Professor Sabry Hafez Leader of The Research Project

Narrating and Imaging the Nation

B.A. in Sociology and Social Work with First Class Honours, Cairo, 1962.

Postgraduate Diploma (MA) in Criticism and Dramatic Literature with First Classs Honours, The Academy of Arts, Cairo, Egypt, 1970. MA thesis: “Chekhov's Drama : a Critical Study of his Plays”.

Ph.D. in Modern Arabic Literature, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1979. Thesis: “The Rise and Development of the Egyptian Short Story (1881-1970)”. Awarded Richter Memorial Prize for the best PhD thesis in University of London 1979.

Worked as Lecturer in Drama and Criticism, the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Cairo (1971-73). Lector in Arabic at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, attached to St Antony's College, University of Oxford (1978-79). Lector in Arabic at the Center for Arabic Studies, the American University of Cairo, (1980-81). Lecturer in Arabic, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Edinburgh, (1981-82). Lecturer in Arabic jointly at the Institute of Oriental Languages, University of Stockholm, and the Institute of Semitic Studies, University of Uppsala, (1982-84). Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California at Los Angeles, (1985-86). Lecturer in Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, (1988-93). Professor of Modern Arabic and comparative literature in the University of London, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, (1993-present).

In 1998 Professor Hafez was selected as one of 9 members of the Panel for Modern Languages of The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) which is responsible for financing the research in modern languages in all British Universities.

Short List of Publications

I. Authored Books:

a. In English:

1. The Genesis of Narrative Discourse: A Study in the Sociology of Modern Arabic Literature, (London, Al-Saqi Books, 1992), pp 320.

2. The Modern Egyptian Short Story: A Study in the Development of a Literary Genre: (forthcoming).

b. In Arabic:

1. MasraΩ Tish¬k‚f: Dir®sah Naqdiyyah li-MasraΩiyy®tih (Chekhov's Drama: A Critical Study of his Plays): Baghdad, Al-ºuriyyah Li-l-fiib®‘ah, 1973, pp. 204.

2. Al-RaΩ¬l il® Mudun al-ºulm: Dirasah fi Shi‘r ‘Abd al-Wahh®b al-Bayy®ti (Departure to the Cities of Dream: A Study in the Poetry of ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati): Damascus, IttiΩ®d al-Kutt®b al-‘Arab, 1973, pp. 222.

3. AΩ®d¬th Ma‘ Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙ (Conversations with Naguib Mahfouz): Beirut, D®r al-‘Awdah, 1977, pp. 224.

4. Al-Tajr¬b wa-l-MasraΩ: Dir®s®t wa-Mush®had®t fi al-MasraΩ al-Ingl¬zi (Experimentation in the Theatre: Studies and Reviews of the English Theatre): Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mmah li-l-Kit®b, 1984, pp. 216.

5. Al-Adab wa-l-Thawrah (Literature and Revolution):`Beirut,D®r al-Tanw¬r,1984, pp. 360.

6. Istishr®f al-Shi‘r: Dir®s®t fi Naqd al-Shi‘r al-‘Arabi al-ºad¬th (Approaching Poetry: Studies in the Criticism of Modern Arabic Poetry): Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mmah li-l-Kit®b, 1985, pp 264.

7. Al-Qi◊◊ah al-‘Arabiyyah wa-l-ºad®thah: Dir®sah fi §liyy®t Taghayyur al-ºas®siyah al-Adabiyyah (Arabic Narrative and Modernism: A Study of the Dynamics of Change in Literary Sensibility): Baghdad, Wiz®rat al-Thaq®fah, 1990, pp. 208.

8. Sur®diq®t Min Waraq: Dir®s®t Wad®‘iyyah wa-Ta’ammul®t fi Man®qib al-R®Ωil¬n (Appreciations: Evaluative Studies on the Work and Role of 13 Arab Writers): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, 1991, pp. 258.

9. Jadal Al-Ru’® al-Mutagh®yirah: Qa¥®y® al-Thaq®fah wa-ºiw®r al-Muthaqqaf¬n (The Dialectics of Changing Visions: Cultural Issues and Intellectual Dialogues): Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mmah li-l-Kit®b, 1992, pp. 400.

10. MaΩm‚d Darw¬sh: Silsilat al-Shi‘r wa-l-Shu‘ar®’, (An Anthology of the Poetry of Mahmud Darwish) edited with a critical introduction and detailed textual notes, (Cairo, D®r al-Fat® al-‘Arabi, 1994), pp. 192.

11. Ufuq al-Khifl®b al-Naqdi (Horizons of Critical Discourse), Cairo, D®r Sharqiyy®t, 1996, pp. 254.

12. Sur®diq®t Min Waraq: Dir®s®t Wad®‘iyyah wa-Ta’ammul®t fi Man®qib al-R®Ωil¬n, Part II, (Appreciations: Evaluative Studies on the Work and Role of 15 Arab Writers): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, 1998, pp. 503.

13. Mar®y® al-Dh®t al-’Ukhr®: RiΩlah il® Jan‚b Afriqy® (Mirrors of the Other Self: A Journey to South Africa): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, 1999, pp.360.

14. Jam®liyy®t al-Riw®yah al-Jad¬dah: Dir®sah fi Riw®y®t al-Tis‘¬n®t (Aeasthetics of the New Novel: Studies in the Novels of the 1990s in Egypt): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, (forthcoming in Two Volumes)

15. Ta’w¬l al-Na◊◊ al-Riw®’i: Dr®sah fi Riw®y®t Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙ (The Hermeneutic of Narrative Text: A Study in the Novels of Naguib Mahfouz), Beirut, D®r al-§d®b, , forthcoming.

II Edited Books:

A. In English and other European Languages:

1. A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories, edited with C. Cobham (London, Al-Saqi Books, 1988), pp. 222.

2. Den Arabiske Verden Forteller (The Arab World’s Narrators), edited with Gunvor Mejdell, (Oslo, Bokklubben Kunnskap og Kultur, 1997), pp. 620.

3. Modern Arabic Criticism: An Anthology of Modern Critical Discourse: A study of the impact of modern critical theory on contemporary Arabic criticism and an anthology of this criticism translated into English. (forthcoming)

B. In Arabic:

1. Y‚suf Idr¬s; Sitt‚n ‘§m® min al-Fann al-Jam¬l (Yusuf Idris: Sixty Years of Creativity) edited with an introduction, Cairo, Adab wa-Naqd, 1987, pp. 215.

2. Twaf¬q al-ºak¬m: Ta’ammul®t fi al-Adab wa-’l-Fann (An edited and introduced Anthology of al-Hakim’s Essays): Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, 1998, pp. 599.
3. Uff (An edited and introduced Anthology of the Short stories of Zakariyy®T®mir): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, 1998, pp.347.
4. Ruww®d al-Fann al-Qa◊a◊i: MaΩm‚d fi®hir L®sh¬n al-A‘m®l al-K®milah (The Pioneers of Narrative Fiction: MaΩm‚d fi®hir L®sh¬n, the Collected Works), Cairo, The Supreme Council for Culture, 1999, pp.628.

III Translated Books

1. D¬w®n al-Qiflafl: Tarjamah wa-Taqd¬m (T. S. Eliot's The Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: An Arabic translation with textual notes and a critical introduction), Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mmah li-l-Kit®b, 1986, pp. 108.

IV. Chapters in Books:

a. In English, French, Dutch and Catalan:

1. “Innovation in the Egyptian Short Story” in Studies in Modern Arabic Literature, ed. by R. C. Ostle, (Warminister, Aris and Phillips, 1976), pp. 99-113.

2. “The Egyptian Novel in the Sixties”, in Critical Perspectives on Modern Arabic Literature, ed. I. J. Boullata, (New York, Three Continents Press, 1980), pp. 171-90.

3. “Le choc des cultures”, preface for Yehia Haqqi's Choc, Nouvelles Traduites de l'aArabe par Charles Vial et Sayyed Abul Naga, (Paris, Edition Denoël, 1991), pp. 7-20.

4. “Cultural Diversity and Euro-Arab Dialogue” in La Diversitat Cultutal en el Diàleg Nord-Sud, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1991), pp. 87-93.

5. “The Modern Arabic Short Story”, in Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: Modern Arabic Literature, ed. M.M. Badawi (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. 270-328.

6. “Bibliography of the Collections of Modern Arabic Short Stories”, in Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: Modern Arabic Literature, ed. M.M. Badawi (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. 514-34.

7. “El Discurs Narratiu Arab i les Politiques Socials” in Gènre i Identitat Cultural: Ponències de la Tercera Trobada de la Comissió Internacional de Difuió de la Cultura Catalana, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1992), pp. 407-27.

8. “De Transformatie van de Werkelijkheid en de Esthetische Reactie in de Arabische Roman” in De Arabische Roman: Identiteit en Sociale Werkelijkheid, eds. Richard van Leeuwen and Ed De Moor (Bussum, Netherlands: Continho B. V., 1994), pp. 11-22.

9. “Culinary Semiotic Codes in Modern Arabic Literature” in Culinary Cultures of the Middle East, eds. R Tapper and S. Zubaida (London. I.B. Tourus, 1994), pp. 260-88.

10. “L’Art en l’Èpoc de la Ciència i l’Amenaça Ambiental” in Art, Ciència i Medi Natural: Ponències de la Quarta Trobada de la Comissió Internacional de la Cultura Catalana, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1994), pp. 339-44.

11. “Towards a Typology of Women’s Narrative in Modern Arabic Literature” in Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature, eds. R. Allen, H. Kilpatrick and Ed De Moor, (London, Saqi Books, 1994), pp. 135-55 and Notes pp. 233-36.

12. “Questions on the World of Y‚suf Idris’ Short Stories” in Critical Perspectives on Yusus Idris, (ed) Roger Allen (Washington D.C., Three Continents Press, 1994), pp. 45-63.

13. “Edwar al-Kharrat: The Relative and the Absolute in Avant-Garde Narrative” in The View from Within: Writers and Critics on Contemporary Arabic Literature (eds) Ferial J. Ghazoul and Barbara Harlow (Cairo, The American University Press, 1994), pp. 228-45.

14. “Arabic Literature” in Britannica Book of the Year 1995 (Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 1995), p. 229.

15. “The transformation of the qasida form in Modern Arabic poetry” in Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia & Africae: Classical Traditions & Modern Meanings (eds) S. Sperl and C. Shackle, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996), pp. 98-120.

16. “La Cultura Arab i els Matjans de Comunicaciò” in Cultura i Comunicaciò: Ponències de la Sisena Trobada de la Comissió Internacional de la Cultura Catalana, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1995), pp. 326-372.

17. “Arabic Literature” in Britannica Book of the Year 1996 (Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 1996), p. 238.

18. “Criticism in Modern Arabic Literature” in Contemporary Arab Writers, ed. Robert B. Campbell, (Beirut, Herausgegelien von Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1996), pp. 145-62.

19. “Yusuf Idris: 1927-1991”, in African Writers I (ed) C. Brian Cox (New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1997) pp. 345 - 65.

20. Introduction of and Chronology for the Everyman’s edition of Naguib Mahfouz. The Cairo Trilogy (Cairo, The American University in Cairo Press, 2001), pp. Vii-xliii.

b. In Arabic:

1. “RiΩlat al-Bayy®ti Ma‘ al-N¬r®n wa-l-Kalim®t” (Al-Bayy®ti's Journey with Poetry), in Ma’s®t al-Ins®n al-Mu‘®◊ir fi Shi‘r ‘Abd al-Wah®b al-Bayy®ti: Cairo, al-D®r al-Mi◊riyyah li-l-flib®‘ah, 1966, pp. 127-154.

2. “N®s fi al-¯ill wa-Qa¥iyyat al-Nathr al-‘Arabi” (People in the Shadow and the Question of Arabic Prose) in Sab‘‚n Sham‘ah fi ºay®t YaΩy® ºaqqi (Haqqi: Seventy Years of Creativity), Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mah li-l-Kit®b, 1975, pp. 221-40.

3. “Muqaddimah li-l-A‘m®l al-Shi‘riyyah al-K®milah li- MuΩammad Ibr®h¬m Ab‚-Sinnah” (An Introduction to The Complete Poetic Works of M. I. Abu-Sinnah): Cairo, Madb‚li Publications, 1985, pp. 5-23.

4. “ºa◊®d al-‘Ayn al-H®di’ah: Dir®sah fi Aq®◊¬◊ YaΩy® ºaqqi” (The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: A Study in the Short Stories of Yahya Haqqi), in Dir®s®t fi al-Qi◊◊ah al-‘Arabiyyah: Beirut, Mu’assasat al-AbΩ®th al-‘Arabiyyah, 1986, pp. 102-38.

5. “Bayt Min LaΩm: Dir®sah fi Binyat al-Qa◊◊” (A House of Flesh: A Study in Narrative Structure) in Y‚suf Idr¬s Biqalam Ha’‚l®’, Cairo, Maktabat Misr, 1986, pp. 378-94.

6. “W®qi‘ al-Uq◊‚◊ah al-Mi◊riyyah: 1952-80” (The Situation of the Egyptian Short Story: 1952-80) in Al-MasΩ al-Thaq®fi Li-Mi◊r: Al-Markaz al-Qawmi li-l-BuΩ‚th al-Ijtim®‘iyyah, 1986, pp. 360-403.

7. “Al-Naqd wa-l-ºarakah al-Adabiyyah fi Mi◊r: 1952-80” (Criticism and the the Literary Movement in Egypt: 1952-80) in Al-MasΩ al-Thaq®fi Li-Mi◊r: Al-Markaz al-Qawmi li-l-BuΩ‚th al-Ijtim®‘iyyah, 1986, pp. 324-40.

8. “Mir®m®r: Traj¬dy® al-—uq‚fl wa-l-Øay®‘“ (Miramar: The Tragic Representation of Loss and Decay” in Rajul al-Qimmah: Dir®s®t fi Adab Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙ (Top Writer: Studies on the Work of Naguib Mahfouz) ed. Fa¥il al-Aswad: Cairo, Maktabat Mi◊r, 1989.

9. “Mas®r wa-l-Dir®m® al-Shi‘riyyah bayn al-Tajr¬d wa-l-Tajs¬d” (Masar: From Abstract to Concrete Representation in Poetic Drama), in Anwar Ja‘far Poetic Drama Mas®r: Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mah li-l-Kit®b, 1989, pp. 147-66.

10. “Ra’y §khar fi MasraΩiyyat Al-Mikhaflflafl¬n” A Different Interpretation of al-Mikhaflflafl¬n in Y‚suf Idr¬s: 1927-91, Cairo, Book Organization, 1991, pp. 574-89.

11. “Rij®l wa-Th¬r®n: TaΩl¬l Naqdi” (Critical Analysis of Yusuf Idris' Novel Men and Oxen), in Y‚suf Idr¬s: 1927-91, Cairo, Book Organization, 1991, pp. 694-703.

12. “Al-Muthaqaf al-‘Arabi wa-l-Sulflah” (The Arab Intellectual and the Establishment), in ‘Awdat al-Isti‘m®r: min al-Ghazw al-Thaq®fi il® ºarb al-Khal¬j, London, Riad al-Rayyis Books, 1991, pp. 199-212.

13. Critical Analysis of MuΩammad Shukri’s Autobiography in MuΩammad Shukri, Al-Shuflfl®r, London, Saqi Books, 1992, pp. 219-42.

14. “MuΩammad Ghunaimi Hil®l (1916-68)” in Ghunaimi Hil®l Naqid® wa R®’id® fi Dr®sat al-Adab al-Muq®ran (Hil®l: A Critic and a Pioneer of Comparative Literature), edited by the Department of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism in D®r al-Ul‚m, Cairo University (Cairo, 1996), pp. 219-34.

15. "Taghayyur al-ºas®siyah al-Adabiyyah wa-TaΩawwul®t al-Khifl®b al-Riw®’i al-‘Arabi" (Change of Literary Sensibility and the Transformation of the Arabic Novel) in AΩmad al-Haww®ri (ed) Shukri ‘Ayy®d: Jus‚r wa-Muq®rab®t Thaq®fiyyah (Cairo, Manshur®t ‘Ayn, 1995), pp. 173-215.

16. "Binyat al-Khifl®b al-Nasawi wa-Istratijiyy®t al-Tat®bu‘ al-Kayfi" (The Structure of Feminist Discourse and the Strategies of Qualitative Progression) in Lafl¬fah al-Zayy®t: al-Adab wa ’l-Waflan, ed. Sayyid al-BaΩr®wi (Cairo, N‚r Publications, 1996), pp. 185-88.

17. “—‚rat al-Rajul fi Riw®y®t al-Mar’ah al-‘Arabiyyah” (The Image of Man in the Novels of Arab Women) in Al-Mar’ah al-‘Arabiyyah fi Muw®jahat al-‘A◊r (Arab Women in Modern Age) (ed) Hud® al-—addah, (Cairo, D®r N‚r, 1996), pp. 211-35.

18. “S®‘at Maghrib wa-’l-Sim®t al-Shi‘riyyah li-l-Qi◊◊ah al-Qa◊¬rah” (Sunset and the Poetics of the Short Story) in MuΩammad al-Bis®fli, S®‘at Maghrib (Cairo, D®r al-Hil®l, 1997), pp. 121-60.

19. “Fa¥®’ al-Ghurbah wa-’l-Shi‘r wa-’l-TaΩawwul®t” (Space for Exile, Poetry and Transformations) in Amjad N®◊ir, Khabfl al-AjniΩah (Beirut, Riyd El-Rayyes, 1996), pp. 11-17.

20. The rest of the chapters will be included in the full version of the list of publications.

V. Language Courses:

1. Intensive Arabic Course, (London, SOAS Publication, 1977-79), pp 231.

2. Colloquial Egyptian, I, with O.Wright, (London, SOAS Publication, 1980), pp. 430.

3. Colloquial Egyptian, IIa and IIIa, with O.Wright, (London, SOAS Publication, 1983), pp. 280.

VI. Articles:

a. In English:

1. “Yusuf Idris: the Man and his Work”, Azure, Vol 1, 1977, pp.60-2.

2. “The Fiction of Yahya Haqqi”, Azure, Vol. 2, 1978, pp. 45-9.

3. “A Complete Bibliography of Collections of Egyptian Short Stories: 1921-70”, Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol: XI, 1980, pp.123-38

4. “Social Polarization and Human Endurance in the Fiction of MaΩm‚d Al-Badawi”, Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol. XII, 1981, pp.101-24.

5. “The State of the Contemporary Arabic Novel”, The Literary Review, Supplement on “The Arab Cultural Scene”, June 1982, pp. 17-24.

6 “The Maturation of a New Literary Genre”, The International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1984, pp. 367-89.

7. “Time and the Dialectics of Parallel Structures: An Arabic Reading of The Name of the Rose,” Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Cairo, American University in Cairo, Vol. 9, 1989, pp. 37-48.

8. “Intentions and Realisation in the Narrative of Nawal El-Saadawi,” Third World Quarterly, Vol.11 No. 3, July 1989, pp. 188-98.

9. “The Modern Arabic Short Story: Problematics of Scholarship”, Journal of Arabic Literature, XXIII, 1992, pp. 155-64.

10. “Modern Arabic Short Story: The Problematic of Scholarship”, Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol. xxiii, 1992, pp. 155-64.

11. “Salw® Bakr”, in Contemporary World Writers (London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 43-4.

12. “Ma˙m‚d Darw¬sh”, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 137-39.

13. “Im¬l ºab¬b¬”, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 224-6.

14. “‘Abd al-RaΩm®n Mun¬f”, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 367-9.

15. “Naw®l Sa‘d®wi”, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 450-51.

16. “ºan®n al-Shaykh”, in Contemporary World Writers, (London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 470-71.

17. “The Transformation of Reality and the Arabic Novel’s Aesthetic Response”, BSOAS, LVII, 1, 1994, pp. 93-112.

18. “The Quest for Freedom in Modern Arabic Theatre” Journal of Arabic Literature, No xxvi, 1995.

19. “Narrative Codes of Shifting Identities: Arabic Cinema in the Maghrib”, Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Cairo, American University in Cairo, Vol 15, 1995.

20. “Story-Telling Techniques in the Arabian Nights”, Journal of Semitics Studies, Vol: XL, No: 1, pp. 186-89.

21. “Narrative Codes of Shifting Identities: Arabic Cinema in the Maghrib” Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Cairo, American University in Cairo, Vol: 15, 1995, pp. 39-80.

22. “Sexual Politics and Narrative Strategies in Modern Arabic Literature” in Alternation, University of Durban Westville (South Africa), 2.2 (1995), pp. 15-39.

23. “The Quest for Freedom in Arabic Theatre”, Journal of Arabic Literature, XXVI, No: 1-2, 1995, pp. 10-36.

24. “The Novel, Politics and Islam”, New Left review: second Series, 5, 2000, pp.117-141.

25. “Literary Innovations: Schools and Journals”, Quaderni Di Studi Arabi, 18, Venice, 2000, pp. 17-39.

b. Some of the Articles in Arabic:

1. “Al-Ittij®h al-Riw®’i al-Jad¬d ‘ind Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙” (A New Narrative Trend in the Work of Naguib Mahfouz), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, November 1963, pp. 18-27. & pp. 18-24.

2. “Nakbat Filisfl¬n fi al-Riy®yah al-‘Arabiyyah” (The Palestinian Question in the Arabic Novel), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, April, 1964., 23-33.

3. “Al-Ramziyyah wa-l-Shi‘r al-‘Arabi al-Mu‘®◊ir” (Symbolism in Contemporary Arabic Poetry), Majallat al-‘Ul‚m, Beirut, April 1964.

4. “Al-—amt wa-l-J®’i‘‚n il® al-ºurriyah in Al-fiar¬q by MaΩf‚˙” (Silence and the Quest for Freedom in Mahfouz's The Road), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, June 1964, pp. 18-26.

5. “Ghass®n Kanaf®ni wa Aq®◊¬◊ ‘an Filisfl¬n” (Ghassan Kanafani and the Palestinian Short Story), Majallat al-R®’id al-‘Arabi, Kuwait, February 1965, pp. 23-8.

6. “AΩl®m al-Sh®‘ir al-Qad¬m wa-Iltiz®matih” (The Aspirations and Obligations of the Old Poet), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, March 1965, pp. 60-79.

7. “Ittij®h®t al-Riw®yah al-Mi◊riyyah ba‘d al-Thawrah” (Trends in the Egyptian Novel in the Post-Revolutionary Period), Majallat al-Majallah, Cairo, July 1965.

8. “‘§dil K®mil wa-l-Riw®yah al-Mi◊riyyah” (Adil Kamil and the Egyptian Novel), Majallat al-Majallah, Cairo, January 1966, pp. 85-98.

9. “Mustaqbal Al-Uq◊‚◊ah al-Mi◊riyyah: Mal®mihuh wa-Ittij®h®tuh” (The Future of the Egyptian Short Story: its Characteristics and Trends), Majallat al-Majallah, Cairo, August, September and November 1966, pp. 8-24.

10. “MaΩm‚d fi®hir L®sh¬n wa-M¬l®d al-Uq◊‚◊ah al-Mai◊riyyah” (Lashin and the Birth of the Egyptian Short Story), Majallat al-Majallah, Cairo, February and March 1968.

11. “Uq◊‚◊at al-Raghab®t al-MuΩbaflah: Dir®sah li-Aq®◊¬◊ Idw®r al-Kharrafl” (The Short Story of Frustrated Desires: A Study of the Work of Edward al-Karrat), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, May and June 1969.

12. “Ajindat al-Adab fi al-Sitt¬n®t: MasΩ Naqdi” (Bibliography of Egyptian Literature in the 1960s: A Critical Survey), Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo, January 1970.

13. “Ab‘®d al-Ma’s®h Fawq Khashabat al-MasraΩ” (Tragic Representations in Modern Arabic Theatre), Majallat al-MasrΩ, December 1969, January and February 1970.

14. “Al-D¬n wa-l-Falsafah fi Adab Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙” (Religion and Philosophy in the Work of Naguib Mahfouz), Majallat al-Hil®l, Cairo, February 1970, pp. 116-27.

15. “Q®’imah Bibliogr®fiyyah li-l-Riw®yah al-Mi◊riyyah: 1869-1970” (A Complete Bibliography of the Egyptian Novel: 1869-1970), Majallat al-Kit®b al-‘Arabi, Cairo, July 1970, pp. 46-72.

16. “Al-Mawjah al-Jad¬dah fi al-Riw®yah al-Mai◊riyyah” (The New Wave in the Egyptian Novel), Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo, August 1971.

17. “Al-BaΩth ‘an Manhaj li-Naqd al-Shi‘r al-ºad¬th” (The Search for Method in the Criticism of Modern Arabic Poetry), Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo, April 1972.

18. “Zakariyy® T®mir: Sh®‘ir al-Uq◊‚◊ah al-‘Arabiyyah” (Zakariyya Tamir: The Poet of the Arabic Short Story), Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo, January 1973.

19. “Waqt Adun¬s Bayn al-Ram®d wa-l-Ward” (Adonis' Time between Dust and Roses), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, March 1973.

20. “MasraΩiyy®t Y‚suf Idr¬s al-‡l®” (Early Plays of Yusuf Idris), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, August 1973.

21. “Al-Adab wa-l-Mujtama‘: Madkhal li-‘Ilm Ijtim®‘ al-Adab” (Literature and Society: An Introduction to the Sociology of Literature), Fu◊‚l, Cairo, January 1981, pp. 65-77.

22. “Qa◊a◊ YaΩy® al-fi®hir ‘Abdullah al-fiaw¬lah (The Novellas of Yahya al-Tahir Abdullah), Majallat Fu◊‚l, Cairo, 1982.

23. “Kha◊®’i◊ al-Uq◊‚◊ah al-Bin®’iyyah wa-Jam®liyy®tuh®” (The Structural Characteristics of the Short Story and its Aesthetics), Majallat Fu◊‚l, Cairo, July 1982, pp. 19-32.

24. “Al-Riw®yah Shakla Adabiyy® Wa-Mu’assasat Ijtim®‘iyyah” (The Novel as a Literary Genre and as a Social Institution), Majallat Fu◊‚l, Cairo, October 1983, pp. 77-94.

25. “Istratijiyy®t al-ºad®thah wa-Jam®liyy®t al-Mak®n” (Modernistic Strategies and Poetics of Space in Sad Heron), Majallat Fu◊‚l, Cairo, September 1984, pp. 159-79.

26. “Al-Tan®◊◊ wa-Ish®riyy®t al-‘Amal al-Adabi” (Intertextuality and the Semiotics of Literary Work), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, American University in Cairo, IV, 1984, pp. 7-32.

27. “Jam®liyy®t al-ºas®siyah al-Jad¬dah wa-l-Taghayyur al-Thaq®fi” (Aesthetics of Modern Sensibility and Cultural Transition), Fu◊‚l, Cairo, July 1986, pp. 73-94.

28. “Al-ºas®siyah al-Jad¬dah wa-Istikhd®m®t al-Mak®n al-Adabiyyah: Dr®sah li-MiΩaflflat al-Sikkah al-ºad¬d li-l-Kharr®fl (Modern Sensibility and the Literary Use of Space: A Study of Kharrat's Railway Station), Majallat Al-Aql®m, Baghdad, November/ December 1986, pp. 69-85.

29. “Al-Bid®y®t wa-Wa˙¬fatuh® fi al-Na◊◊ al-Qa◊a◊i” (Beginnings and their Function in Narrative Text), Majallat al-Karmal, Cyprus, January 1987, pp. 141-77.

30. “Al-Na◊◊ Kamu‘®dil li-l-W®qi‘: Dir®sah fi al-Nuz‚l il® al-BaΩr” (The Text as Counter Reality: A Study of Down to the Sea), Majallat Ibd®‘, Cairo, February 1987, pp. 7-11.

31. “Istiq◊®’®t Tamh¬diyyah ºawl al-Qi◊◊ah al-‘Arabiyyah al-Qa◊¬rah” (Preliminary Investigations of the Arabic Short Story), Majallat Ibd®‘, Cairo, August 1988.

32. “Imra’ah min Øaw’ wa-l-Qi◊◊ah al-L¬biyyah” (A Woman of Light and Libyan Narrative), Majallat al-‘Arabi, Kuwait, February 1989.

33. “Al-Riw®yah wa-l-W®qi‘: Dir®sah fi Aliyy®t Taghayyur al-Binyah al-Riw®’iyyah” (The Novel and Reality: A Study in the Dynamics of Changing Narrative Structure), Majallat Al-N®qid. London, August 1990, pp. 34-9.

34. “TaΩawwul®t al-Shi‘r wa-l-W®qi‘ fi al-Sab‘in®t” (The Transformation of Poetry and Reality in the 1970s), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, American University in Cairo, XI, 1991, pp. 9-51.

35. “ºajar D®fi’: Taghr¬bat al-Ban®t wa-§l®m Tajribat al-Khur‚j” (Warm Stone: The Girls' Migration and the Pains of Expatriation), Ibd®‘, Cairo, October 1991, pp. 61-9.

36. “Al-Binyah al-Na◊◊iyyah Li-S¬rat al-TaΩarrur min al-Qahr (The Textual Structure of the Autobiography of Liberation), Fu◊‚l, Vol. 11, 2, Cairo 1992, pp. 100-21.

37. “Mafh‚m al-—iyagh al-Maj®ziyyah byn al-Tur®th al-‘Arabi wa-l-Naqd al-Mu‘®◊ir” (The Concept of Metaphor in Medieval Arabic Criticism and Modern Poetics), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, American University in Cairo, XII, 1992, pp. 104-22.

38. “Al-Na˙ariyyah al-Adabiyyah al-ºad¬thah wa-ºuq‚q al-Ins®n” (Modern Literary Theory and Human Rights), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Department of English and Comparative Literature of the American University in Cairo, Vol 13, 1993, pp. 6-41.

39. “§d®b al-Sharq al-Awsafl bayn Tan®˙ur al-Taj®rib wa Tab®yun al-Munflalaq®t” (Literatures of the Middle East: Homologous Experiences and Diverse Directions), Fu◊‚l, XI, i, Spring 1992, pp. 321-34.

40. “Al-Binyah al-Na◊iyyah li-S¬rat al-TaΩarrur min al-Qahr” (The Textual Structure of a Liberating Autobiography), Fu◊‚l, XI, i, Summer 1992, pp. 100-21.

41. “Al-Riw®yah wa-l-ºalaq®t al-Qa◊a◊iyyah wa-Ishk®liyy®t al-Tajn¬s” (The Novel and Short-Story Cycle and the Question of Genre”, Fu◊‚l, XII, i, Spring 1993, pp. 40-59.

42. “Fajr al-Mugh®marah al-Tajr¬biyyah” (The Dawn of Experimentation), Al-Karmal, 46, 1992, pp. 40-51.

43. “Al-Na◊◊ al-Mu¥mar wa-l-Binyah al-Riw®’iyyah Ka-Mawqif Siy®si” (The Implied Text and Narrative Structure as Political Statement), Bay®dir, IX, 1992, pp. 50-64.

44. “RaΩ¬l Majdi Wahbah wa-Qa¥iyyat al-An® wa-l-§khar”(The Death of Majdi Wahbah and the Question of the Self and the Other), Al-§d®b, IVI, 2, February 1993, pp. 6-11.

45. “Khaflfl al-Dif®‘ al-Akh¬r ‘an al-‘Aql” (The Defence of Reason), Al-fiar¬q, LII, 2, July 1993, pp. 5-7.

46. “Al-ºaww®t wa-l-Qa◊r: al-Binyah al-Tikr®riyyah wa-Ta‘riyat al-Maqm‚] al-Siy®si” (The Fisherman and the Palace: Repetitive Structure and the Revelation of Suppressed Politics), Al-fiar¬q, LII, 2, July 1993, pp. 149-58.

47. “Al-Mala‘ikah fi Amr¬k®: Wab®’ al-Aids Ka-Isti‘arah li-l-Wa¥‘ al-Amr¬ki” (Angels in America: Aids as a Metaphor for the American Condition), Al-fiar¬q, LII, 4, September 1993, pp. 135-41.

48.“‘Abd al-Fatt®Ω al-Jamal: al-Ins®n wa-l-Dawr wa-l-Inj®z” (‘Abd al-Fattah al-Jamal: The Man, His Role and Contribution), Fu◊‚l, XIII, 1, Cairo, Spring 1994, pp. 311-43.

49. “Jadaliyyal al-Binyah al-Sardiyyah al-Murakkabah fi Lay®li Shahraz®d wa Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙” (The Dialectics of Narrative Structures in The Arabian Nights and Mahfouz’s novel Lay®li Alf Laylah), Fu◊‚l, XIII, 2, Cairo, Summer 1994, pp. 20-70.

50. “Al-Øaw’ al-H®rib: Ta‘addud al-Khifl®b®t al-Sardiyyah wa-M¬t®f¬z¬q® al-Raghbah al-Muthallathah (Shifting Light: Multiplicity of Narrative Discourses and Triangular Desire), Ibd®‘, XII, 7, Cairo, July 1994, pp. 12-19.

51 “Jadaly®t al-ºad®thah wa-l-Tanmiyah fi al-Thaq®fah al-Gharbiyyah" (Dialectics of Modernism and Development in Western Culture), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIII, No. 9 (September 1995), pp. 94-105.

52. "‘Az¬zi al-Sayyid Kawabata: al-Mat®hah al-Na◊◊iyyah wa-Alaq al-Dh®kirah fi Muwajahat Taradi al-W®qi‘"(Dear Mr Kawabata: Textual Labyrinth and the Power of Memory versus the Decay of Reality", Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIII, No. 10 (October 1995), pp. 56-62.

53. "Tajribat ºan®n al-Shaykh al-MasraΩiyyah al-‘Ul® wa-MasraΩ al-Mar’ah" (Hanan al-Shaykh First Play and Women Theatre), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIII, No. 11 (November 1995), pp. 145-151.

54. "Faflimah Mirn¬si: Tafk¬k Mafh‚m al-ºar¬m wa-Izdiw®j al-Talaqi" (Fatima Mirnisi: The Deconstruction of the Harem and the Duality of Reception), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIII, No. 12 (December 1995), pp. 41-46.

55. "Ta’ammul®t fi al-Dhikr® al-Thal®th¬n li-RaΩ¬l MuΩammad Mand‚r" (Reflections on the Critical Role of Muhammad Mand‚r), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIV, No. 1 (January 1996), pp. 55-58.

56. "Al-Ghub®r: aw Iq®mat al-Sh®‘ir al-Jad¬d bayn Lughat al-Jasad wa-ºatmiyyat al-Mawt" (The New Poet Between the Language of the Body and the Inevitability of Death), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIV, No. 3 (March 1996), pp. 86-92.

57. Kl®m al-Layl: Lughah al-Mukhrij al-B®hirah wa-’l-ºas®siyah al-MasraΩiyyah al-Jad¬dah (Night Talk: the Language of Theatricality and the Modern Dramatic Sensibility), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIV, No. 3 (March 1996), pp. 128-33.

58. "Al-Naml al-Abya¥: Riw®yat Inhiy®r al-‘§lam al-Qad¬m" (White Ant: The Novel and the Disintegration of the Old World", Ibd®‘, Vol. XIV, No. 6 (June 1996), pp. 119-123.

59. "Al-Tan®◊◊ wa-TaΩawwul®t al-Shakl fi Binyat al-Qa◊¬dah ‘ind al-Sayy®b" (Intertextuality and the Transformation of Form in Al-Sayy®b's Poetry", Nazw®, Oman, Vol: 7 (July, 1996), pp. 18-27.

60. “Ghirnaflah wa-’l-Hamm al-Qawmi ‘al® Mar®y® al-T®r¬kh al-‘Arabi” (Granada: the National Problem Mirrored on Arab History) al-§d®b, Beirut, XLIV, 7-8, July-August 1996, pp. 37-46.

61. “fia‘m al-ºar¬q wa-Mutaghayyir®t al-Tham®n¬n®t (Taste of Fire and the Changes of the 1980s) al-§d®b, Beirut, XLIV, 9-10, September-October 1996, pp. 72-78.

62. “Al-Khifl®b al-Maql‚b wa-’l-Sal®m al-Makdh‚b” (The Inverted Discourse and the False Peace) al-§d®b, Beirut, XLV, 3-4, March-April 1997, pp. 2-6.

63. “Emile ºab¬bi wa-Sard IΩy®’ al-Dh®kirah al-Filisfl¬niyyah” (Emile Habibi and the Narrative of Palestinian Memory) Majllat al-Dir®s®t al-Filisfl¬niyyah, Beirut, 28, Summer 1996, pp. 110-33.

64. “Waslava Shomborske: Lays li-l-ºajar B®b” (Waslava Shomboriske: The Stone Has no Doors) Al-Karmal, Ramallah, 50, Winter 1997, pp. 93-113.

65. “Khu◊‚◊iyyat al-Mau‘®lajah al-Nayj¬riyyah li-l-Ma’s®h al-‡dibiyyah” (The Specific Nigerian Treatment of the Oedipus Tragedy), Ibd®‘, 3, March 1997, pp. 153-57.

66. “Emile ºab¬bi: Ibd®‘ al-Huwiyyah al-Waflaniyyah” ( Emile Habibi and the Creation of National Identity), Mash®rif, Haifa, 16, May 1997, pp. 40-60.

67. “As’ilat al-Huwiyyah wa-’l-Irth al-‘Un◊uri” (Questions of Identity and the Racial Legacy), Ibd®‘, 4-5, April-May 1997, pp. 161-67.

68. “Ughniyat al-W®di wa-’l-Khawf min Takhaththur al-ºulm bi-’l-Taghyir” (Valley Song and the Fear for Change”, Ibd®‘, 10-11, October November 1996, pp. 159-65.

69. “Al-ºas®siyah al-Faniyyah al-Jad¬dah fi al-MasraΩ al-Magh®ribi” (Modern Sensibility in the Theatre of the Maghrib), Ibd®‘, 8, August 1997, pp. 153-64.

70. “Jam®liyy®t al-Riw®yah al-Jad¬dah: al-Qafl¬‘ah al-Ma‘rifiyyah wa ’l-Naz‘ah al-Mu¥®dah l-liGhin®’iyyah” (Aesthetics of the New Novel: Epistemological Rupture and the Anti-Lyrical Poetics), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Department of English and Comparative Literature of the American University in Cairo, Vol 21, 2001, pp. 184-246.

VII. Editorships and Other Public Output

1. Consultant Editor of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, published by the Department of English and Comparative Literature of the American University in Cairo.

5. Consultant Editor of Alternation: Journal of Comparative Literature, published by the Department of Southern African Literatures of the University of Durban-Wesville, South Africa.
6. Editor of the Book Series “Ruww®d al-Fann al-Qa◊a◊i” devoted to the editing of the complete works of the pioneers of narrative genres in Arabic.
7. Editor of the Arabic and Middle Eastern Section of the forthcoming Longman Anthology of World Literature (2003), a six parts six thousand pages Anthology.

5. Literary consultant of The World of Naguib Mahfouz, one-hour television documentary on the life and work of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, transmitted by Channel 4, on December 19, 1989.

6. Literary consultant of Lost Between Two Moments, 35 minutes television documentary on the work of the Egyptian novelist Gamal al-Ghitani, transmitted by Channel 4, on August 23, 1991.

7. Literary consultant of Trapped in the Present, 45 minutes Radio 3 documentary on the Egyptian novel, transmitted by Radio 3, on 3 November, 1996.

8. Literary consultant of Frames: Five 15 minutes Progammes on Egyptian Poetry, transmitted by Radio 3, 4-8 November, 1996.

There are in addition a large number of articles, book reviews of academic books, obituaries and journalistic articles in English and Arabic which are not included in this list. A full list of these is available on request.