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Bilal Orfali is a Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature. He currently serves as Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut.[1][2] He is considered an expert on Arabic prose and poetry, especially during the 10th century.[3]

Life

Orfali earned a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the American University of Beirut in 2000, 2001 and 2003 respectively. He then went on to earn a Master of Philosophy in 2006 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2009, both from Yale University.[4][5] Orfali is currently a professor of Arabic studies at AUB, while also having served as a visiting scholar at the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey from 2011 to 2012.[3][5] He also serves as the director of the AUB's intensive CAMES summer program for Arabic language education.[6]

Works

Abstracts

Articles

  • "A Sketch Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies up to the Fall of Baghdad." Journal of Arabic Literature, vol. 43, # 1, 2012. Pgs. 29–59.[7]

Edited works

  • In the Shadow of Arabic: The Centrality of Language to Arabic Culture. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2011. 1st ed., 572 pgs.[8] ISBN 9789004215375
  • Sufism, Black and White, with Nada Saab. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2012. 1st ed., 570 pgs.[9] ISBN 9789004216778
  • Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān, with Gerhard Böwering and Devin J. Stewart. Leiden: Brill Publishers.[10] ISSN 1567-2808

Lectures and conference presentations

  • "Between the Qur’an, Prose and Poetry: al-Tha‘alibi on the Registers of Speech," part of The Qur’an and Adab Traditions at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, April 24–26, 2012.[11]
  • "The Arabic Adab Anthology: Site of Literary Hybridity?" part of Literary Hybridity; Transmission, Translation, Variation in the Medieval Mediterranean at the 4th International Conference of Mediterranean Worlds in Istanbul, September 5, 2012.[12]

Original works

  • The Comfort of the Mystics, with Gerhard Böwering. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2013. 1st ed., 720 pgs.[13] ISBN 9789004233614

Citations

  1. ^ "AUB - Faculty Member Profile - Bilal Orfali". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. ^ Bilal Orfali at Alibris.
  3. ^ a b Faculty and Members, 2011-2012, pg. 17. Institute for Advanced Study's official website.
  4. ^ Bilal Orfali at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, American University of Beirut's official site. Accessed February 23, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Orfali, Bilal at the Institute for Advanced Study's official site.
  6. ^ "Foreigners and Lebanese expatriates soak up Lebanese culture and Arabic classes on campus," Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd., 2009.
  7. ^ A Sketch Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies up to the Fall of Baghdad at Ingentaconnect.
  8. ^ In the Shadow of Arabic at Brill Online.
  9. ^ Sufism, Black and White at Brill Online.
  10. ^ Text Studies on the Qur'an at Brill Online.
  11. ^ The Qur’an and Adab Conference London 24–26 April. Hosted at H-Net.
  12. ^ Domino Effects and Hybridization of the Mediterranean Istanbul, Turkey 09/12. Hosted at H-Net.
  13. ^ The Comfort of the Mystics at Brill Online.
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