Faculty of Arts Asia Institute

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Abdul-Samad Abdullah

Arabic and Islamic Studies


Professional Address

Asia Institute
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010, Australia

Tel: +61 3 8344 5672
Fax: +61 3 9349 3472
E-mail: abdulsa@unimelb.edu.au

Degrees, Qualifications

1995 Ph.D. in Arabic Rhetoric and Qur'anic Studies,
Umm al–Qura University, Saudi Arabia
1989 M.A. in Arabic and Comparative Literature,
Umm al–Qura University, Saudi Arabia
1984 B.A. in Arabic Language and Literature and Isalamic Studies, Umm al–Qura University, Saudi Arabia

Career, Principal Offices, Principal Positions Held

2001-2004 Senior Lecturer, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
1998-2000 Lecturer, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
1995-1998 Assistant Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies,
International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1995-1997 Lecturer (part-time) in Arabic Language,
Maktab Islam Teachers Training College, Bangi, Malaysia

Research Interests


Principal Publications

Sole-authored books

  1. Khitab al-Andiya' (The Discourse of Prophets in The Holy Qur'an (in Arabic). Da'r Al-Zahraa, Cairo, 1998, ISBN 7-85-5200-9977
  2. Adwa' `ala al-shi`r al-Arabi fi Gharb Afriqiya (Focus on West African Arabic Poetry: Origins and Development), (in Arabic). Maktabat Wahbah, Cairo, 2001, ISSN 2001-9414

Sole-authored papers

  1. "Towards Arabic Poetry in West Africa". Nashrah Arabiyyah Department of Arabic Language and Literature, IIUM (International Islamic University of Malaysia), April 1996.
  2. "The Dawn of Islam in West Africa". At-Tajdid, Third Year (6), 1999, pp.127-150.
  3. "The Artistic Roots of Arabic Poetry in Nigeria and Senegal " Journal of College of Arabic Language and Literature , 2001, Al- Azhar University , Cairo , Egypt .
  4. "The Islamic Militant Poetry in West Africa " Al-Mishkat , Morocco , ISSN 0851-0547
  5. "The Dawn of Islam in West Africa " Al-Tajdid 3 (6), 127-150, IIUM, Malaysia , 1999, ISSN 1511-8096

Submitted papers

  1. "Arabic Poetry in West Africa : An Assessment of the Panegyric and Elegy Genres in Arabic Poetry of the 19 th and 20 th Centuries in Senegal and Nigeria " Journal of Arabic Literature, Leiden . Boston . Koln
  2. "Towards a Linguistic Approach to the Interpretation of the Foundation Texts of Islam", Refereed Conference Proceedings of International Conference on Islamization of Human Sciences , International Islamic University , Malaysia

Research in progress

  1. "Text analysis from the Muslim exegetes' point of view"
  2. "Intertextuality in the Arabic Poetry of West Africa"
  3. "The Islamic Influence on Arabic Poetry of West Africa"
  4. "Islamic Identity and the problem of education in West Africa "
  5. "Reader and the Text: Abdul-Qahir al-Jurjani's point of view"
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