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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Teaching areas

Translation, Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting, Translation Studies, Contrastive Linguistics, Qur'anic Studies, Islamic Fiqh (Jurisprudence), Arabic Heritage, Arabic Grammar, Language of the Qur'an, Art of Qur'anic recitation, Arabic Rhetoric, Cultural Studies, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language.

Research areas

Translation Studies; Qur'an Translation; Interpreting; Linguistics; Rhetoric; Intercultural Communication; Arabic Heritage; Islamic Studies.

Education

BA in English Language, Literature & Translation, Al-Alsun, ARE.
MA in Translation & Interpretation, Al-Alsun, ARE.
PhD, University of Durham, UK, December 1998.
PhD, University of Durham, UK, December 1998.

Professional experience

1989: Teacher of English & Freelance Arabic-English-Arabic Translator
1991: Egyptologist.
1995/1996 & 1997-1998: Tutor of Arabic & Translation, (Durham University, UK)
2001-2008: Assistant Professor of Translation at the Faculty of Languages & Translation, KKU, SA.
2008-Present: Associate Professor of Translation, Department of Arabic & Translation Studies, AUS.

Memberships

President of Arabic Translators International (ATI), Antwerp, Belgium. Editor of ATI's Academic Series and (Arabic Literature Unveiled) Series. Member of The Society of English & Translation, SA. Member of the Committee of the Scientific Signs in the Qur'an and Sunnah, SA. Member of the Egyptian Tourist Guide Syndicate, ARE. Honorary Member of Egyptian Associationfor Translators & Linguists, ARE.

Contact

aliahmed@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2812

Dr. Ahmed Ali

Associate Professor
PhD in Comparative Translation of the Holy Qur’an, University of Durham, UK

Ahmed Ali is President of Arabic Translators International (ATI). At the University of Durham, UK, he taught undergraduate courses in Arabic and translation, and at King Khaled University, Saudi Arabia, he was one of the founding members of the Translation Department. He is also the General Editor of ATI Academic Series, and ATI Literary Series (Arabic Literature Unveiled).

Publications

Allaithy, Ahmed. (2017). There Is Nothing Like Him? A Syntactic, Semantic, Rhetorical and Translational Analysis of Qur’anic Terminology. In Handbook of Terminology, volume III. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Gallez, Emmanuelle, Anne Delizée, Svetlana Vogeleer, Christine Michaux, and Ahmed Allaithy. (2017). Préface des éditeur: Special issue on: Public Service Interpreting: The Interpreter's discourse and its influence on the interpersonal relationship. Discursive and argumentative approaches. In Dragoman: Journal of Translation Studies 5, no. 7 (2017). ISSN:2295-1210. url: http://www.dragoman-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Volume-5_no-7_2017_EG.pdf.
Allaithy, Ahmed. (2016). Translation in the Arab World: An Evaluative Study. In Dragoman Journal of Translation Studies; vol., 6. [international Class A academic refereed journal. ISSN: 2295-1210]. (Letter of acceptance dated 1stMay 2016)
Allaithy, Ahmed. (2015). Love Poetry in the Pre-Islamic Era: A Critical Study. Dragoman: Refereed Journal of Translation Studies, Issue II. Antwerp: Garant. ISSN:2295-1210.
Allaithy, Ahmed. (2014). Qur’anic Term Translation: A semantic Study from Arabic Perspective. Garant, Antwerp, Belgium. ISBN 78-9948-20-415-2.
Ali, Ahmed (Trans). (2016). The Tale of a City. by HH Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi. London: Bloomsbury.
Ali, Ahmed (Trans). (2016). Under the Flag of Occupation. by HH Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi. London: Bloomsbury.
Ali, Ahmed. (Tr.). (2015 in Press). Under the Banner of Occupation, تحت راية الاحتلال. HH Sheikh Dr Al-Qasimi, Sultan bin Muhammad (Author). London: Bloomsbury Press.
Ali, Ahmed. (Tr.). 2015. Change, Education and Culture, حديث الذاكرة: الجزء الثالث. HH Sheikh Dr Al-Qasimi, Sultan bin Muhammad (Author). London: Bloomsbury Press.
Ali, Ahmed. (Tr.). 2012. Taking the Reins: The Critical Years حديث الذاكرة: الجزء الأول. HH Sheikh Dr Al-Qasimi, Sultan bin Muhammad (Author). London: Bloomsbury Press.
Ali, Ahmed. (Tr.). 2012. Sharjah Air Station: Between East and West محطة الشارقة الجوية. HH Sheikh Dr Al-Qasimi, Sultan bin Muhammad (Author). Sharjah (UAE): Al-Qasimi Publications.
2010-2011: (1) Translation into English of Hadith al-Dhakirah by HH Sheikh Sultan Al-Qasimi. (2) Translation/Editing into English of Sard al-Dhat /My Early Life/ by HH Sheikh Sultan Al-Qasimi. Bloomsbury, London. Translation into English of /Samson/ by HH Sheikh Sultan Al-Qasimi. (4) Translation into Arabic of /Introduction to the History of Science/ by George Sarton, Al-SAyyed Publishers,2011, Riyadh.
2009: Editing of and Introduction to Terrorist, Novel by John Updike, translated into Arabic by Dr. Ahmed al-Shimi, Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture Publications, Cairo.
2007: Editing of Language and Culture, by Claire Kramsch, translated into Arabic by Dr. Ahmed al-Shimi, Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture Publications, Cairo.
(1) Research Paper on Word Repetition in the Qur'an: Translating Form or Meaning, King Saud University Refereed Journal, 2007. (2) Hellenic Treasures Around the World, by Xeni Arapogianni, Greek National Line Ecumenical Hellenism LTD., Athens, Greece, 2007.
Understanding Business Finance, by CRDF, DIILS, USA, 2007.
Trial Transcripts, World Criminal Tribunal, DIILS, US, 2006.
(1) Translation of the Qur'an and Cultural Dialogue, King Khalid University Symposium Proceedings, 2006. (2) Lex Mitior Principle in the Al-Dujail Case, DIILS, US, 2006.
My Great Love for Jesus Led Me to Islam, by Simon A. Caraballo, Al-Ebtekar Press, Dammam, 2005.
Funny Stories Chosen by Michael Rosen: A Fish of the World by Terry Jones, King Fisher Publications, London, 2005.
The Art of Translation, A Textbook: An Academic Course in General Translation, Written and Oral, Sarawat Publishers, SA, 2001. Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, I. A. Abu Harb, 2004.

Conference Presentations

2011-2012: Presented a research in the Brismes Revolution and Revolt: Understanding the Forms and Causes of Change, Conference in London School of Economics, UK on 26-28 March 2012, titled ?Humor, Translation and Revolutionary Slogans: The Egyptian Model?
2010-2011: Co-organizer of the Second MATI Annual Symposium on ?Audiovisual Translation?, AUS, Sharjah, UAE. (Spring 2011). I also, made a Presentation titled Subtitling/Dubbing of Sensitive Expressions into Arabic.
2010-2011: Presentation titled To dub or not to dub, that?s the MBC question, in Conference on Audiovisual Translation, Forli, Italy.
2009-2010: Visiting Professor for a week at Louvian University, Belgium, by invitation from Lessius Hogeschool, Department of Toegepaste Taalkunde, where I lectured Master students on Legal Translation, and on Arab, Islamic history and culture to undergraduates. (15-19 February).
2008-2009: Presentation titled ?Translation Trainer?s Dilemma in Teaching Translation of Islamic Texts? in TTI 2009 (Teaching Translation And Interpreting 2) conference in Poland, on 25 April, 2009.
Translation of the Qur'an and Cultural Dialogue, King Khalid University Symposium Proceedings, 2006.

Other creative/research

2006-2007: Asir Province in the Fight Against Extremism, Asir Imarah, Sarawat Publishing House, 1427 AH.
2005: What Everyone Should Know About The Holy Qur'an, Garant Publishers, Belgium, 2005.
Forthcoming- Extremists: The Khawararij of the Age (Extremism in Islam), by Dr. Omar Kamel (Bisan Publishers: Cairo).
2004: Journey of Development: A Testimony of an Eye Witness, by Prince Khalid al-Faisal, Governor of Asir.
2004: Jumu'ah Speech by Dr. Al-Wabil

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