Articles in English (partial listing)

1. “Arabic Literature in an a Global Age,” MLQ 62:2 ( June 2007)
2. “Scheherazade’s Nonverbal Narratives,” Journal  of Arabic Literature , 36: 3,  2005, pp. 338-362.
3. “Pre-modern Belletristic Prose,” Envelope Essay, Arabic Literature in the Postclassical Period (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006), pp. 101-133.
4. “Phantasie obne Grenzen: VERSTECKTE Stllen der Phantasie in Tausendeine Nacht,” Glanlichter der arabischen Kultur (Frankfurt: Bookfair, 2004), pp. 183-208.
5. “The ‘Mansion’ and the ‘Rubbish Mounds’: The Thousand and One Nights as Popular literature,” Journal of Arabic Literature , 35:2(2004), 329-67.
6. 5 “Presense et Impact De Glland en Anglais: Les Mille et Une Nuits, Contes Arabes, La Traduction Comme Texte et Sous-Texte,” 105-119, in Les Mille et Une Nuits en Partage, edit. Aboubakr Chraïbi. Paris: Sindbad, 2004.
7. “Early Arabic Theorizations for Narratology,” In Classical Arabic Narrative, ed. Salma K. Jayyusi, forthcoming.
8. “Discoursing Women in Arabic,” Journal of Social Sciences 21-No.81, Spring 2004, pp. 33-76.
9. Review Article, “The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy,” Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature 50, 2004: 174-81.
10. “Vindicating a Profession or a Personal Career? Al-Qalqashand?’s Maqamah in Context,” Journal of Mamluk Studies , Chicago Univ., 7 (Jan.2003), pp.111-135.
11. “ Engaging Tradition in Modern Arabic Poetry,” Journal of Arabic Literature , XXXIII 2002( Leiden, 2002), pp.179-211.
12. “Iraqi Poetry,” Encyclopedia of Modern Asia , eds. David Levinson and Karen Christensen New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002) 4:.532-33.
13. “Arabic, Al-Arabiyyah, ” Encyclopedia of Modern Asia , 1: 117-118.
14. “Elite Prose,” Envelope Essay, Cambridge History of Arabic Literature, The Pre-Modern Period, eds. A. Richards and Roger Allen, in press.
15. “Writing in Exile: Which Sense of Be-Longing,” English Studies in Canada , 27 (2001), pp.481-507.
16. “Al-Bay't’s Poetics of Exile, ” Journal of Arabic literature , XXXII, no.2, 2001, pp.212-238.
17. “A ppropriation of the Alien,” Proceedings of the Zurich University Conference, October 2000, in process.
18. “Criticism and Cultural Theory in Postcolonial Iraq” in Identity and Culture in    Postcolonial Iraq, ed.Sa’di  Al-Simawi(Syracuse University Press, in press)
19. “Counternarratives and Narrative Encounters in Arabic fiction,” Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature , 48, 2001, pp. 23--52
20.  “Arabic Rhetoric,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Rhetoric , ed. Thomas O. Sloane. Oxford:           Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, pp.29-33.
21. “Dedications as Poetic Intersections’, Journal of Arabic Literature , XXXI, 2000, pp.1—41.
22. Review article “ Placing the Poet Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Post-Colonial   Iraq,” 2000,  Journal of Arabic Literature , XXX,no.3,1999, pp. 291-299             
23. “Revisionism and Disruption of History,” in Dualities , ESS , English Studies Series.  Ed.  H.Ajroud. Manouba  Faculty of Arts Publications, 10, 2300, pp. 103—124.
24. “The Orientalist Canon in the Humanist Tradition,” in The Canon: Differences and Values , ESS , University of Tunis, 1997,pp.221-259.
25. “ Rasselas as a Colonial Discourse," CIEFL Bulletin , N. S. 8, No. I (June1996), pp. 47-60.
26.  “The Rebel, The Ascetic and the Rogue: Other Patterns of Characterization in Arabic Fiction," Al-Arabiyya, 28 (1995), pp. 63-80.
27. “Anglo-Orient," in Across Boundaries . Ed, Ajroud. Tunis: Manouba Faculty Publications, 1995, pp. 123-38.
28. “Scheherazade Reclaimed: A Comparative View of Western Mediations for a Genre,” Cours Publics .Tunis: Manouba, 1994, pp. 125-44.
29. " Robinson Crusoe : The Adventurer as Preacher." Al-Yarmouk J ., 12, 1994, pp. 41-50.
30.  “The Socio-Political Context of the Iraqi Short Story," Rutgers University Papers, 1985; and in Statecraft and Popular Culture in the Middle East . Florida: Florida   International University Press, 1991, pp. 202-227.   
31. “Scheherazade Revenged: Mahfouz' Narrative Strategies," CIEFL , 3, June-Dec.1991, pp. 28-39.
32.  “La Malla Hora: Bitter Days Await Us: Arab Perspectives on Latin American Literature," Dir?s?t, Jordan University, No. 1, 18 A, 1991, pp. 25-32.
33. ‘The Taming of the Sultan: A Study of the Scheherazade Motif in Jane Eyre,"Comparative Culture Book Series, CCBS , 4, 1990, pp. 3-18.
34.  “The Tragic Triumph of the Duchess of Malfi," Dir?s?t ,  Jordan University, 19, No.11, 1990, pp.7-21.
35.  “The Late Victorian Appeal of Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat ," Dir?s?t , XVI, 1989, No. 3, pp.7-22.
36.  “Waiting for the 'Liberal Saints': Being a Note on Matthew Arnold's Last Political Essays, 1878-87," Arab Journal for the Humanities , 9 , 35, 1989 ,pp. 321-337, Kuwait University.
37. “Beckford’s Arabesque: A Study of Vathek ," CCBS , 3, 1989, pp.3-16.
38. “The Arabic Context of Johnson's Rasselas ," CCBS , 2, 1987, pp. 5-15.
39.   “Possible Sources for Imlac's Poetics in Johnson’s Rasselas ," CCBS , 1, 1987, pp. 5-34.
40. “The Enchanted Lamp: Dickens' Use of the Arabian Nights " al-Yarmouk Journal ( Abhath al?]Yarmouk ), A Biannual Research  Journal, Yarmouk University, Jordan, vol. 5, No.2, 1987, pp. 17-30.
41. “The Literary Significance of Travel Literature on the Near East," CCBS , 2, 1986, pp.16?]61
42.   “The Socio-Aesthetics of Contemporary Arabic Fiction: An Introduction," Journal of Arabic Literature , Oxford XIV, 1983, pp. 67-84.
43.  “John Sutherland's Literary Nationalism , " Bulletin of the College of Art, Baghdad, ( BCA ) XXVI, No. 2 , Nov. 1982, pp. 5-28.
44.  “Arnold's Culture as a Remedy for Anarchy," BCA , XXVI, No. I   ( Sept.1981), pp.19-34.
45. “The Fear of Anarchy in Victorian England," BCA , XXV, 1981, 5-12.
46. “The Growth of Scholarly Interest in the Arabian Nights ," Muslim World (Hartford, CT) LXX, 1981, pp.196-212.
 “l8th Century English Criticism of the Arabian Nights , Muslim World    (Hartford, C T) LXVII, 1977, pp.12-32.