CURRICULUM VITAE

Professor Fawwaz Ahmad Tuqan

March 2013

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(Dated: March, 2013)

Fawwaz Ahmad TUQAN

Jordanian nationality

Email: ft07@aub.edu.lb Mobile in Lebanon: 00 961 3 980746

FAMILY Spouse:

Fadia M. al-Majali (B.A. Political Science and sociology; M.A. International

Law; Journalist)

Children:

Two dependents, Fawz and Mustafa: juniors at AUB

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Professor at the American University of Beirut (A.U.B.)

EDUCATION Ph.D. Yale University, (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations), 1968

M.A. Yale University, (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations), 1966

B.A. American University of Beirut, February 1963 (Arabic Literature), 1963

High School, I.C. (International College, Preparatory Section, Beirut), 1958

TOPICS OF SPECIALIZATION

Ph.D. level:

Advisor: Professor Franz Rosenthal,

Subject: Al-Ādāb al-Sultāniyyah (fürstenspiegel) in early Abbasid period

Title of dissertation:

The Pearl on Statecraft: A Critical Translation,

Copyrights: University Microfilm, Inc., 1968.

Contents:

Biographical introduction to Ibn 'Abd Rabbih, annotated and critical

translation of "Kitab al-Lu'lu'ah fi as-Sultān" of Ibn 'Abd Rabbih's Al-'Iqd

al-Farid:

Biographical, language and collation footnotes; comparison with books on

the subject in Islamic culture to trace similarities and origins of Ibn Abd

Rabbih's sources of al-'Iqd:

Ibn al-Muqaffa': Kalilah wa Dimnah, al-Adab al-Kabir, al-Adab as-

Saghir (al-Wajiz), ad-Durrah al-Yatimah, as-Sahabah;

Al-Jāhizh: al-Bayan wa at-Tabyin;

Ibn Qutaybah: 'Uyun al-Akhbar;

Al-Mubarrid: al-Kāmil

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M.A. level:

General comprehensive in five fields:

1. Arabic literature,

2. Semitic languages (Hebrew and Syriac),

3. Islamic History,

4. Islamic philosophy,

5. Islamic art and architecture

B.A. level:

Arabic language and literature

LANGUAGES Arabic (mother tongue)

English (excellent)

French (good, for research purposes)

Biblical Hebrew (teaching and research)

Alphabetical Semitic languages, (teaching and research):

Moabite, Nabataean, South Arabian

FELLOWSHIPS Yale University Fellowship, four academic years:

1963-1964; 1964-1965; 1965-1966: 1966-1967

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor, Arabic language and history of civilization, 2004-present

Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages

American University of Beirut (A.U.B.)

Professor, Arabic language and mass communication, 1999-2004

Department of Information, Tourism and Graphic Arts,

Bahrain University

Professor, Arabic language and history of civilization, 1997-1999

Arabic Language and Islamic Studies Department,

Bahrain University

Professor, Arabic language and history of civilization, 1995-1997

Languages Department,

Zaytunah University, Amman

Professor, Associate Prof., and Assistant Prof., 1969-1995

Arabic language, literature and history of civilization,

Department of Arabic Language and Literatures,

Department of History and Archeology,

University of Jordan,

Assistant Professor, Arabic language and history of civilization, 1967-1969

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Middle Eastern Languages Department,

University of Minnesota,

Assistant in Teaching, Arabic language, 1964-1967

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department

Yale University

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (language of instruction: Arabic and/or English)

LANGUAGE Arabic for non-Arabic Speakers

Arabic Grammar and Morphology

Arabic Phonetics

Arabic Lexicography

Hebrew (Biblical)

Ancient Inscriptions (South Arabian, northwestern Semitic)

History of Semitic Languages

History and Development of Arabic Script

HISTORY OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY TEXTS

History of Arabic Literature

pre-Islamic, Orthodox Caliphate, Umayyad, Abbasid, Andalusian,

Literary Arabic Texts, Poetry and Prose:

pre-Islamic, Orthodox Caliphate, Umayyad, Abbasid, Andalusian,

MODERN ARABIC LITERATURE

Contemporary Arabic Literature: Poetry, Novel and Short Story, Drama

Appreciation of Literary Texts (tadhawwuq al-nass al-'adabi)

Themes and Genres of Arabic Literature

Background to the Study of Modern Arabic Literature

Art of Essay Writing

Literary Criticism

Arab Mythology

HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION STUDIES

Islamic History: Umayyad, Abbasid, Andalusian and North Africa

History of Islamic Culture

Arab and Islamic Thought (Legacy)

History of Islamic Institutions

Arab and Islamic Art and Architecture

History and Thought of Orientalism

SEMINARS ON SPECIAL TOPICS

Ibn ar-Rumi (for PhD students at AUB), Omar ibn Abi Rabi'ah, Courtly

love, al-'Iqd al-Farid, Khawarij Literature

TRANSLATION

Translation of Orientalist Texts,

Journalistic Translation (I and II)

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MASS MEDIA

Art of Journalistic Essay

Scope of Arab Media

Media Legislations

Journalistic Translation (I and II)

METHODOLOGY

Arabic Literary Sources

Methodology of Research and Manuscript Editing (tahqiq) (for MA students

at Univ. of Jordan)

SABBATICAL LEAVES 1) Academic year 1977-1978, study of pre-Islamic mythology

اهلياألساطير العربية في العصر الج 2) Academic year 1981-1982, study of hunting in classical Arabic poetry

الصيد في الشعر العربي القديم3) Academic year 1991-1992, study of seven problematic topics:

Some Arabic and Hebrew words of common origin

بعض المقابالت العبرية والعربية Did churches in the first Hijri century have hayyiz or hair/ha'ir

هل كان للكنائس في القرن الهجري األول حّيز أم َحْير/حائر

Hisham b. Muhammad b. as-Sa'ib al-Kalbi: Reliability or Irreliability

هشام بن محمد بن السائب الكلبي: صدقه من كذبه Ibn ar-Rumi's bird hunting poem and constellation of Orion

منطقة الجوزاء وعينية ابن الرومي في صيد الطيور بالبندق Struggle of the lion and the bull of Ibn al-Muqaffa's Kalilah and Dimnah

صراع األسد والثور في كليلة ودمنة البن المقفع

Form of ruling which al-Afwah al-Awdi called for

أسلوب الحكم الذي يدعو إليه األفوه األودي Proper names of some historical locations in the Umayyad period

بعض األعالم الجغرافية التاريخية في العصر األموي

RESEARCH/ I Books

في الشعر العباسي والتنجيم الفلكصورة Poetic Imagery of Astronomy and Astrology as Depicted in Abbasid Poetry, 2 vols.,

Beirut, Dar al-Farabi, 2012.

فدوى طوقان: قصائد مختارة، ترجمة ومقدمةFadwa Tuqan: Selected Poems, translated, introduced and annotated: by Fawwaz A.

Tuqan and Ian Wedde, Amman, Naseej Publications, (forthcoming)

ار تأسيس الرابطة القلمية وعالقة أعضائها بالفكر االشتراكيأسر

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Gibran and Arrabitah: What Went behind the Scenes and the Relationship with

Socialist Ideology, Beirut, Dar at-Tali’ah, 2005.

،التحفة الوردية في اللغة السويدية: قاموس سويدي عربي

ي رر اللغوالمح فواز أ. طوقان، ]*) Svensk-Arabiskt Lexikon, compiled by Nael Y. Touqan, Fawwaz A. Tuqan:

language editor, Stockholm, Lexin: spraklexikon for invandrare, 1999;

*) Svensk-Arabiskt Lexikon, compiled by Nael Y. Touqan, Fawwaz A. Tuqan:

language editor, Stockholm, Lexin: spraklexikon for invandrare 2nd

edition revised

and enlarged, 2005.

المسيحية في العالم العربيChristianity in the Arab World, (by HRH Prince Al- Hassan bin Talal, London,

Longman's, 1993), translated into Arabic by Fawwaz Ahmad Tuqan, Amman/

London, Amman Bookshop and Longman's, 1994.

الفن العربي اإلسالمي المبكرEarly Arab Islamic Art, Amman-Beirut, United Publishers, 1993.

الصورة الشعرية عند عبد المنعم الرفاعيAbd al-Mun'im ar-Rifa'i: Poetic Imagery, Amman, Dar Kitabukum, Shqair and

'Akasheh, 1993.

تقديم وتحرير الشعر في جرش:

Poetry in Jerash Festival, selected, edited and introduced by Fawwaz A. Tuqan,

Amman, Dar Kitabukum, Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1987.

1967-1870االستعمار الصهيوني لألرض الفلسطينية: المستوطنات

Zionist Colonialism in Palestine: Settlements 1870-1967, Amman, Dar Kitabukum,

Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1986. ]compiling of 500 Zionist settlements, Kibbutz and

Nahhal with geographical location, linguistic analysis of Hebrew names and

identification of purpose[.

1977-1948الحركة الشعرية في األردن:

Poetry Movement in Jordan: 1948-1977, Amman, Dar Kitabukum, Shqair and

'Akasheh, 1985.

الحائر: بحوث في القصور األموية في الباديةAl-Ha'ir: Studies in Umayyad Desert Palaces, Amman, Ministry of Culture, 1979.

لبنك العربيالعصامي: سيرة الحاج عبد الحميد شومان مؤسس ا

The Self-Made Man. Amman, Arab Bank Ltd. and Arab Establishment for Studies

and Publishing, 1984. ]120 hours taped interviews, examination of personal archives

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and old files and documents of the Arab Bank’s Board of Directors, recomposing

the autobiography of founder Abful-Hamid Shuman in 88 short-story style

chapters[

محمود درويش: مختارات شعرية

[Book] Mahmoud Darwish: Selected Poems, translated into English and introduced,

jointly with Ian Wedde, London, Carcanet Press, 1973.

RESEARCH/ II Articles (selected)

"A Search for Monuments and Architectural Relics in some Abbasid Poems." in

R. Baalbaki, S. A. Agha, and T. Khalidi, Poetry and History: The Value of Poetry in

Reconstructing Arab History. (Beirut: American University of Beirut Press. 2011),

pp. 265-284.

سلطة النص وعالقتها بالخطاب السياسي في الصحافة اللبنانية اليومية: "دراسة تحليلية وميدانية في إطار مداخل "البنائية" و "الخطاب" و "التفكيكية

“Authority of Journalistic Text and its relation with Political Discourse in Lebanese

Daily Newspapers,” with Yasser A. Abdel-Aziz, Ph.D, a paper presented at the

International Conference on Arabic Language and Media, held in the Faculty of

Mass Media and Journalism, University of Cairo, Egypt (March 2010)

اجرين وربطهم بالثقافة العربية األمهوية المه ىالمجالت الثقافية في المهاجر األمريكية وكيف أثرت في الحفاظ عل “Cultural Magazines in the Americas: How the Immigrants’ National Identity Was

Preserved and How They Were Oriented towards Their Arabic Culture”

Paper presented in the International Conference on Cultural Magazines held

in Kuwait December 16-18, 2006.

" 'Abdullah ibn 'Ali: A Rebellious Uncle of al-Mansur," in Studies in Islam, (New

Delhi), 1969, pp. 1-26.

"وصف الطبيعة في شعر الصنوبري""Description of Nature in the Poetry of as-Sanawbari," in Journal of the Arab

Academy of Damascus (JAAD):-

43 (1968), vol. 4, pp. 810-825;

44 (1969), vol. 5, pp. 569-576;

45 (1970), vol. 6, pp. 127-142.

"القصور األموية الصحراوية: لماذا ابتنيت؟""Umayyad Desert Palaces: Why Were They Built?", in Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ), 14 (1969), pp. 4-25.

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"حبيب األصغر: أبو بكر الصنوبري شاعر الروضيات""Habib the Younger: Abu Bakr as-Sanawbari, Poet of Landscape Poetry", in Al-

Mashriq, (Univ. of St. Joseph), 64 (1970), pp. 263-278.

ي: ترجمة جديدة""مسلة مشيع ملك مؤاب الديبان

"Stele of King Mesha' the Debonite: New Translation," in Annual of the Department

of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ), 15 (1970), pp. 19-51.

"الحائر: ضرب من العمارة اإلسالمية""Al-Ha'ir: A Prototype of Islamic Architecture," in Proceedings of the First

International Conference on the History of Bilad ash-Sham, (University of Jordan),

1974, pp. 69-138.

"حدائق الحيوان زمن األمويين""The Zoo in Umayyad Times," in Tārikh al-Arab wal-'Ālam, (Beirut), 1 (1979), vol.

8, pp. 11-16; 1 (1979), vol. 9, pp. 12-15.

"المؤابيون""The Moabites," in Tārikh al-Arab wal-'Ālam, (Beirut) 1981, vol. 10, pp 11-15; vol.,

12, pp. 14-18.

"الواقوصة: ساح معركة اليرموك""Waqusah: Al-Yarmuk Battle Field," in Proceedings of the Fourth International

Conference on the History of Bilad ash-Sham, (University of Jordan and Yarmuk

University), 1987, pp. 323-331.

"المملكة األردنية الهاشمية: تاريخ وحضارة""The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: History and Civilization," in Āfāq al-Islam -

Horizons of Islam, (Amman-Beirut, ad-Dar al-Muttahidah), (1993), vol. 4, pp. 68-

142.

"القدس في العهود اإلسالمية""Jerusalem (al-Quds) in Islamic History," in Āfāq al-Islam - Horizons of Islam,

(Amman-Beirut, ad-Dar al-Muttahidah), (1995), vol. 12, pp. 40-63.

مناهج القائمةإشكالية تدريس الشعر العربي القديم في ظل ال

"Methodology Problems of Teaching Classical Arabic Poetry Using Existing

Curricula" in Nadwat ishkaliyyat al-manhaj wa turuq at-tadris fi kulliyyāt al-'ulum al-

insāniyyah wa al-ijtimā'iyyah fi duwal majlis at-ta'āwun, November 1999, University

of Bahrain.

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"الجامعة بين مسؤولي اإلعالم والعالقات العامة فيها وبين المهنيين العاملين في حقل الصحافة واإلعالم: الصعوبات والمشكالت""The University Torn between Administrators in Charge of Information and Public

Relations, and Professionals in the Field of Journalism and Media," The Third

Conference on Public Relations and Media; University Information: Existing realities

and Horizons of Development, (Badr Abdallah al-Mdaires, ed., Kuwait, University of

Kuwait, 2001), pp. 115-125.

" 1940-1900ومجتمعه كما بدت في األدب المهجري: الشعر في الواليات المتحدة "صورة الفرد األمريكي

"Image of the American Individual and His Society as Shown in Expatriate Arabic

Literature: Arabic Poetry in the United States 1900-1940" in Al-'Ulāqāt al-

'Arabiyyah al-Amrikiyyah: Nahwa Mustaqbal Mushriq, (Sami A. Khasawnih, ed.,

Amman, University of Jordan, 2001), pp 399-431.

اإلعالم وأثرها على األبناء المراهقين" وسائط"دور

"The Role and Impact of Media on Arab Teenagers," in al-Usrah wa ash-shabāb wa

tahaddiyāt al-qarn al-hādi wa al-'ishrin, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare,

Kingdom of Bahrain, May 2001.

"الجديد في نظرية اإلعالم األمريكية: األمر اليومي في البيت األبيض وبدعة محور الشر""Recent Aspects of American Mass Media Theory: Word of the Day in the White

House and the Axis of Evil," in Al-Quds al-'Arabi. London, October 16, 2002.

"وعد بلفور والتوقيت المميت""The Balfour Declaration and the Deadly Timing," in Al-Fikr al-Qawmi al-Arabi,

London, November 30, 2002.

ة: بعض المالحظات في اجتماعيات اللغة تخلُخل دافعية متعلم العربية الفصحى في وسط ُتستعمل فيه العامي“ العربية"“Motivation Instability of non-Arabic speaking students learning formal Arabic in a

milleiu using colloguial: some observations in socio-linguistics dervied from

Tuqan’s Questionaire,” a paper presented at the International Conference on

Teaching Arabic for non-Arabic Speakers, Yarmouk University, Irbid/ Jordan, May

6-7, 1998, (amended and updated 2007 for publication)

"ة طوقاناستبانكما تظهر في ودوافعهم : اتجاهات دارسي اللغة العربية الفصحى من غير الناطقين بهاظرة فين"Attitudes and Motivations of non-Arabic Speaking Students Learning Formal

Arabic As Exhibited in Tuqan’s Questionaire: An Outlook," presented at the

International Symposium on Teaching Arabic for non-Arabic Speaking Students in

the Gulf Arab States”, University of Bahrain, October 26-28, 1999, (amended and

updated 2008 for publication)

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CURRENT RESEARCH 1) The phenomenon of self-aggrandizement among Abbasid poets, especially by

boasting one’s prowess in composing poetry and prevailing over other poets.

2) "Ibn Hazm on Christianity: The Historical Record," revision of and addition to

an unpublished paper contributed to the International Symposium on: “Christian

perceptions of Islam; Muslim perceptions of Christianity: The Historical record,” The

Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman, Jordan, 1995.

3) Editing a unique short 18th

century A.D. manuscript entitled:

ب الوزير مصطفى باشا العقيان في نسقالئد Gold Nuggets Necklace of Vizier Mustafa Pasha Genealogy

With introduction, annotation and authentication of hadiths.

CREATIVE WRITING

جنيف وداعا

Farewell Geneve, (novel), Beirut, Arab Diffusion Publishers, 2003.

التاجر والعصفورThe Merchant and the Bird, (novelette), introduced by Prof/ Mahmoud as-Samrah

vice-president of the Univ of Jordan, Amman, Dar Kitabukum, 1985,

[ 5th edition, Amman, Dar Ammar, 1997[

2000-1963مختارات شعرية:

Selected Poems: 1963-2000, Fadia M. Majali, ed., Amman, Ministry of Culture,

2004.

غدا نفتتح المدينة

Tomorrow We Shall Inaugurate the City, (poems), Amman, Safadi Press, 1989.

أنقذوا البحرSave the Sea, (poems), Amman, Dar ash-Sha'b, 1983.

البحيرة: ست محاوالت لرسم الغروبThe Lake: Six Attempts at Drawing the Sunset, (poems), Amman, Amman Bookshop,

1978.

فيمَ الدُّوار؟What for This Vertigo, (poems), Amman, Amman Bookshop, 1975.

ماء لطائر الصدى

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A Drink of Water for the Sphinx, (poems), Amman, Amman Bookshop, 1974.

أغنية الموسم الواحدSong of a Single Season, (poems), Amman, Amman Bookshop, 1974.

EXAMINER AND SUPERVISOR OF GRADUATE THESES

AND DISSERTATIONS Examiner and supervisor of (25) twenty-five graduate M.A. theses and PhD.

Dissertations:

Professor Tuqan supervised 5 M.A. theses and was home and external

examiner of 19 M.A. theses

Professor Tuqan was also home and external examiner of 5 Ph.D.

dissertations.

These works covered the following fields: history of Arabic script,

northwest Semitic inscriptions, manuscript editing, Arabic literature

(various topics) covering: pre-Islamic, Islamic and Umayyad, Abbasid,

and contemporary.

A detailed list available upon request

ADMINISTRATION TUQAN held administrative posts in and outside university appointments. Most

important are:

* Member of the Refereeing Committee, Yusuf bin Ahmad Kanoo Prize for

Creativity and Excellence, First Session, 2000; Second Session, 2001

(Kingdom of Bahrain)

* Chairman, University Academic Promotions Committee, University of

Bahrain, 2001-2003

* Member of the Administrative Board of Thaqafat, University of Bahrain

(UoB) periodical, 2001-2004.

* Member of several committees and boards at the University of Bahrain

(UoB): Center for American Studies; Center for Measurement and

Evaluation; College of Arts Council, University Budget Sustainable Plan.

* Member of the Special Committee on Media Legislation formed by HM the

King of Bahrain, 2000

* Chaiman, University of Bahrain Comprehensive Cultural Committee,

1998-2003

* Chairman, Department of Information, Tourism and Graphic Arts,

University of Bahrain, 1999-2001

* Translator, Language Service Department, UN, Geneva, 1997

* Acting President, Zaytunah University, Amman, 1996

* Chairman, Languages Department, Zaytunah University, Amman, 1995-96

* Member of the Board of Directors, The Model School, (Elementary,

Intermediate, Secondary, Co-Educational), Univ. of Jordan, 1995

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* Chairman, Executive Board, Council of Arab Ministers of Labor and

Social Welfare, 1988-89

* Cabinet Minister of Social Development 1988-89

* Chief Librarian, University of Jordan, 1988

* Director of Cultural Relations, University of Jordan, 1987-88

* Director of Public Relations, University of Jordan, 1986-87

* Elected member to University Council, University of Jordan, 1981-83

* Managing Director and producer, Sima for Media Production, 1980-81

* Chairman, Committee for the Establishment of Physical Education

College, Ministry of Culture and Youth and University of Jordan, 1978

* Member of permanent committees at the Ministry of Culture and Youth:

periodicals, theater, 1978-79

* Consultant in teaching Arabic for speakers of other languages, League of

Arab States, Cairo, 1976-77

* Editor in Chief, Ar-Rabitah ath-Thaqafiyyah, monthly literary and cultural

supplement of Amman Evening News, 1975

* Editor in Chief, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ),

1970-71

* Advisor to General Director of Antiquities of Jordan 1970-72

CONFERENCES TUQAN attended many conferences as a contributor and/ or representative of his

country or university. Most important are:

* Conference on: Poetry and History: The Value of Poetry in Reconstructing

Arab History, American University of Beirut, January 24-26, 2008.

Sontribution: “A Search for Monuments and Architectural Relics in Some

Abbasid Poems”, appearing in the proceedings published by AUB 2009.

* The Third Academic Conference of the Department of Arabic Language

and Literature, College of Arts, the University of Jordan, Amman, July 15-

17, 2003, contribution for the topic of Language and the Media: (“Invasion of

the Satellite Channels”)

* Third Conference on Public Relations and Mass Communication: Mass

Communication Technique of the University, University of Kuwait, March

19-23, 2001, contribution: (Difficulties and Problems Facing University PR

Personnel in Dealing with the Press and Mass Media)

* International Conference on Arab-American Relations: Towards A

Brighter Future, University of Jordan and Brigham Young University,

Amman, April 10-12, 2000, contribution: (Image of the American Individual

and His Society as Shown in Expatriate Arabic Literature: Arabic Poetry in

the United States 1900-1940)

* Conference on Problems of Methodology and Methods of Teaching in

Colleges of Humanities and Social Sciences in Gulf Cooperation Council,

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UoB, November 7-9, 1999, contribution: “Methodology Problems of

Teaching Classical Arabic Poetry Using Existing Curricula”

* International Conference on Teaching Arabic for non-Arabic Speakers:

Challenges and Aspiration in the Twenty First Century, Yarmouk

University, Irbid/ Jordan, May 6-7, 1998, contribution: “Attitudes and

motivations of non-Arabic speaking students learning formal Arabic in a

milleiu using colloguial: some observations in socio-linguistics dervied from

Tuqan’s Questionaire.”

* International Symposium on Teaching Arabic for non-Arabic Speaking

Students in the Gulf Arab States, University of Bahrain, October 26-28, 2000,

contribution:"Attitudes and Motivations of non-Arabic Speaking Students

Learning Formal Arabic As Exhibited in Tuqan’s Questionaire: An Outlook"

* International Symposium on “Christian perceptions of Islam; Muslim

perceptions of Christianity: The Historical record,” The Royal Institute for

Inter-Faith Studies, Amman, Jordan, August 21-24, 1995, Professor Tuqan

contribution: "Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi on Christianity: The Historical

Record”.

* Symposium: "Prospects of Peace", University of Jordan, April 19-20, 1994,

contribution: "Is Jordan merely a Trojan Horse?: Issues of Joint Delegation,

Peace Process Past and Present and Chances of Success"

* First International Conference on pre-Islamic Inscriptions in Bilad ash-

Sham, Yarmuk University, 21-23 February 1993, contribution: “Some

Observations on the Language of Safaitic Inscriptions”

* Symposium: Heyday of Arabic Language, in celebration of the University

of Jordan 30th

anniversary, December 15-17, 1992, contribution:

"Archeologist and Littérateur: Two Perspectives in the Study of History of

Literature"

* Literary Criticism Symposium of Jerash Festival for Arts and Culture,

Jordan, contribution: "Imagery in 'Abd al-Mun'im ar-Rifa'i Poetry",

Criticism symposium hosted by Jerash Festival, July 20-24, 1992

* Baghdad International Conference on Arabic Script and Islamic non-

Pictorial Art, Baghdad, 1989, contribution: (Basic Problems in the History

and Development of Early Arabic Script)

* Al-Marbid Poetry Festival, Baghdad, attended and contributed annually

1983-89

* Conference of the Arab Higher Committee for Collective Efforts towards

Teaching Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages, (representing Jordan),

Cairo, 1977, contribution: “Methods, Techniques and Efforts of the Soviet

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Union and Pushkin Institute in Teaching and Spreading Russian Language

for non-Russian Speakers”, and: “New Language Reforms and Results of

Spreading Formal Chinese in The Republic of China under the

Communists”

* First International Conference on Teaching Arabic for non-Arabic

Speaking Students, Riyadh, 1978, contribution: “Teaching Arabic Script to

Students Writing in Latin Characters”

* Conference of the Arab Higher Committee for Collective Efforts towards

Teaching Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages, (representing Jordan),

Cairo, 1976, contribution: “Reformation of the Official Chinese Language

Policies and the Elimination of Colloquial Dialects”

* Arab European Dialogue, under the auspices of League of Arab States and

EC, Cultural Committee, 1976, Venice, (representing Jordan)

* The First International Conference on Youth and Sports, Paris, UNESCO,

1975, (representing Jordan)

* First International Conference on the History of Bilad ash-Sham, Amman,

1974, contribution: “al-Ha'ir: A prototype of Islamic architecture”, appeared

in the Proceedings of the First International Conference on the History of

Bilad ash-Sham

* American Oriental Society Conference, New Haven, Conn., 1967

PRIZES *) Poetry for Palestine, (First Prize), Arab League Education, Science and

Culture Organization (ALESCO), Cairo, 1978

*) State Award for Poetry, Jordan, 1980

*) Best Text of TV Programs, (Second Prize), Algiers Arab Radio and TV

Festival, 1974, awarded for TV serial "Islamic Fine Arts", written by

TUQAN and produced at Jordan Television

*) Best Documentary on Islamic Art, Archeology and Architecture, (First

Prize), League of Arab States Documentary Film Festival, Sana'a, 1979,

awarded for 16mm Film entitled: "Archeological Sites and Holy Places in

Jordan", filmed and produced in Arabic, English and French, for Jordan TV

*) Medal of Baghdad Film Festival, Baghdad, 1982, awarded for

documentary TV program entitled: "Zionist Colonialism in Palestine"

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CONTRIBUTION IN NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALS Professor Tuqan participated actively in writing, corresponding, editing and

publishing of newspapers and journals in the Arab World, mostly in Jordan.

His contributions varied from editor, writer, correspondent, publisher and

advisor to academic periodicals, cultural and general publication of annually,

monthly, weekly and daily publication, such as:

Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 1970-1972,

Ar-Rabitah ath-Thaqafiyyah, editor-in-chief, 1975-6,

Al-Faysal: Cultural monthly (Saudi Arabia), 1977-1982,

Horizons of Islam, (Beirut-Amman), 1992-1993,

Al-Akhbar, (daily newspaper, Jordan), daily cultural editor, 1980-1981,

University of Jordan Yearbook, editor-in-chief, 1987-8

University of Bahrain Cultural Yearbook, editor-in-chief, 2000-2001,

Culture Quarterly, (University of Bahrain), on the board of trustees,

2001-4

A detailed list upon request

CONTRIBUTION IN MASS MEDIA (RADIO & TV) Professor Tuqan contributed extensively in mass media:

Researching, preparation of material and scenarios, writing scripts,

presentation on the air, directing and participation in production of more

than 50 Cinema 16mm films and TV programs and serials: cultural, political

and documentary, amounting to 240 episodes totaling 130 hours.

TV programs = 220 episodes totaling 120 broadcasting hours

Films (16mm) = 20 films totaling 9 hours

Languages: Arabic, English and French (some were translated to German

and Spanish)

Professor Tuqan also was an expert guest in more than 60 programs on Arab

and foreign TV satellite stations in subjects such as: language, literature,

poetry, culture, history, archaeology, politics, sports and religious affairs.

Professor Tuqan participated in writing and presenting as well in being an

expert guest on various subjects such as: language, literature, poetry, culture,

history, archaeology, politics, sports and religious affairs, totaling 100 hours

of broadcasting on Arab and foreign radio station such as: BBC, Jordan,

MBC, Saudi, Emirates, Dubai, Bahrain, Iraq and others.

A detailed list upon request

ASSOCIATIONS, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, COMMUNITY SERVICE (Member, founding member, member of executive committee, and /or chairman of

many social, cultural, philanthropic and welfare clubs, associations, societies and

organizations):

The Royal Jordanian Astronomical Society

World Arab Translators Association (founding member)

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Friends of Arabic Calligraphy/ Jordan (founding member and chair 4 years)

Association of Jordanian Writers (founding member)

Society of Jordanian Translators (founding member)

Jordanian Research Society (founding member)

Bahrain Society of Academicians

University of Jordan Faculty Club (Chairman, 4 years)

The Jordanian Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature

Friends of Archeology (Jordan)

Jordan Olympic Committee, two terms 4 years each

Cerebral Palsy Foundation

Jordanian Squash Racket Federation (vice-president, 4 years)

Friends of Arabic Calligraphy (Founding member and chairman, 6 years)

Amman Cultural, Social and Sports Club (founding member)

American Oriental Society (1966-1971)

HOBBIES Classical music: Western and traditional Arabic; sports: swimming, squash racket;

international affairs

ADDITIONAL I operate office equipment; Computer enabled; Typing: Arabic, English