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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)