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I supervise postgraduate research projects in the areas of Arabic literature classical and modern, Arabic culture and society, Women and gender in the Middle East and North Africa.
Licence (Les) Mouloud Mammeri University, Algeria
Ph.D. Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
Head of Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds, (2006-2010)
Co-Director of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW), University of Manchester, ( 2013-2016)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds, (2002-2012)
Lecturer, Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds, (1997-2002)
Research Fellow, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter (1994-1997)
Lecturer, Mouloud Mammeri University, Algeria (1991-1994).
Memberships of academic and professional bodies
Associate Editor:
The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 2016-
The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies ( 2000-2008)
Member of Editorial Board:
The International Journal of Francophone Studies, 1998-
The Middle East Journal of Culture and Communications, 2007- 2016.
Women’s Studies International Forum, 2008- .
New Area Studies, 2020-
Zahia Smail Salhi received her doctorate from the University of Exeter. She taught at the University of Leeds from 1998 to 2012. In January 2013 she joined the University of Manchester as Chair of Modern Arabic Studies.
She served as Member of Sub-panel 27 (Area Studies), Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/ (2013-2014).
She held the position of Co-director of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) from 2013-2016 and led the CASAW research network on Women, Empowerment, Citizenship and Development.
She is a fellow member of the British Society of Middle Eastern Studies, and served as its Executive Director from 2006 to 2008.
Currently, she is associate editor of the The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies and served as its book reviews editor from 2000-2008. She serves as a member of the editorial board of Women Studies International Forum, The International Journal of Francophone Studies and New Area Studies.
She is member of the World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), and serves as a member of its International Advisory Council.
In the field of Arabic literature she served as a Member of the Committee of judges of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2012-2013, and a Member of the Committee of judges of the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, 2016.
My research takes two distinct axes as follows:
Literature and Culture of the Middle East and North Africa: I research both the classical and modern literatures of the region with more emphasis on women’s literature. I have also a keen interest in Maghrebi literature written both in French and Arabic. My research project: ‘Occidentalism and the Maghrebi Experience of East-West Encounter’ studies the literary representations of this encounter from its early beginnings to the present times resulted in a monograph (EUP2019). I am currently working on a new project mainly focussed on Literature as a platform for feminist activism.
Middle Eastern Gender Studies: My research in Gender mainly focuses on the Maghreb and Saudi Arabia and pays particular attention to women’s feminist movements, women’s struggle and resistance against conservatism and Islamic terrorism in MENA.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Vice-President of BRISMES
Sep 2018 → Jun 2019
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Zahia Smail Salhi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Zahia Smail Salhi (Discussant)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Zahia Smail Salhi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Zahia Smail Salhi (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Zahia Smail Salhi (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk