Abdullah Hamad Muharib

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Abdullah Hamad Muharib (Arabic: عبد الله حمد محارب; born 1946) is a Kuwaiti thinker. He is the author of several recognized books in th filed of Arabic Arts and Litterature. He is currently the Director General of the Arab League Education, Culture and Science Organization (ALECSO).

• Degree: PhD in Arts
• Academic discipline: Arabic language
• PhD in: Literature Studies (Classic Literature) with First Class Honors
• PhD written in: Arabic Degree awarded by: Cairo University, Faculty of Dar El-Ulum Date degree awarded: 27/9/1987 Title of doctoral dissertation: Part three of Almwazaneh bain Altaeyaen, study and editing Title of master’s thesis: Abu-Tammam and his past and contemporary critics, with Excellent grade, awarded on 28/6/1983, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria *University Languages: English (advanced proficiency)

Teaching experience

• Teacher at the Arabic language department, University of Kuwait, since 2002
• Lecture: First semester 92/93 until the end of the second semester 96/97

Membership in scientific bodies

• Former member of the High Committee of the Kuwaiti Encyclopedia (Amiri Diwan)
• Former member of the Board of Managers of the Cultural and Intellectual Waqf Fund
• Consultant at the Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait (CRSK)
• Former member of the Committee to Promote Kuwaiti Writings in the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature (94/93)
• Member of the Awards Committee of the Kuwaiti Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences of the 21st Kuwaiti Book Fair in 1996
• Former member of the thought and culture team of the High Committee for the Implementation of Shariah (Amiri Diwan)
• Member of the Al-Babitain Foundation for Studies
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Al-Babitain Foundation for Cultural Communication with the Descendants of Al-Imam Bukhari
• Former member of the Book Censorship Committee (Ministry of Information)
• Member of the Association of Journalists
• Member of the Board of Directors of the High Institute of Theatrical Arts.
• Member of the Higher Committee for Support of Creative Publications and to Authorize Full-Time Artistic and Literary production in the National Council of Culture, Arts and Literature.
• Former member of the editorial board of the Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Kuwait University.
• Member of the editorial board of the Authoring, Arabization and Scientific Publication Committee at Kuwait University
• Member of the Committee in charge of Preparing the Entrance Exam For Kuwait University Prospective Students
• Member of the Preparatory Committee of a number of Educational Conferences at the Association of Kuwaiti School Teachers.

• Teacher at Khaitan High School, Ministry of Education.
• School deputy headmaster. • Cultural Attaché in Cairo from 1978 to 1982.
• Cultural Counsellor and Head of the Cultural Office in Cairo in 1982-1992.
• Dean of Arab cultural Counsellors in Cairo.
• Advisor at the Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait.
• Former Director of the Institute of Manuscripts - Kuwait -
• Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts – Arabic Language Department- full time assignment language for three consecutive years, then part-time assignment.
• Member of the Committee to provide care to Kuwaiti citizens in Cairo during the period of the invasion. Cultural Counsellor and Head of Cultural Office in Cairo from 1997 to 2000.
• Assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts - Department of Arabic - Kuwait University
• Kuwait’s Cabinet Adviser from 1993 to 2013.
• Director General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization(ALECSO) from 2013-2020

Research Studies

1. “Culture in Kuwait and the Iraqi invasion”. A study on the literature and culture of resistance during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (57 pages) - Annals of the Faculty of Arts.
2. “Man Ismouhou Massaoud mina Alforsan wa Al-sada wa al-shuaraa by Al-Amedi” (Hassan bin-Bishr) - Journal of the Manuscripts Institute - November 29 - 99 pages - study and editing. #Arabic poetry and the plight of modernity, Journal of the Institut d’Egypte, April 2000, (49 pages).
3. From the book “Interpreting the meaning of the verses of Abu Tammam of Al-Amedi”, study and editing, Journal of the Faculty of Science - Cairo University, (37 pages).
4. “Shiir Al-Buhturi Bayna Diwanihi wa al-muwazana lil Al-Amedi”, the Journal of the Faculty of Arts - Cairo University (31 pages).
5. “Shiir Abi-Tammam bayna Diwanihi bisharhi Al-Tabrizi wa al-muwazana by Amedi”, Journal of the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo, (27 pages).
6. “Rudud al-Marzouki ala al-Souli fi Sharhi Shiir Abi-Tammam” , analysis and study , Journal of Humanities - Kuwait University.
7. “The Andalusian version of Diwan Abi Tammam”, a documentary study and a critical analysis, Journal of the Institute of Arabic manuscripts.
8. “Al-Mutanabi fi Kitab al-sinaatayn wa Diwan al-maany by Abi-Hilal Al-Askari”, analysis and study, Arab Journal for the Humanities.
9. “Mimma Infarada bihi Abu-alhasen Ali Bin Muhammad al-Bayari fima wasala ileyna min Sharhihi Alhamasa”, study and editing.
10. “Al-Makhtoutat al Alifa fi Sharhi al-Hamasa” , presented at the Third International Conference at the Manuscripts Center - Library of Alexandria - 7-9 /3/ 2006

Books

1. “Abu Tammam in the Eyes of his Ancient and Contemporary Critics”, Khanji Library 1990.
2. “Al-muwazana bayna Abi-Tammam wal-Buhturi li abi-AlKacem Al-Hasen Ibn Bishr Al-Amedi”, Study and editing, Khanji library Cairo, 1990.
3. “Poems and verses of Abu Tammam not contained in the printed version of his collection of poems”, Annals of the Faculty of Arts, University of Kuwait.
4. “A visit to a spider’s web” - the Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait, 2000.
5. “Homelands thirsty for Islam” (Travel Literature) –Private- Al-Khatt Printing House, Kuwait.
6. “Documents that Never Die”, a study and development of Kuwaiti documents and documents on the Iraqi invasion, and the boldness of Kuwaiti civilians and military personnel in responding to aggression - the Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait .
7. “Ma wasal ilayna min Kitabi al Intisari min Dholamat Abi Tammam lil Marzouki”, study and editing, Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Kuwait University.
8. “Kuwait and Egypt” (a documentary study in cultural, political and economic relations). “Sheikh Hamad Muharib, his life and his poetry”.
9. “The Andalusian version of the Colletion of Poems of Abi Tammam as told by Abu Ali Alqali”, published by the Authoring , Arabization and Publishing Committee, Council of Scientific Publications at Kuwait University.
10. “Al-Amedi, al - Hasan ibn Bishr bayna Al-Muwazana wa Atharin lahou Nadira”, Afak library , Kuwait.
11. “Culture in Kuwait and the Iraqi Invasion”, Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Kuwait University.

Book Contributions

1. Kuwait: Existence and Boundaries.
2. Encyclopedia of the Islamic world, Chapter on Kuwait.
3. Demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq border
4. Historical Right and International Will.
5. Iraqi Aggression: Truth and Tragedy.
6. Landmines and the Destruction of the Kuwaiti Environment.
7. Oil Trenches and the Destruction of the Kuwaiti Environment.
8. Kuwait in its Loftiness.
9. (Aggression of the Mind), co-authored with Professor Samaan Butros Samaan.

Research papers presented in conferences

1. A response to a study on the history of Kuwait, Symposium of the World of knowledge (Iraqi aggression of Kuwait) in 1993.
2. Culture in Kuwait from a Historical Perspective, Faculty of Arts - University of Mohammed V - Casablanca – Morocco, November 1995.
3. Sightings in a Forgotten Country - College of Islamic Education - Public Authority for Applied Education and Training - Kuwait - March 1997.
4. A research paper on the cultural season of the Sociologist Association, On Democracy in Kuwait - a Historical Perspective .
5. “Modernity and its Impact on Arabic Literature”, a presentation at the Cultural Season of the Faculty of Law, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
6. A response to the paper by Dr. Abdulaziz Altwaijri , Director General of the Islamic Organization for Education , Science and Culture ( Cultural Development from an Islamic Perspective ). Introduction to the symposium on Development in the framework of Islamic Thought, Kuwait, 11-13 March 1996.
7. A presentation on Inter-Arab relations, on the occasion of the celebration of the Sisterhood Week between the Provinces of Farwaniya and Alexandria in April 2001.
8. A Response to the paper of Dr. Ali Hashemi on the poetry of Sheikh Ibrahim Al - Khalifa .
9. Culture in Kuwait: Roots and Prospects, a presentation made on the occasion of the celebration of the Sisterhood Week between the Provinces of Farwaniya and Rif Damascus in June 2001 # (Precious and Rare Millennium-old manuscripts), International Conference held in the library of Alexandria.