Oriental Jewry 63 (1995), pp. 5-40.

27. “Palestinian Theatre as a Junction of Cultures: The Case of Samih al-Qasim’s Qaraqash,” Journal of Theatre and Drama 2 (1996), pp. 101-120.

28. “‘Armed with Roses and Sweet Basil: The Emergence of Feminist Culture in the Arab World” [Hebrew], Journal of the Yolanada and David Katz Faculty of the Arts (Tel Aviv University) 4 (December 1996), pp. 65-72.

29. “The Arabic Literary System in Syria in the Modern Period” [Hebrew], Ha-Mizrah He-Hadash 38 (1996), pp. 165-182.

30. “‘And I Hallucinate in No-Man’s Land’: Arab-Palestinian Writers in Hebrew” [Hebrew], Hebrew Linguistics 41-42 (May 1997), pp. 141-153.

31. “Zionism as Reflected in the Arabic and Hebrew Belles Lettres of Iraqi Jews” [Hebrew], Pe‘amim - Studies in Oriental Jewry 73 (Autumn 1997), pp. 128-146.

32. “‘Drowned in Light - A Study of ‘Poetry’s Fire’ by ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati” [Arabic], al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 18-19 (1997-1998), pp. 199-230.

33. “The Palestinian al-Hakawati Theater: A Brief History,” Arab Studies Journal VI.2-VII.1 (Fall 1998 / Spring 1999), pp. 57-71.

34. “Virginia Woolf in Arabic Literature: Translations, Influence, and Reception,” Virginia Woolf Miscellany 54 (Fall 1999), pp. 6-7.

35. “Bab al-Mahabba (The Chapter on Love) in al-Risala al-Qushayriyya: Rhetorical and Thematic Structure,” Israel Oriental Studies XIX (1999), pp. 131-159.

36. “‘Al-Andalus Arising from Damascus’: Al-Andalus in Modern Arabic Poetry,” Hispanic Issues 21 (2000), pp. 263-293.

37. “Women in the Arabic Belles Lettres of Iraqi Jewry in the Twentieth Century” [Hebrew], Pe‘amim - Studies in Oriental Jewry 82 (Winter 2000), pp. 119-149.

38. “Between Reality and Utopia: Images of Arab Leaders in Modern Arabic Literature” [Hebrew], Ha-Mizrah He-Hadash 41 (2000), pp. 171-188.

39. “Iraqi Jewry After 1945: Literature, History and Historiography” [Hebrew], Miqqedem Umiyyam 7 (2000), pp. 245-271.

40. “The Emergence of Science Fiction in Arabic literature,” Der Islam 77.2 (2000), pp. 263-285.

41. ”Modern Arabic Literature and the West: Self-Image, Interference, and Reception,” Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature 48 (2000), pp. 53-71.

42. “Arabic Belles Lettres of Islamic Circles” [Hebrew], Ha-Mizrah He-Hadash 42 (2001), pp. 209-225.

43. “‘Postcards in the Morning’: Palestinians Writing in Hebrew,” Hebrew Studies XLII (2001), pp. 197-224.

44. “Science Fiction in Arabic Literature: Translation, Adaptation, Original Writing and Canonization,” Arabic Language & Literature (Seoul) vol. 2 (2002), pp. 209-229.

45. “‘My Heart Beats with Love of the Arabs’: Iraqi Jews Writing in Arabic in the Twentieth Century,” Journal of Modern Jewish Studies I.2 (2002), pp. 182-203.

46. “Modern Arap /iirinde Yene Sufilik,” Çorum Ilahiyat Fakultest Dergisi (2002), pp. 366-377.

47. “Modern Arabic Literature and Islamist Discourse: ‘Don’t Be Coolness, Don’t Flutter Safety,’” Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 5 (2003-2004), pp. 78-123.

48. “‘Forget Baghdad!’: The Clash of Literary Narratives among Iraqi-Jews in Israel,” Orientalia Suecana LIII (2004), pp. 143-163.

49. “‘Will Homer Be Born After Us?’: Intertextuality and Myth in Mahmud Darwish’s Poetry in the 1980s,” al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 25-26 (2004-2005), pp. 17-85 (English part).

50. “Arabic Literature by Iraqi-Jews in the Twentieth Century: The Case of Ishaq Bar-Moshe (1927-2003),” Middle Eastern Studies 41.1 (January 2005), pp. 7-29.

51. “Jews as Arabs: The State of the Art” [Hebrew], Ruah Mizarahit (East Wind) 2 (Summer 2005), pp. 9-17.

52. “The Emergence of Palestinian Professional Theatre after 1967: al-Balalin Self-Reference Play al-‘Atma (The Darkness),” Theatre Survey 46.1 (2005), pp. 5-29.

53. “‘We Are Arabs Before We Are Jews’: The Emergence and Demise of Arab-Jewish Culture in Modern Times,” EJOS - Electronic Journal of Oriental Studies VIII (2005), no. 9, pp. 1-47.

54. “‘When the Time Stopped’: Ishaq Bar-Moshe as Arab-Jewish Writer in Israel,” Jewish Social Studies 11.2 (2005), pp. 102-135.

55. “Arabic in the Service of Regeneration of Jews: The Participation of Jews in Arabic Press and Journalism in the 19th and 20th Centuries,” Acta Orientalia (Budapest) 59 (2006), pp. 283-323.

56. “Arabness, Egyptianess, Zionism, and Cosmopolitanism: The Arabic Cultural and Journalistic Activities of Egyptian Jews in the 19th and 20th Centuries,” Orientalia Suecana 55 (2006), pp. 133-164.

57. “‘Arabs of the Mosaic Faith’: Chronicle of a Cultural Extinction Foretold,” Die Welt des Islam 46.1 (2006), pp. 43-60.

58. “‘A Carbon Copy of Ibn al-Balad’?: The Participation of Egyptian Jews in Modern Arab Culture,” Archiv Orientální 74 (2006), pp. 37-64.

59. “From al-Samaw’al to Ibn al-Samaw’al: Modern Arab-Jewish Culture, its Historical Background and Current Demise,” Acta Orientalia (Oslo) 67 (2006), pp. 19-79.

60. “‘Ana min al-Yahud’: The Demise of Arab-Jewish Culture in the Twentieth Century,” Archiv Orientální 74 (2006), pp. 387-424.

61. “‘Till Spring Comes’: Arabic and Hebrew Literary Debates among Iraqi-Jews in Israel (1950-2000),” Shofar - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 24.2 (2006), pp. 92-123.

62. “Jewishness, Arabness and Egyptianness: The Participation of Egyptian Jews in Arabic Press and Journalism during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,” Australian Journal of Jewish Studies 20 (2006), pp. 199-238.

63. “‘Do Not They and I Share a Common Source?’: Modern Arab-Jewish Culture, its Historical Background and Current Demise” Journal of Oriental and African Studies (Athens) 15 (2006), pp. 37-82.

64. “‘Mosaic Arabs’ between Total and Conditioned Arabization: The Participation of Jews in Arabic Press and Journalism in Muslim Societies during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 27.2 (2007), pp. 261-295.

65. “Arabic Journalism as a Vehicle for Enlightenment among Jews during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,” Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (20 pp.).

66. Literary Representations of ‘Abd al-Nasir’s Regime as a World Upsidedown,” Quaderni di Studi Arabi 25 (2007) (25 pp.).

67. “‘My Adherence to the Creed of Moses Has not Diminished My Love for Muhammad’s Nation’: The Emergence of Iraqi-Jewish Modern Literary Discourse,” Jewish Quarterly Review 98.1 (Winter 2008) (25 pp.).

Chapters In Books

1. “Mundus Inversus in Arabic Literature in the Twentieth Century” [Hebrew], in: H.Z. Levy (ed.), Fathers and Sons: Myth, Theme and Literary Topos (Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1991), pp. 88-107.

2. “The Poetic Creative Process according to Salah ‘Abd al-Sabur,” in: Ami Elad (ed.), Writer, Culture, Text: Studies in Modern Arabic Literature (Fredericton: York Press, 1993), pp. 74-88.

3. “Original and Translation on the Contact Line” [Hebrew], in: Sasson Somekh (ed.), Translation as a Challenge - Papers on Translation of Arabic Literature into Hebrew (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 1993), pp. 21-39.

4. “‘Under the Patronage of Muhammad’: Islamic Motifs in the Poetry of Jewish Writers from Iraq” [Hebrew], in: T. Alexander et al. (eds.), History and Creativity in the Sephardi and Oriental Jewish Communities (Jerusalem: Misgav Yerushalayim, 1994), pp. 161-193.

5. “The Beginnings of Palestinian Political Theatre: Samih al-Qasim’s Qaraqash” [Arabic], in: Tariq Rajab (ed.), Mutaba‘at Naqdiyya fi Adab Samih al-Qasim [Critical Essays on Samih al-Qasim’s Literary Works] (Haifa: al-Wadi, 1995), pp. 63-103.

6. Intersecting Circles between Hebrew and Arabic Literature” [Hebrew], in: Yosef Tobi (ed.), Contacts between Arabic Literature and Jewish Literature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times (Tel Aviv: Afikim, 1998), pp. 177-210.

7. “Synchronic and Diachronic Dynamics in Modern Arabic Literature,” in: S. Ballas and R. Snir (eds.), Studies in Canonical and Popular Arabic Literature (Toronto: York Press, 1998), pp. 87-121.

8. “‘Poète des secrets et des racines’: L’Adonis hallajien,” in: Adonis: un poète dans le monde d’aujourd’hui 1950-2000 (Paris: Institut du monde arabe, 2000), pp. 171-172.

9. “Al-Hakawati Theater and its Contribution to Palestinian Nation Building,” in: J. Rosenhouse and A. Elad-Bouskila (eds.), Linguistic and Cultural Studies on Arabic and Hebrew: Essays Presented to Moshe Piamenta for his Eightieth Birthday (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001), pp. 293-317.

10. “The Palestinian Hakawati Theater: A Brief History,” in: Sherifa Zuhur (ed.), Colors of Enchantment: Theater, Dance, Music, and the Visual Arts of the Middle East (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001), pp. 107-124.

11. “The Zionist Vision and the Arabic Literature of Iraqi Jews: ‘A Caravan from the Village’ by Shalom Darwish” [Hebrew], in: W.Z. Harvey et al. (eds.), Zion and Zionism among Sephardi and Oriental Jews (Jerusalem: Misgav Yerushalayim, 2002), pp. 539-560.

12. “Hybridity, Exclusion, and Cultural Cleansing: Iraqi-Jews and the Hegemonic Israeli Ashkenazi Hebrew Establishment,” in: Atef Botros (ed.), Der Nahe Osten - ein Teil Europas? (Berlin: Ergon Verlag, 2006), pp. 191-216.

13. “‘Arabs of the Mosaic Faith’: Jewish Writers in Modern Iraq and the Clash of Narratives after their Immigration to Israel,” in: Andreas Pflitsch and Barbara Winckler (eds.), Poetry’s Voice - Society’s Norms: Forms of Interaction between Middle Eastern Writers and their Societies (Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2006), pp. 147-171.

14. “The Poet of Secrets and Roots, The Hallajian Adunis” [Arabic], in: al-Daw’ al-Mashriqi: Adunis ka-ma Yarahu Mufakkirun wa-Shu‘ara’ ‘Alamiyyun [The Eastern Light: Adunis in the Eye of International Intellectuals and Poets] (Damascus: Dar al-Tali‘a, 2004), pp. 177-179.

15. “Secular Jewish-Arab Culture and Literature” [Hebrew], in: Yirmiyahu Yovel (ed.), Zman Yehudi Hadash: Tarbut Yehudit be-‘Idan Hiloni - Mabbat Intsklopedi [New Jewish Time: Jewish Culture in a Secular Age - An Encyclopedic View] (Jerusalem: Keter, 2007), pp. 198-206.

16. “Other Barbarians Will Come”: Intertextuality, Meta-Poetry, and Meta-Myth in Mahmud Darwish’s Poetry,” in: Hala Khamis Nassar and Najat Rahman (eds.), Mahmoud Darwish, Exile’s Poet : Critical Essays (Northampton, MA : Interlink Books [forthcoming]) (40 pp.).

Book Reviews

1. Jihan Safwat Ra’uf, Shelly fi al-Adab al-‘Arabi fi Misr [Shelly in Arabic Literature in Egypt] (Cairo: Dar al-Ma‘arif, 1982), in: al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 8 (1987), pp. 198-202.

2. Shmuel Moreh, Studies in Modern Arabic Prose and Poetry (Leiden: Brill, 1988), in: al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 10 (1989) pp. 161-171.

3. Shmuel Moreh, Live Theatre and Dramatic Literature in the Medieval Arabic World (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992), in: Ha-Mizrah He-Hadash 35 (1993), pp. 201-203.

4. Nissim Kazzaz, Ha-Yehudim be-‘Iraq ba-Me’a ha-‘Esrim [The Jews in Iraq in the Twentieth Century] (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 1991), in: The Jewish Quarterly Review LXXXIV.4 (April 1994), pp. 495-500.

5. Samia Mehrez, Egyptian Writers between History and Fiction (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1994), in: Journal of Arabic Literature XXVII (1996), pp. 281-285.

6. Joseph Chetrit, Ha-Shira ha-‘Arvit-Yehudit she-bi-Khtav bi-Tsfon Afrika [The Written Judeo-Arabic Poetry in North-Africa] (Jerusalem: Misgav Yerushalayim, 1994), in: al-Karmil - Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 16 (1995), pp. 178-181.

7. Shmuel Moreh, Live Theatre and Dramatic Literature in the Medieval Arabic World (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992) and Shmuel Moreh and Philip Sadgrov, Jewish Contributions to Nineteenth-Century Arabic Theatre (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), in: Bama - Journal of Theatre 152 (1998), pp. 104-105.

8. Nancy Berg, Exile from Exile: Israel Writers from Iraq (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996), in: Hebrew Studies 40 (1999), pp. 391-394.

Entries In Encyclopedias

1. “Mala’ika, Nazik al-,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East (New York: Simon & Schuster MacMillan, 1996), III, pp. 1155-1156.

2. “‘Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, p. 15.

3. “Badawi al-Jabal (Muhammad Sulayman al-Ahmad),” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, pp. 121-122.

4. “al-Badawi al-Mulaththam (Ya‘qub al-‘Awdat),” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, p. 122.

5. “Bahut, Wadi‘,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, p. 128.

6. “al-Bakri, Muhammad Tawfiq,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, p. 131.

7. “Butti, Rufa’il,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, p. 165.

8. “Hasan, Taj al-Sirr,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, p. 274.

9. “Isma‘il, ‘Izz al-Din,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), I, p. 399.

10. “Malhas, Thurayya,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, p. 500.

11. “Matar, Muhammad ‘Afifi,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, pp. 515-516.

12. “Mazhar, Adib,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, pp. 520-521.

13. “Naji, Hilal,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, pp. 575-576.

14. “Nasim, Ahmad,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, p. 581.

15. “al-Nuwayhi, Muhammad,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, p. 590.

16. “Ramzi, Muhammad Munir,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, pp. 646-647.

17. “al-Sayrafi, Hasan Kamil,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, p. 696.

18. “al-‘Urayyid, Ibrahim,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, p. 795.

19. “al-Zarifi, Husayn,” in: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (London: Routeledge, 1998), II, p. 822.

20. “Amir, Eli,” in: Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century (New York & London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003), I, pp. 42-43.

21. “Ballas, Shimon,” in: Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century (New York & London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003), I, pp. 65-66.

22. “al-Katib, Salim [Shalom Katav],” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, pp. 11-12.

23. “Amir, Eli,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, pp. 19-20.

24. “Arab-Jewish Culture,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, pp. 29-37.

25. “Balbul, Ya‘qub [Ya‘acov Lev],” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, p. 66.

26. “Bar-Moshe, Ishaq (Isaac),” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, p. 72.

27. “Basri, Mir (Meer),” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, pp. 74-75.

28. “Darwish, Shalum (Shalom),” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, p. 196.

29. “Faraj, Murad [Morad Farag],” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), I, pp. 252-253.

30. “Michael (Mikha’il), Murad,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 577-578.

31. “Michael, Sami [Sami Mikha’il],” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 578-579.

32. “Naqqash, Samir (Moshe),” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 628-629.

33. “Obadyah, Ibrahim,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, p. 639.

34. “Press, Arabic,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 697-704.

35. “Sanu‘, Ya‘qub [James Sanua],” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 789-790.

36. “Sha‘shu‘a, Salim Murad [Shlomo Shashoua],” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 827-828.

37. “Sha’ul (Shaool), Anwar,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 828-829.

38. “Susa, Ahmad [Ahmed Sousa] [born Nissim Susa],” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, pp. 887-888.

39. “Zamir, Shlomo,” in: Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture (London & New York: Routledge, 2005), II, p. 979.

40. “Jewish Literary Society (Baghdad),” Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (Leiden: Brill, [forthcoming]).

41. “Sha‘shu‘a, Salim,” Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (Leiden: Brill, [forthcoming]).

42. “Khadduri, Sassoon,” Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (Leiden: Brill, [forthcoming]).

43. “Mesopotamian Zionist Committee (Baghdad),” Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (Leiden: Brill, [forthcoming]).

44. “Sha’ul, Anwar,” Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (Leiden: Brill, [forthcoming]).

Other Scholarly Articles

1. “Sufi Elements in Modern Arabic Poetry and the Role of Salah ‘Abd al-Sabur,” Bulletin of Israeli Academic Center in Cairo 5 (Fall 1984), pp. 12-13.

2. “Tawfiq al-Hakim: Novelist, Dramatist and Preacher for Peace” [Hebrew], Skira Hodshit 10-11 (1987), pp. 72-74.

3. “On the Teaching of Modern Arabic Poetry in Hebrew Secondary Schools” [Hebrew], The Journal of Arabic Language Teachers 3 (1987), pp. 15-18.

4. “Between Spring and Winter: A Study of ‘Life’ by Yusuf al-Khal” [Hebrew], Moznaim, January 1988, pp. 30-31

5. “From War to Peace,” Middle East Focus 10 (1988), pp. 2, 11.

6. “Mahmud Darwish Disappointed and Angry” [Hebrew], ‘Iton 77, May 1988, pp. 94-96.

7. “The Books: Blessing or Curse - A Study of ‘The Books’ by Mishil Haddad” [Hebrew], The Journal of the Teachers of Arabic Language 4 (1988), pp. 9-16.

8. “At Night, at Federico’s Door” by Samih al-Qasim (trans. into Hebrew with biographical and critical notes), ‘Iton 77, May 1988, p. 87

9. “The Israeli Poet Abba Kovner 1918-1987” [Arabic], Mifgash-Liqa’ 9 (Spring 1988), p. 52.

10. “Nizar Qabbani: The Woman’s Poet and the Angry Prophet” [Hebrew], Mifgash-Liqa’ 10-11 (Autumn-Winter 1988), pp. 44-43.

11. “Dhakira li-l-Nisyan in its Hebrew Translation: A Gap in the Siege” [Arabic], Bayadir (Tunis) 3 (Autumn 1990), pp. 179-184.

12. “Achilles’ Heel or Narcissus’ Reflection?” [Hebrew], Alpayim 4 (1991), pp. 202-205.

13. “Birds Nesting in Guard Stations” [Hebrew], ‘Iton 77, March 1991, pp. 34-37.

14. “Step-Sons and Lovers: Arab Writers in Hebrew” [Hebrew], Moznaim, May 1992, pp. 6-9.

15. “Arabic Literature in Syria between Distinctiveness and Unity” [Hebrew], Moznaim, December 1992, pp. 61-64.

16. “The Writer as a Jester: Some Notes on the Role of the Palestinian Writer in the Israeli Culture” [Arabic], Mawaqif, March-April 1993, pp. 52-61.

17. “Cognitive Dissonance in the Culture of the Majority towards the Culture of the Minority in Israel,” Filastin al-Thawra, 16 May 1993, pp. 28-29.
18. “Changes in the Image of the Jew” [Hebrew], Culture (The International Center for Peace), May 1994, pp. 5-6.

19. “The Arabic Literature of Babylonian Jewry,” The Scribe 62 (1994), p. 23.

20. “The Image of the Jew in Modern Arabic Culture” [Hebrew], Moznaim, January 1995, pp. 32-34.

21. “The Art of Poetry by ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Janabi - A Preliminary Introduction for a First Reading” [Arabic], Faradis (Paris) 9-10 (1995), pp. 136-137.

22. “Mahmud Darwish - Birds without Wings” [Hebrew], Helicon - Anthological Journal of Contemporary Poetry 18 (1996), pp. 47-61.

23. “Mishil Haddad - The Closed Target” [Hebrew], Helicon - Anthological Journal of Contemporary Poetry 21 (1997), pp. 25-41.

24. “‘Abd al-Qadir al-Janabi - Archeological Excavations at Home” [Hebrew], Helicon - Anthological Journal of Contemporary Poetry 23 (1997), pp. 47-53.

25. “Shimon Ballas and the Canon of Hebrew Literature” [Hebrew], ‘Iton 77, April 1998, pp. 16-21.

26. “Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998): Between ‘Childhood of a Breast’ and ‘The Stone Children” [Hebrew], Mit‘an, Summer 1998, pp. 45-47.

27. “Mystic Love in Islam” [Hebrew], Mit‘an, Spring 1999, pp. 29-34.

28. “Adunis - The Acts of the Wind” [Hebrew], Helicon - Anthological Journal of Contemporary Poetry 30 (1999), pp. 50-55.

29. “Jewish Women’s Literary Activities in Iraq [Hebrew], Ha-Kivun Mizrah 7 (2003), 47-58.

30. “The Emergence of Science Fiction in Arabic Literature” [Hebrew], Ha-Meimad Ha-‘Asiri 21 (March 2004), pp. 38-44.

31. Sephardic Heritage Update (November 2006) - Reuven Snir Special Edition of the newsletter: “‘Arabs of the Mosaic Faith’: Chronicle of a Cultural Extinction Foretold,” (pp. 2-9).

32. Sephardic Heritage Update (November 2006) - Reuven Snir Special Edition of the newsletter: “Till Spring Comes”: Arabic and Hebrew Literary Debates among Iraqi-Jews in Israel (1950-2000),” (pp. 9-24).

33. Short introductions (Hebrew and Arabic) to Theatre Survey 48.1 (2007), p. 4.