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Arabic literature; Palestinian folk literature; Modern Arabic Poetry ; al-rajaz meter

Biography

My name is ميسون شيبي (Maysoon Shibi), and I hold a Ph.D. in Arabic Literature from Tel Aviv University (2021).

My main interest is the musicality of literary texts, be it in their rhythm, rhyme or poetic meter (prosody). I am basically looking into the forms and structures of literary texts, trying to study their literariness.
In addition, I am interested in comparative methods in literary studies on different levels: gender, literary genres, language use, etc.

Masters thesis (written in Arabic):
"وزن الرجز في الشعر العربيّ الحديث"
("Al-rajaz Meter in Modern Arabic Poetry")

Ph.D. dissertation (written in English):
"Poetic Stanzas and Magic Statements in Palestinian Fairytales"

Postdoctoral research (2023-2025, Arabistik, FU Berlin):
"The Poetry of Arab Women in the Modern Era: a prosodical inquiry into the reasons WHY?"


Language proficiency:
Arabic (native)
Hebrew
English
German (B1.1)

Activities

Employment (6)

Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2023-10 to 2024-03-31 | Lecturer (Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften, Seminar für Semitistik und Arabistik)
Employment
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL

2021-10 to 2023 | Research fellow (The program for Arab-Jewish Cultural Studies)
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, IL

2015-02 to 2022 | Tutor/teaching assistant (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies)
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2020 to 2021 | Tutor (Noar Shoher Mada)
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The Center for Educational Technology: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL

2016 to 2018 | Translator & senior translator (English to Arabic) (International exams)
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The National Authority of Measurement and Evaluation in Education (RAMA): Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL

2017 to 2017 | Translator (English to Arabic) (International exams)
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Education and qualifications (6)

Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, IL

2017-10-22 to 2021-02-17 | Ph.D. (Dissertation: "Poetic Stanzas and Magic Statements in Palestinian Fairytales: Formalistic and Structural Approaches") (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, The School of Cultural Studies)
Qualification
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Radboud University Nijmegen: Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL

2018 to 2018 | Certificate in Perfecting Your Academic Writing Skills (Erasmus Plus Summer School Program)
Education
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Radboud University Nijmegen: Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL

2018 to 2018 | Certificate in Making (Systematic) Literature Reviews Work for You (Erasmus Plus Summer School Program)
Education
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, IL

2013 to 2017 | Master of Arts (Thesis: "وزن الرجز في الشعر العربي الحديث") (Summa Cum Laude) (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies)
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Beit Berl College: Kfar Saba, IL

2012 to 2015 | Teaching certificate (The English Department)
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, IL

2009 to 2013 | Bachelor of Arts (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies AND Department of English and American Studies)
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Professional activities (14)

Minerva Stiftung: Berlin, Germany, DE

2023-02 to 2025 | Post-Doc Fellow of the Minerva Stiftung (Seminar für Semitistik und Arabistik)
Invited position
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2018 | Research Encouragement Scholarship: Research Incentive (The School of Cultural Studies)
Distinction
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2018 | Research Encouragement Scholarship (2): Research Incentive (The School of Cultural Studies)
Distinction
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Rothschild Caesarea Foundation: Tel Aviv, IL

2018 | The Ariane de Rothschild Women Doctoral Program (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies)
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Erasmus+: Nijmegen , NL

2018
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2017-05 | Summa Cum Laude (Arabic and Islamic Studies)
Distinction
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2017 | The Lois and Martin Whitman Scholarship for Excellent Arab Students (The Whitman Family Center for Coexistence)
Distinction
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The Arabic Language Academy: Nazareth, IL

2016 | The Academy of the Arabic Language Scholarship for Excellent Students
Distinction
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2016 | Drori Award for Excellent Students (The School of Cultural Studies)
Distinction
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2016 | Department's Scholarship for Excellent MA students (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies)
Distinction
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Maysoon Shibi

Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2016 | The Lois and Martin Whitman Scholarship for Excellent Arab Students (The Whitman Family Center for Coexistence)
Distinction
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Maysoon Shibi

Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2016 | Pozis Scholarship for Excellent Students (The School of Cultural Studies)
Distinction
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2015 | Pozis Scholarship for Excellent Students (The School of Cultural Studies)
Distinction
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2015 | Faculty's Scholarship for Excellent MA students (Faculty of Humanities)
Distinction
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Works (5)

Book review: The Politics of Art by Hanan Toukan

Critical Inquiry
2023-04 | Book review
Contributors: Maysoon Shibi
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"'Mawwāl fī layli ʾummī'- Reading of Folkloric Modern Poetry"

International Journal of Language and Literature (IJLL)
2021-06 | Journal article
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“ʾUmm al-Rūbābīkā” (The Pedlar Woman) as Short Story and Play: a Comparative Study of two Literary Works under the same Title"

Journal of Oriental and African Studies
2020 | Journal article
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"The Evolution of the rajaz Meter in Modern Arabic Poetry, al-rajaz poem as Narrative Poetry, as reflected in the Works of Ṣalāḥ ʽAbd al-Ṣabūr"

Journal of Semitic Studies
2019-08 | Journal article
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"The Evolution of the rajaz Meter in Modern Arabic Poetry, as Reflected in the Works of ʾAmal Dunqul"

Journal of Semitic Studies
2018-02 | Journal article
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