Mohammad Issa Al-Hourani, Ph.D
Director, Arabic Language and Literature, and Islamic Studies Programs
Associate Professor
Abu Dhabi Campus
Education
Ph.D. Arabic Language : Literature and Criticism, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
M.Sc. Arabic Language : Literature and Criticism, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
B.Sc. Arabic Language, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
Research Interests
- Arabic Language
- Ancient Literature
- Modern Literature
- Literary Criticism
- Prosdy
- Grammar and Morphology
- Rhetoric
- Education
Selected Publications
- Abouelnour, M.M., Alhourani, M.I., Adel, M.A.A., (...), Alqaidy, A.M., Al Qaruty, R. (2024) "Interactive communicative discourse in the Holy Qur’an: A deliberative approach" Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology 8(5), pp. 1819-1830
- Faqeeh, M.H.A., Aqtash, S.K.A., Alhourani, M.I. (2024) "Idiomatic Expressions in the (Lexicon Al-Mu’asir Al-Arabi)of Khalil the Grammarian: a Study of Structure and Meaning" Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 51(4), pp. 557-567
- Adel, M.A., Alhourani, M.I., Kormpas, G. (2024) "THE MUSLIM DIASPORA’S NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY IN KAMILA SHAMSIE’S HOME FIRE" Hamdard Islamicus 47(2), pp. 117-135
- Faqeeh, M.H.A., Alhourani, M.I., Obeidat, A.M.B. (2024) " ’Words Of War’ as Found in the Writings by Poet Abu Firas Al-Hamdani Based on Semantic Fields Theory" Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 51(1), pp. 469-483
- Alhourani, M.I., Faqeeh, M.H., Alsharef, A.K.A., Amayreh, M.I (2023) " A Stylistic Study into the Poem “The Lost Alternative” By the Poet: Nizar Abu Naser" Information Sciences Letters 12(3), pp. 1231-1236
- Haswa, M.H., Hameed Nemer, I.A., Abdallahi, T., Alhourani, M.I. (2023) " Purposive Understanding of the Texts on Dealing with Non-Muslims: A Critical, Analytical Study Open Access" Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 12(1), pp. 201-213
- Yousef Jarrah, H., Alhourani, M.I., Al-Srehan, H.S. (2022) " Blended learning: the amount of requisite professional competencies in faculty members of Al Ain University from viewpoint of students" Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 14(4), pp. 1433-1448
- Abdallahi, T., Alhourani, M.I., Haswa, M.(2022) " The Purpose of Ratiocination and its Impact on Text Construct from the Viewpoint of the Author of Adwa' Al-Bayan fi Idah Al-Qur'an bil Qur'an: A Jurisprudential-Syntactic Study " Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
11(4), pp. 258-269
- Alameri, O.H., Alhourani, M.I., Al-Hady, E.M.H.A. (2022) " A Semiotic Study of “Contemplation of Estrangement Features”: “Leave Me Alone” as a Model" Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 11(2), pp. 378-390
- Jarrah, H., Lahiani, H., AlHourani, M.I. (2022) "The reality of e-learning at Al Ain University in the United Arab Emirates, and its influence in achieving interaction between students and lecturers " Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences 10(3), pp. 93-101
Teaching Courses
- Ancient Arabic literature
- Modern Arabic literature
- Lliterary criticism
- Rhetoric
- Quranic statement
- Language exercises
- Introduction to linguistics
- Writing and expression,
- Pre-Islamic literature
- Abbasid literature
- Andalusian literature.
Memberships
- Member of the Jordanian Writers Association, the Arab Writers Union and the Asia and Africa Writers Union.
- Member of the International Association of Heads of Arabic Language Departments in the Universities of the World.
- Member of the International Federation of Arabic Language.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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