Dr Huda Al-Tamimi
PhD, MPhil & Post Grad.Dip Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching Massey University,
Lecturer and Convenor of Arabic Program
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise
- Middle Eastern Languages 200318
- Linguistics 2004
- Linguistic Structures (Incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) 200408
Research interests
Arabic language and literature through culture; Gender and the impact of Islamic rules on women’s participation in the public sphere; Arabic calligraphy and gender bias; Arabic media and the Iraqi transition to democracy; Gender disparities and the imbalance of rights and their significance in the Arab world.
Biography
Dr. Huda Al-Tamimi has a PhD from ANU. Her research project was an investigation of 'The Changing State for Iraqi Women: Political and Social Mobilisation for Iraqi Women Members of Parliament Post-2003. She also has an MPhil and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from Massey University, NZ, a BA in English Literature from Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching from Trinity College, Dublin.
At CAIS, she has used her specialist skills to teach courses in Arabic linguistics and literature. Huda has recently published a book entitled Arabic Literature through History, Dar Al Saqi Publishers, Beirut, 2015, pp 400. Her research includes the teaching of Arabic as a second language and a study of the changing role of women in Iraqi politics. Dr. Al-Tamimi has published a book on Iraqi women parliamentarian: Women and Democracy in Iraq: Gender, Politics and Nation-Building in June, 2019.
At CAIS, she has used her specialist skills to teach courses in Arabic linguistics and literature. Huda has recently published a book entitled Arabic Literature through History, Dar Al Saqi Publishers, Beirut, 2015, pp 400. Her research includes the teaching of Arabic as a second language and a study of the changing role of women in Iraqi politics. Dr. Al-Tamimi has published a book on Iraqi women parliamentarian: Women and Democracy in Iraq: Gender, Politics and Nation-Building in June, 2019.
Researcher's projects
Women and Democracy in Iraq: Gender, Politics and Nation-Building (Book)
Effects of Iraq's Parliamaentry Gender Quota on Political Mobilisation and Legitimacy Post-2003
Challanges and Difficulties of Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language at Tertiary Level
Publications
- Al-Tamimi, H 2019, Women and Democracy in Iraq: Gender, Politics and Nation-Building, Bloomsbury, United Kingdom.
- Al-Tamimi, H 2018, 'Effects of Iraq's Parliamentary Gender Quota on Women's Political Mobilization and Legitimacy Post-2003', Contemporary Arab Affairs, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 41-62.
- Al-Tamimi, H 2015, Arabic Literature through History, Dar Al Saqi Publishers, Beirut.
- Al-Tamimi, H 2013, ''Islam, Calligraphy, & Gender: An Overview on the Role of Women Calligraphers in Islam'', IRS Cultural Heritage, vol. 2, no. 13, pp. 26-33pp.
- Al-Tamimi, H 2012, 'Teaching Arabic Literature to Foreign Language Learners as a Medium to Bridge Cultural Gap', Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World, vol. 5, pp. 93-114.
- 2012, 'Teaching Literature to Foreign Language Learners as a Medium for Cultural Awareness and Empathy', Arab World English, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 214-232.
- 2012, 'Teaching Literature to Foreign Language Learners: A Medium to Bridge the Gap between Cultures', Education, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 296-305.
- 'The impact of the Diglossian on Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language', Postgraduate Research in Education Conference 2011, ed. Hongshi Yang et al, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, pp. 1-13.
