Teaching Experience (Around 10 Years)

International Islamic University, Islamabad Visiting Lecturer, Islamic Studies, 2015-2025.

Federal Urdu University, Islamabad Visiting Lecturer, Islamic Studies, 2014-2015.

Major Courses/Subjects Taught

Introduction to Arabic Language and Literature

Arabic Grammar

Literature and Mysticism

Introduction to Philosophy and Aesthetics

Introduction to the Qur'an

Translation of the Qur'an (A Literary and Linguistic Study)

Verbal Translation of the Qur'an

Introduction to Seerah Writings in Urdu

Translation, Writing, and Editing

Translated Hatim al-Shahri's Tawaqqaftu an il-Buka ["Then I Gave Up Weeping") (Forth-coming, AIOU and NBF).

Translated Saussure's Course in General Linguistics into Urdu (Forthcoming).

Translated an article by Linda Hutcheon titled Historiographic Metafiction: Parody and Inter-textuality of History (Forthcoming).

Translated multiple short stories and poems that were published in Adbiyat, Pakistan Academy of Letters, the latest ones being in 2023.

Translator and Interpreter for articles, speeches, and interviews of teachers and visitors from al-Azhar University, Egypt, at IIUI, 2021-2023.

Research Assistant and Translator in various academic projects, with special focus on Literature and Islamic Studies; including:

Digitizing Folk Wisdom, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

o Various translations and contributions for Ummatics.

Freelance translator for Independent Urdu, 2021-2023; articles translated include:

o "US is Becoming a Developing Country on Global Rankings that Measure Democracy Inequality" (Kathleen Frydi, from English)

o "Bye Bye America" (Saa'd bin Tifla al-Ajami, from Arabic)

Translator in journals, magazines, collections, and books, from English and Arabic to Urdu, including:

o "Introduction: The Biopic and It's Critical Contexts" (Belen Vidal)

o "Manto: Narrativising Saadat Hassan Manto's Life and Times Through the Literary Biopic Genre" (Girija Suri)

o "US is Becoming a Developing Country on Global Rankings that Measure Democracy Inequality" (for Independent Urdu)

o "Sexuality and Objectification in Dastan Narratives: Women as Objects of Desire in Hoshruba, the land and the Talism (Book 1)" (Dr. Farrukh Nadeem)

Co-author of book titled al-l'laam al-'Arabi, published by Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad; and included as a textbook in their BS-Arabic programme.

Author of various articles in journals, magazines, collections, and books, including;

o Detailed Introduction, Pitras ke Mazamin, Rumail Publications.

Editor, Annotator, and Author of Preface for numerous books on Literature, Language,

Theology, and Hadith, including:

Sharah Bang e Dara, Dr. Riaz Majeed (Forthcoming).

Urdu Main Na'at Goi, Dr. Riaz Majeed (2nd ed., Forthcoming).

o Fiction, Discourse, and Cultural Spatiality, Dr. Farrukh Nadeem.

o Paikar e Jameel (Seerah), Hameed Shahid.

o Gilgamesh, translated by Dr. M. Sheeraz Dasti.

Editor, National Book Foundation, 2015-2016, including:

o Seerat-un-Nab, Shibli Nomani and Syed Suleman Nadwi.

o Travelogue by Kaukab Raja.

Shah Muhimmat.

Co-Editor for various literary and research journals, including:

Adabiyat, Academy of Letters, Islamabad.

o Mayar, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

o al-Tibyan, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

Language Champion, Oxford Living Urdu Dictionary, 2018-2020.

Editor, Noor-ul-Lughat, a major Urdu lexicon, 2018.

Editor, Farhang-e-Asfiya, a major Urdu lexicon, 2017.

Content Editor, Qur'anic Translation and Visualization, Nayatel, 2016-2017.

Education

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad

Master of Science, Arabic Literature

University of Sargodha

Master of Art, Urdu Literature

International Islamic University, Islamabad

Master of Art, Islamic Studies

Wifaq-ul-Madaris, Pakistan

al-Shahadah al-Alamiyya (Equivalent to Master of Art, Arabic)

Experience

Teaching Experience (Around 10 Years)

International Islamic University, Islamabad Visiting Lecturer, Islamic Studies, 2015-2025.

Federal Urdu University, Islamabad Visiting Lecturer, Islamic Studies, 2014-2015.

Major Courses/Subjects Taught

Introduction to Arabic Language and Literature

Arabic Grammar

Literature and Mysticism

Introduction to Philosophy and Aesthetics

Introduction to the Qur'an

Translation of the Qur'an (A Literary and Linguistic Study)

Verbal Translation of the Qur'an

Introduction to Seerah Writings in Urdu

Translation, Writing, and Editing

Translated Hatim al-Shahri's Tawaqqaftu an il-Buka ["Then I Gave Up Weeping") (Forth-coming, AIOU and NBF).

Translated Saussure's Course in General Linguistics into Urdu (Forthcoming).

Translated an article by Linda Hutcheon titled Historiographic Metafiction: Parody and Inter-textuality of History (Forthcoming).

Translated multiple short stories and poems that were published in Adbiyat, Pakistan Academy of Letters, the latest ones being in 2023.

Translator and Interpreter for articles, speeches, and interviews of teachers and visitors from al-Azhar University, Egypt, at IIUI, 2021-2023.

Research Assistant and Translator in various academic projects, with special focus on Literature and Islamic Studies; including:

Digitizing Folk Wisdom, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

o Various translations and contributions for Ummatics.

Freelance translator for Independent Urdu, 2021-2023; articles translated include:

o "US is Becoming a Developing Country on Global Rankings that Measure Democracy Inequality" (Kathleen Frydi, from English)

o "Bye Bye America" (Saa'd bin Tifla al-Ajami, from Arabic)

Translator in journals, magazines, collections, and books, from English and Arabic to Urdu, including:

o "Introduction: The Biopic and It's Critical Contexts" (Belen Vidal)

o "Manto: Narrativising Saadat Hassan Manto's Life and Times Through the Literary Biopic Genre" (Girija Suri)

o "US is Becoming a Developing Country on Global Rankings that Measure Democracy Inequality" (for Independent Urdu)

o "Sexuality and Objectification in Dastan Narratives: Women as Objects of Desire in Hoshruba, the land and the Talism (Book 1)" (Dr. Farrukh Nadeem)

Co-author of book titled al-l'laam al-'Arabi, published by Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad; and included as a textbook in their BS-Arabic programme.

Author of various articles in journals, magazines, collections, and books, including;

o Detailed Introduction, Pitras ke Mazamin, Rumail Publications.

Editor, Annotator, and Author of Preface for numerous books on Literature, Language,

Theology, and Hadith, including:

Sharah Bang e Dara, Dr. Riaz Majeed (Forthcoming).

Urdu Main Na'at Goi, Dr. Riaz Majeed (2nd ed., Forthcoming).

o Fiction, Discourse, and Cultural Spatiality, Dr. Farrukh Nadeem.

o Paikar e Jameel (Seerah), Hameed Shahid.

o Gilgamesh, translated by Dr. M. Sheeraz Dasti.

Editor, National Book Foundation, 2015-2016, including:

o Seerat-un-Nab, Shibli Nomani and Syed Suleman Nadwi.

o Travelogue by Kaukab Raja.

Shah Muhimmat.

Co-Editor for various literary and research journals, including:

Adabiyat, Academy of Letters, Islamabad.

o Mayar, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

o al-Tibyan, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

Language Champion, Oxford Living Urdu Dictionary, 2018-2020.

Editor, Noor-ul-Lughat, a major Urdu lexicon, 2018.

Editor, Farhang-e-Asfiya, a major Urdu lexicon, 2017.

Content Editor, Qur'anic Translation and Visualization, Nayatel, 2016-2017.

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