Diploma in Languages, specialization in Italian language and
literature in the University of Baghdad – Faculty of Languages.
(September 2002 – June 2006)
Advanced course of Italian language and culture at Italian
Institute of Humanities (SUM), University of Florence. (September 2007 - September 2008)
Educational course on a teaching methodology of the Italian
language (L2) and Italian literature at the Italian Embassy in
Iraq. Certificate of a teacher of Italian language for foreigners
(Certification recognized by the Italian Embassy in Iraq).
(December 2008 - December 2008)
Master degree in Italian Studies, Literature Cultures of Europe,
Linguistic Sciences, LM-14 Modern Philology at the University of
Bologna. Degree mark: 110/110. Subject area: Italian Orientalism of
the nineteenth century. Thesis discusses the work of Alessandro
Manzoni's nephew. Master thesis title: “A case of Orientalism: Renzo
Manzoni: ‘The Journey in Yemen'” (1877-1880). (September 2009 -
September 2011).
PhD degree in Humanities, Literature Cultures, Philological and
Historical Sciences, at the University of Bologna. Subject area:
Italian contemporary Orientalism: Orientalism between imperialist
vocation, exotic and homoerotic suggestions. The historical
representations of the transition from the Umayyad to the Abbasid
era. (October 2011- April 2015)
Teaching activity:
September 2008 -December 2009: At the University of Baghdad, Faculty of Languages, Italian language department. Teaching of the Italian language and culture; of the Arabic language for foreigners; of the didactic methodology for the elaboration of the thesis in Arabic.
April 2015 – up to today: Arabic language teaching and tutoring at the University of Bologna, School of Languages and Literature, Translations and Interpreting – Headquarters Forlì.
September 2015 - May 2018, September 2019 - May 2020, Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Language Center in Bologna. semi-annual contract.
October 2018 – Until today, Lecturer at the Higher School for Linguistic Mediators Ciels Padova.
October 2019 - 2021, Lecturer at the Istituto di Alti Studi SSML Carlo Bo, Bologna headquarters.
October 2020- Until today, Lecturer at the Ciels Higher School for Linguistic Mediators in Bologna.
May 2020-2021 collaborator and linguistic expert in Arabic at the University of Verona.
October 2022- until today collaborator and linguistic expert of Arabic language at the University of Parma.
