Conference Programme
SATURDAY, 12th DECEMBER 2009
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Time |
Venue |
Programme |
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9.30 – 10.30 am |
Welcome Room |
Conference Registration |
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10.30 – 11.00 am |
The Al-Shaba’ |
Conference Opening Chancellor’s Welcome Organiser’s Introduction |
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11.00 am – 12.30 pm |
Al-Shaba’ |
Keynote Address: Dr. Amin Malak
Title: ‘Muslim Literature in English: Roots, Rationale, and Resonance’
Chair: Dr. Nath Aldalala’a
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LUNCH 12.30 – 1.30 PM
Parallel Sessions 1.30 – 3.00 pm
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Panel One: Room 3, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Brian Reed, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Nizwa. |
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Dr. Luma Balaa: Lebanese American University, Beirut Lebanon ‘Racisms in Loubna Haikal’s Seducing Mr Maclean
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Dr. Daryoosh Hayati: Islamic Azad University. ‘A Post-colonial criticism of the Kite Runner by Khalid Hoseiny through the application of Structuralist binary oppositions’ |
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Dr. Ahmed Masoud: ‘Re-writing the Self Palestinian Autobiography in English’ |
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Panel Two: Room 5, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Robert Simms |
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Dr. Alia Yunis: Zayeed University, UAE ‘Writing and Marketing Arab American Literature in the U.S.’
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Dr. Yafa Shanneik: College of Arts, UCC, Ireland ‘Being ‘out of place’ as a consequence of globalisation in novels by Ahdaf Soueif and Leila Aboulela’
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Dr. Kshamata Choudary: Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota (Rajasthan) ‘Crossing the Threshold: Women In Durrani’s‘Blasphemy’ and Najma Jesmin Choudary’s Time Ahead’
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Sunday 13th December
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9.30 – 11.00 am |
Al-Shaba’ |
Keynote Address: Dr. Syrine Hout
Title: ‘Cross Culturality in/of Contemporary Anglophone Lebanese Literature’.
Chair: Dr. Karen D’Souza
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11.00 – 11.30 am Tea and Coffee
11.30am – 1.00 pm Parallel Sessions
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Panel One: Room 3, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Rebecca Sultana |
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Dr. Anu Vohra: University of Jammu, India ‘Contesting Gender Psyche and Politics of Power in Sadat Hassan Mantoo’s Selected Short Stories’
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Dr. Mahmudul Hasan: Heidelberg University, Germany ‘Contextualising Rokeya in South Asian Writing in English’
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Dr. Sabah A. Aisawi: Faculty of Arts, King Faisal University, KSA ‘In-Between Two Cultures: Nye and the Identity Crisis of Young Arab-Americans’
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Panel Two: Room 8, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Edward Eaton |
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Dr. Naglaa Saad Mohamed: Fayoum University ‘Political Discourse in Mohja Kahf’s works’
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Dr. Dima Ayoub: McGill University Montreal ‘Postcolonialism and the (dis)placement of Anglophone Arab Women’s Literature’
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Dr. Nadia Shalaby: Ain Shams University, Cairo ‘Features of Adolescent Discourse in Abdel-Fattah's Does My Head Look Big in This?’
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LUNCH 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Parallel Sessions 2.00 – 3.30 pm
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Panel One: Room 3, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Paul Stilwell |
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Dr. Kamal Sbiri: University of Joensuu, Finland ‘Moroccan Woman in Laila Lalami’s Secret Son: Representing the Majority or Silencing the Minority’
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Dr. Ahmed Elnimeiri: Abu Dhabi University, UAE ‘Leila Aboulela’s Leap from Romance into History’
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Dr. Nanette Norris: Royal Military College, St. Jean ‘1979 and beyond: The Lolita Effect in Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran
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Panel Two: Room 8, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Funwi Ayuninjam |
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Dr. Ahmed K. Rawi: Rustaq College ‘The use of Paradox in the Poetry of Ali Mehdi’
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Dr. Wesam Fawzi al Asadi: American University of Sharjah ‘Cultural self-configuration in Arab Women’s Literature in English’
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Dr. Amal Al Malki: Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar ‘Language Hybridity in Arabic Emigrant Literature’
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6.00 – 7.00 pm Omani Evening - Venue, Al-Shaba’a
MONDAY 14th December
9.30 – 11 am Parallel Sessions
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Panel One: Room 3, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Abdul Salam Hamed |
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Dr. Haitham Zubbaidi: Al Zaytoonah Private University Amman, Jordan ‘Where to belong? The Quest for Identity in Contemporary Arab American Poetry’
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Dr. Rafika Hamdaoui Tiab: Mascara University, Algeria ‘A Comparative Study of the Theme of Colonialism in Selected Works of Mohammed Dib, and Chinua Achebe’
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Dr. Katayoun Toosi: University of Alberta, Canada ‘How Far is from Sudan to Scotland? A Map of the Geographical, Cultural and Spiritual Journeys in Leila Aboulela’s “The Museum”, The Translator and Minaret’
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Dr. Muhammad Abdulghaffar: University of Bahrain ‘Crossing Boundaries in the Anglo-Arab Feminist’ |
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Panel Two: Room 4, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Jalal Uddin Khan |
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Dr. Fadwa Gad: UAE University/ College of Humanities & Social Science ‘Arab American feminist buildungsroman: The Case of Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in Tangerine Scarf’
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Dr. Hamdan Kasturo: University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia ‘The Arabian Nights: Husain Haddawy’s Effort in Transforming Arabic Views Through English Translation of Alf Lailah wa Lailah’
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Dr. Abraham Panavelil: University of Nizwa Negotiating Boundaries: A brief analysis of some of the Arab American Poets.
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11.00 – 11.30 am Tea and Coffee
Panel 11.30am – 1.00 pm
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Panel One: Room 3, Building 4 |
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Chair: Dr. Abraham Panavelil |
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Dr. Katharina Motyl: Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany ‘Hybrid at all times: Arab American poetry after 9/11
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Dr. Nasser Athamneh: Jadara University, Jordan ‘Arab Muslim characters and their culture in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
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Dr. Hadeer Abo El Nagah: Taibah University, KSA/Carleton University, Canada ‘Rewriting of “self” in Arab American Women Literature’
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Dr. Kais Kadhim: Universiti Utara Malaysia Teaching Children’s Literature for the TEYL students at Universiti Utara Malaysia |
LUNCH 1.00 – 2.00 pm
2.00 – 3.30 pm Keynote Session
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2.00 – 3.30 pm |
Al- Shaba’ |
Keynote Address: Dr. Lindsey Moore
Title: ‘British Arab Muslim Women’s Bildungromane’
Chair: Dr. Chagla Sherfudeen
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TUESDAY 15th DECEMBER
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9.30 – 10.30 am |
Al Shaba’ |
Keynote Address Leila Aboulela
Title:
Chair: Dr. Jalal Uddin Khan
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10.30 -11.00 Tea and coffee
11 – 12 Closing the conference
12.00 pm Lunch in Bahla
Cultural visits.