Biography:Bilal Orfali

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Short description: Islamic studies academic

Bilal Orfali is a Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature. He currently serves as Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut.[1][2] He is considered an expert on Arabic prose and poetry, especially during the 10th century.[3]

Life

Orfali earned a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the American University of Beirut in 2000, 2001 and 2003 respectively. He then went on to earn a Master of Philosophy in 2006 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2009, both from Yale University.[4][5] Orfali is currently a professor of Arabic studies at AUB, while also having served as a visiting scholar at the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey from 2011 to 2012.[3][5] He also serves as the director of the AUB's intensive CAMES summer program for Arabic language education.[6]

Selected works

Abstracts

  • "The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia," taken from Encyclopedias About Muslim Civilisations by Aptin Khanbaghi (ed), pgs. 25–26. Translated by Yasmeen Hanoosh. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Articles

  • Orfali, Bilal (2009). "The Works of Abū Manṣūr al-Tha'ālibī (350-429/961-1039)". Journal of Arabic Literature (Leiden: Brill Publishers) 40 (3): 273–318. doi:10.1163/008523709X12554960674539. 
  • "A Sketch Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies up to the Fall of Baghdad." Journal of Arabic Literature, vol. 43, # 1, 2012. Pgs. 29–59.[7]

Edited works

  • In the Shadow of Arabic: The Centrality of Language to Arabic Culture. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2011. 1st ed., 572 pgs.[8] ISBN:9789004215375
  • Sufism, Black and White, with Nada Saab. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2012. 1st ed., 570 pgs.[9] ISBN:9789004216778
  • Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān, with Gerhard Böwering and Devin J. Stewart. Leiden: Brill Publishers.[10] ISSN 1567-2808

Original works

  • The Comfort of the Mystics, with Gerhard Böwering. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2013. 1st ed., 720 pgs.[11] ISBN:9789004233614

Citations

  1. ↑ "AUB - Faculty Member Profile - Bilal Orfali" (in en-US). http://www.aub.edu.lb:80/pages/profile.aspx?MemberId=bo00. 
  2. ↑ Bilal Orfali at Alibris.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Faculty and Members, 2011-2012, pg. 17. Institute for Advanced Study's official website.
  4. ↑ Bilal Orfali at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, American University of Beirut's official site. Accessed February 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Orfali, Bilal at the Institute for Advanced Study's official site.
  6. ↑ "Foreigners and Lebanese expatriates soak up Lebanese culture and Arabic classes on campus," Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd., 2009.
  7. ↑ A Sketch Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies up to the Fall of Baghdad at Ingentaconnect.
  8. ↑ In the Shadow of Arabic at Brill Online.
  9. ↑ Sufism, Black and White at Brill Online.
  10. ↑ "Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān" (in en). https://brill.com/display/serial/TSQ. 
  11. ↑ Böwering, Gerhard; Orfali, Bilal (2015-01-08) (in en). The Comfort of the Mystics: A Manual and Anthology of Early Sufism. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-23362-1. https://brill.com/display/title/21979. 

External links

  • Bibliography at GoodReads.
  • Resume of Dr. Orfali at the American University of Beirut's official site.



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