Alaa Abdelsalam

e-mail: alaa.abdelsalamphd.unipi.it
Dipartimento di Civiltà e forme del sapere, via Pasquale Paoli 15, 56126 Pisa

Research Project: “Crossing the Boundaries Between East and West. Barthélemy d’Herbélot’s Bibliothèque Orientale and its Ottoman Source”
Tutor: prof. Cristina D’Ancona

Education:

Master degree (University of Alexandria of Egypt).

Professional experiences:

• 2012 – : translator Arabic-into-English  Egyptian Tourist Authority – Borg El-Arab International Airport – Alexandria – Egypt.
• 2010 – 2011: translator Arabic-into-English Khedr Office for Translation (Alexandria – Egypt).
• 2010: translator Arabic-into-English El-Alamia Office for Translation (Cairo – Egypt).
• 2009 : translator Arabic-into-English El-Zahrani Company for (Dammam – Saudi Arabia).
• 2006 – 2008: translator Arabic-into-English El-Farouk Office for Translation (Cairo – Egypt).

Workshops, lectures:

• The Third Postgraduate Conference: “New Horizons in Academic Research”, 3-6 March 2018, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University.
• The Eighth Scientific Seminar of Manuscripts Center at Bibliotheca Alexandrina about “Al-Nadim’s Fihrist”, 18 February 2019. Lecturer Prof. Ayman Fuad Sayyid.

Publications (in Arabic):

• Islam: An Historical Introduction by Gerhard Endress. (Translation). Edition Postmodernité, Fez, Morocco, 2019. -Book
• Zangid Dynasty based on Al-Tārīkh al-bāhir of Ibn al-Athir. Dar Safahat, Damascus 2017 – Book
• (Ibn al-Sa’i al-Baghdadi: His biography and works). The Third Postgraduate Conference “New Horizons in Academic Research”, 3-6 March 2018, Bulletin of Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Issue No. 91, 2018, pp. 239-260.
• (Ismat addin Khatun: The Votary Sultana). Al-Muqtataf Magazine, 2017.
• (Ibn al-Athir as an historian of the Zangid Dynasty based on his book “Al-Tārīkh al-bāhir”). Historical Kan Periodical, December 2016, No. 34. pp. 170-179.
• Political Recklessness: models from our history). Ida’at, 2018.
• (Contradictions in the Ayyubid Dynasty: descendants were not like fathers). Ida’at 2018.
• (Intellectual property theft in the past and present). Alukah Network, October 2018.
• (The turning point in Saladin’s life). Alukah Network, September 2018
• (Ibn Jawzi’s rhetoric). Alukah Network, July 2018
• (When the contemporary historian is silent: silence of the fear). Arrafid Magazine, Government of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, February 2018, No. 264, pp. 25-27.
• (Historians in Crises). Al-Hayat , November 2017
• (Nuraddin & Saladin: a unitary project before 1000 years). Al-Hayat ,August 2017.

Last Update: 2019-12-18