2003                    Professor of Arabic Literature, Columbia University, New York

2002                    Selected for Senior Professorship of Arabic, The American University in Cairo

2000-                 Professor of Arabic Studies, American University of Sharjah (AUS)-

1998                    Affiliate Professor at Temple University

1993-2000          Professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Tunis I, Manouba

1991-92              Professor, San'a University, Yemen

1991                   Professor, Amman University, Jordan

1988-90             Professor, Baghdad University, Iraq

1979-88             Assistant Professor, Baghdad University, Iraq