Omar Khalifah
Georgetown UniversityMobile number:+974-5594 2827
P.O Box 23689Office Number: +974-4457 8617
Doha, Qatar
Education
Ph.D. Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies.Columbia University, New York.
PhD Awarded: May, 2013.
Advisor: Professor Noha Radwan.
Dissertation Title: Nasser in the Egyptian Imaginary
M.A. Middle Eastern studies, February 2009, Columbia University, New York.
M.A. Arabic Literature, June 2004, The University of Jordan, Amman.
B.A. Arabic Literature, June 2001, The University of Jordan, Amman.
Research Interests
Modern Arabic Literature;Arab Film;Textual and Visual Representations of Memory;Representations of Nasser in Egyptian Literature and Film; Arabic Literature and the Problem of World Literature
Professional Employment
August 2013-Present: Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Culture, Georgetown University, Doha, Qatar.
January 2013 – May 2013: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Columbia University,
New York, New York, U.S.
TA for Contemporary Islamic Civilization class.
September 2012 – December 2012: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Columbia University,
New York, New York, U.S.
TA for Introduction to Islamic Civilization class.
June 2012-July 2012: Arabic Senior Instructor, Columbia University Summer Program, New York.
Teaching Levantine Arabic.
June 2011-August 2011: Arabic Senior Instructor, Columbia University Summer Program, New York.
Teaching first year Arabic class.
June 2010-July 2010: Arabic Senior Instructor, Columbia University Summer Program, Amman, Jordan
Teaching first and second year Arabic classes, in addition to Levantine Colloquial.
September 2009-May 2010: Arabic Circle Moderator, Columbia University, New York, New York, US.
September 2009 – September 2011: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Columbia University,
New York, New York, U.S.
TA for Arabic classes.
Spring 2007-Spring 2009: Arabic Reader, Middle Eastern Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S
Assisting with grading Arabic home works.
.June 2007/8 – August 2007/8: Arabic Senior Instructor, Beloit College, Wisconsin, U.S.
Teaching first-year Arabic in the Summer Immersion program.
February 2005-June 2006: Arabic Lecturer, Centre of Languages, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Teaching Arabic as a second Language
September 2004-January 2005: Arabic Teacher, AmmanBaccalaureateSchool, Amman, Jordan.
Teaching Arabic for junior school.
October 2001-June 2004: Arabic Teacher, ShamlehSecondary School, Zarqa, Jordan.
Teaching Arabic for high school (eleventh and twelfth grades).
Grants & Scholarships
Faculty Research Grant: Georgetown School of Foreign Service in Qatar, 2014, 2015.
Teaching Fellowship: Columbia University, 2009, 2010, 2012.
Dissertation Fellowship: Columbia University, 2011.
Fulbright Scholarship: Jordan, 2006.
Writings and Publications
- Book
Nasser in the Egyptian Imaginary. University of Edinburgh Press.Accepted for publication.
- Journal Articles
“Filiation or Affiliation: Nasser and Children in Egyptian Literature.” Middle East Critique, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2015, pp. 329-343.
- Other Writings
Ka Annani Ana(As if I Were Me). Amman: Dar Azminah, 2010. (Short story collection in Arabic).
Al-Quds Al-Arabi Newspaper, London: Essays, 2006-2007.
Al-Rai Newspaper, Amman: Essays, 2004-2006.
Akhbar Al-Adab, Cairo: Short Stories, 2009, 2010, 2011.
Conferences
“Politics of Remembering: The Appropriation of Nasser’s Resignation Speech in Egyptian Cinema.” ACLA, March 2014, New York University.
“Filiation or Affiliation? Nasser and Children in Egyptian Literature.” ATS-BRISMES, April 2014, the American University of Sharjah.
“A Gendered President? Nasser, Body, and Masculinity in Egyptian Women’s Autobiographies.” International Journal of Arts & Sciences, the American University of Rome, October 2015.
Languages:
Arabic: Native Speaker.
English: Fluent.
Spanish: Reading and Conversational Proficiency.
Persian: Reading and Conversational Proficiency.
Hebrew:Basics.
Italian: Basics.
German: Basics.
References:
Suzanne Stetkevych
Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University
Gil Anidjar, Associate Professor
Religion and Middle Eastern Department, ColumbiaUniversity.
+1 212-851-4130
Noha Rawan, Associate Professor
Comparative Literature Department, UC Davis.
+1 510-334-6223
Abbas Al-Tonsi, Arabic Language Program Coordinator
Georgetown School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar
+974 4457 8252