Dr. Abdullah Ibrahim

• Name: Abdullah Ibrahim Allawi
• Literary name: Abdullah Ibrahim
• Nationality: Iraq
• Date of birth: 1957
• He received his PhD. in 1991, from the Faculty of Arts, University of Baghdad.
• He specializes in narrative and cultural studies.
• Associate researcher in the International Encyclopedia (Cambridge History of Arabic)

Academic and Professional Career :

– Professor at Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad (1992-1993).

– Professor at Seventh of April University, Libya (1993 – 1999).

– Professor at Qatar University, Qatar (1999 – 2003).

– Cultural Expert, Ministry of Culture, Doha, (2003-2020).

– Full-time researcher based in Istanbul since 2020.

Membership of arbitration committees:

– Fellow of the Sangalli Institute for Cultural Studies in Florence, Italy, since 2016.

– Member of the Scientific Board of the Granada Institute for Research and Graduate Studies since 2017.

– Jury member of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Abu Dhabi, 2015.

– Jury member of the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction, London, 2014.

– Jury member of the jury of the Al Tayeb Salih Award, Khartoum, 2013.

-Jury member of the Children’s Literature Award, Doha, 2014-2015.

– Jury member of the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, Doha (several sessions).

– Member of the scientific bodies of a many research centers and academic journals in Arab universities.

– He supervised and participated in many cultural conferences in the Arab world.

– He has authored many scientific researches that were published in peer-reviewed journals.

Notable Awards:

– King Faisal International Prize in Arabic Literature and Language in 2014.

– Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the field of critical studies in 2013.

– Shoman Prize for Arab Scientists in 1997.

Important Publications:

– Mawsoo’at Al Sard Al Arabi (Encyclopedia of Arabic Narrative – nine volumes), Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, 2016.

– Mawsoo’at Al Sard Al Arabi: Seerat Kitab (Encyclopedia of Arabic Narrative: The Biography of a Book), Beirut, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, 2012.

– Al Mutabaqa Wal Ikhtilaf (Conformity and Difference- three volumes), Rabat, Believers Without Borders Foundation, 2018.

– Al Arsheef Al Sardi (The Narrative Archive), Beirut, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, 2019.

– A’raf Al Kitaba Al Sardiyya (Conventions of Narrative Writing), Beirut, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, 2019.

– Ain Al Shams: Al Ibsar wal Ama min Homeros Ela Borkhees (Eye of the Sun: Sight and Blindness from Homer to Borges), Beirut, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing 2018.

– Al Talaqi wal Siyaqat Al Thaqafiya (Reception and Cultural Contexts), Beirut, Dar Al-Kitab Al-Jadeed 2000, 2nd edition, Dar Al-Yamamah, Riyadh 2001, 3rd edition, Al-Kitab Publications, Algeria, 2005.

– Al Muhawarat Al Sardiyya (Narrative Dialogues), Beirut, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, 2011.

– Amwaj; Seera Thatiyya (Waves: An Autobiography in English and Arabic) Doha, Hamad Bin Khalifa University 2017.

– Collaboration in published books (examples)

– Ma’rifat Al Akhar (Knowing the Other), Beirut, Arab Cultural Center 1990.

– Tahleel Al Nusoos Al Adabiya (Analysis of Literary Texts) Dar Al Kitab Al Jadeed, 1999.

– Al Riwaya Wal Tareek (Novel and History), Doha, National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage, 2006.

– Kitabat Al Manfa (Writing in Exile), Beirut, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, 2012.

– Al-Ghadhami Al-Naqid (Ghadhami the Critic), Riyadh, Dar Al-Yamamah, 2002.

– Al Tarbiya Wal Qiyam (Education and Values), Beirut, Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences 2001.

– Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 1998.

– Al Riwaya Al Arabiyya wa Mumkinat Al Sard (The Arabic Novel and the Possibilities of Narrative), National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature, Kuwait 2006.