Education

• 2013

  Doctorate degree from Arabistik & ThiaterwissenschaftArabistik, Vienna University, فيينا Vienna, النمســـــا

Employment

Research Interests

• Interests: drama, literary theory & criticism, philosophy, identity & the image of the other, intellectual security, teaching – research – dialogue – debate

Publications and Studies:

1. Books, Plays, Publications:
• “ Team Santa in heikler Mission“, storyboard in German “(Buchwerk-Verlag, 2017)
• “Animation industry in Saudi Arabia – Tariq bin Ziyad, the Knight of Andalusia, as a model”(2014)
• Contributed to the translation of "König im Morgenland" – “King in the Orient”  by the Austrian traveler Dr. Max Reich (2012), Ministry of Higher Education - Austrian Attaché
• "The Great Prison" – “Velké v?zení” (Published in Czech, 2011). Ministry of Higher Education - Austrian Attaché and Dar Ibn Rushd.
• "Play from the Desert" (2009) – Three Saudi plays (German/Arabic)
• Contributed to writing, directing, managing and supervising educational training material for the initiative “Use of University Theaters for Community Activities” under the Quality of Life Program, Vision 2030 Fund.
• Developed the educational training material “Keys to Creativity in Acting and Directing” for the initiative “Use of University Theaters for Community Activities” under the Quality of Life Program, Vision 2030 Fund.
• Authored the Theater Unit for the Arabic (201) course at King Abdulaziz University.
2. Studies:
• The Saudi Operetta - A Comparative Study of Formal and Conceptual Aspects in Western and Saudi Operetta
• The Image of the Prophet of Islam in the Novel „Mohammed: Roman eines Propheten – Mohammed: Novel of a Prophet“ by Klabund
• The V – effect techniques in Berthold Brecht's lyric poems
• Hypertextuality and Pragmatic Interpretation during the Nazi Regime Exemplified by Martin Luther’s Essay “The Jews and their Lies”
• Manifestation of Enlightenment in the German domestic drama “Nathan the Wise”
• Austrian Joke between Narrative Purposes and Features: The Nazi Era as a Model
• Challenges of Teaching Literary Theory on the Bachelor Degree Program at King Abdulaziz University – Action Research
• Poetic Recitation between Cultural Impact and Critical Controversy, exemplified by Haider Al-Abdullah’s Poem “Makhtutatul Quta wa ?ilal”
• Examining the Technical Characteristics of Mental Drama as Exemplified by Tawfiq Al-Hakim’s “ Nahrul Junoun”
• Interpreting Connotations on Cultural Grounds Exemplified by Franz Kafka's “Jackals and Arabs”
• Cinema techniques in contemporary poem
• Dramatic manifestations in Saudi Folklore - an Anthropological Approach
• Poetic Icons in German Baroque Poetry

Scientific interests

Conferences and Lectures:

• Lecturer: Enlightenment and Rationalization of Knowledge in German Popular Drama - (Nathan the Wise by the philosopher Lessing as a model). (Sidanah Cultural Center, 2020)
• Second Workshop of the Network of Centers for Countering Violent Extremism (30-31/10/2019, organized by the Gulf Cooperation Council), Riyadh.
• Coordinator: Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Institute for Moderation at King Abdulaziz University with the Assistant Secretariat for Security Affairs and members of the Network of Centers Countering Violent Extremism (formerly in the Gulf Cooperation Council)
• Symposium Participation:
• Leipzig International Book Fair: “The Role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Supporting Dialogue between Followers of Religions and Cultures at the Global Level” (Germany, 2016)
• Georgetown University, USA: "The Musical Equation in Arabic Prosody" (16-17/4/2015).
• Frankfurt International Book Fair: Lecture on "The Image of the Other" (2013)
•  Literary Symposium and poetic evening events during the Scientific Days of Saudi universities, hosted by Austrian universities, management & presentations (2006
• Moderator/Organizer: Second Berlin Dialogue Forum (Culture and Medicine) 2012, organized by the Kingdom’s Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany and the hospital complex “Charite”.
• Conferences Participation:
• International Conference of National Commissions for UNESCO under the title: "European- Arab Dialogue: Contribution to Establish a New Human Tendency", organized by UNESCO in cooperation with MBI Al Jaber Foundation (31.05 - 01.06.2012)
• International Conference on the Philosopher "Muhammad Asad / Leopold Weiss", which was held in cooperation between the King Faisal Centre for Islamic Studies and Researches and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Austria in Riyadh. (2010)
• International Conference on Camels, in collaboration with the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna and the Asian Centre for Science and Social Anthropology - Media Committee - Saudi Cultural Bureau in Vienna, Austria. (2010)
• International Bologna Conference - Towards a Unified European Educational Space, Media Committee - Saudi Cultural Bureau in Vienna, Austria. (2010)
• Conference of the International Euro-Mediterranean University, Ljubljana - Republic of Slovenia. (2008)
• Constituent meeting of the Dialogue Conference between the Followers of Monotheistic Religions - Media Committee, Vienna - Austria. (2010, 2009)

• Seminar: Orientalism in Prague, Czech Republic. (2010)
• Seminar: “The Reality of the Theatre in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia” - under the auspices of the Literary Club Makkah. (2008)
• The reality of the Saudi Press - King Abdul Aziz University, honoured by HE the former Minister of Information Dr. Fuad Bin Abdulsalam Farsi. (2002)
• International Festival of University Theatre: participation in the meetings of theatre critics (1997, 1999, 2000)

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