BAKRI HUSSEIN SULEIMAN AL-AZZAM

Bakri Hussein Suleiman Al-Azzam	Professor
English Language	Translation
Faculty of Arts	Department of English Language and Literature
bakri@hu.edu.jo
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Office No. : 212	EXT : 3077

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Ph.D.	University of Durham	United Kingdom,2005
Master	Yarmouk University	Jordan,1998
Bachelor	Yarmouk University	Jordan,1991

 Religious Translation (mainly Islamic Religious Discourse), Translation and Semantics, Literary Translation (English-Arabic-English), Lexical Semantics, Cultural Translation, and Arabic Poetry Composition

 1. Al-Kharabsheh, A, and Al-Azzam, B (2008) Translating the Invisible in the Qur’an, Babel, vol.54, no.1. John Benjamins Publishing Company: The Netherlands.

2. Al-Kaharabsheh, A, Al-Azzam, B, Obeidat, M (2008) Lost in Translation: Shop Signs in Jordan. META, vol.53, no.3. Les Presses de l’Universite de Montreal: Montreal.

3. Al-Kaharabsheh, A, Al-Azzam, B, Obeidat, M (2009) The English Departments in the Arab World Revisited: Language, Literature, or Translation? A Student’s View. Publishers of Education, Reading Improvement and College Student Journal. Vol.43. Project Innovation, Inc. Publishers of Education: USA.  

4. Al-Azzam, B and Al-Quran, M (2008) Standard Intertextuality in Colloquial Settings. Language Forum: A Journal of Language and Literature. Vol.34, no.2, Bahri Publications: India.

5. Al-Azzam, et al (2008) Lexicalized Names and Nouns in Jordanian Arabic: A Sociolinguistic and Translational View. Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics, vol. 2. issue, 1. Scientific Journals International (SJI): USA. 

6. Al-Azzam, B (2009) Translating Structural Pause in the Qur’an. Translating and Interpreting Studies. Vol.4, no.1. John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam.

7. Al-Quran, M, and Al-Azzam, B (2009) Apostrophe: A Rhetorical Device of the Qur’an. US-China Foreign Language. David Publishing Company: USA.

8. Al-Qur’an, M, and Al-Azzam, B (2009) Euphemism in Jordanian Political Discourse: A Pragmatic and Translational Perspective, International Journal of Communication (IJC), vol.19, no.1. Bahri Publications: India.

9. Al-Azzam, B, and Al-Quran, M (2009) Phone ring tones in Jordan: A sociolinguistic analysis, International Journal of Academic Research. “Progress” Academic Publishing House: Azerbaijan.

10. Al-Quran, M and Al-Azzam, B (2010) Collocational Distinct Uses in Qur’anic Arabic, Journal of Literature and Language.  “Progress” Academic Publishing House: Azerbaijan.

11. Al-Azzam, B, et al (2010) Preserving the Cultural Essence in Translating into Arabic the Shakespeare's Sonnet "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day, Journal of Language and Literature (JLL), vol.1, no. 2, Baku: Azerbaijan.


12. Al-Azzam, B, and Al-Kharabsheh, A (2011) Jordanian Folkloric Songs in Translation: Mousa's Song They Have Passed by Without a Company as a Case Study, META, vol.56, no.3, Les Presses de l' Universite de Montreal: Montreal.

13. Al-Azzam, B, and Al-Qur'an, M (2012) National Songs in Jordan: A Sociolinguistic and Translational Analysis, Babel, vol.58, no. 3, John Benjamins Publishing Company: The Netherland. 

14. Al-Azzam, B, and Al-Kharabsheh, A (2014) The Theme of Fakhr (Self-Exaltation) in the Translation of Antara's Mu'allaqa, Babel, vol.59, no. 3, John Benjamins Publishing Company: The Netherland.

15. Al-Azzam, A, and Al-Qur'an, M (2014) Inflectional Deviation of Gender in the Qur'an, Studies in Literature and Language, Vol 8, No, 2, pp. 16-25, CSCanada: Canada. 

16. Al-Kharabsheh, A, and Al-Azzam, B (2014) Found in Translation: Glowing Expressions of Class, Wealth, Bourgeois and Aristocracy in Jordanian Shop Signs, International Journal of Translation, vol.26, no, 2, Bahri Publications: India.

17. Al-Azzam, B, et al (2014) Electoral Slogans in Jordan: A Translational and Political Analysis, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol.4, no,3, Center for Promoting Ideas (CPI):USA.

18. Al-Azzam, B, et al (2014) The Socio-Cultural, Historical, and Political Allusions in the Translation of the Saudi National Day Poetry: "Peace, O Gracious King" as a Case Study, Academic Journal Article Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 9, No. 3, CSCanada: Canada.


19. Al-Azzam, B, et al (2015) The Reflection of Scientific Facts in the Translation of the Qur'an, International Journal of Language and Linguistics (IJLL), Vol. 3, No. 4. pp.193-202, SciencePG, Science Publishing Group: USA.
 
20. Al-Azzam, B, et al (2015) Cultural Problems in the Translation of the Qur'an, International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation, Vol. 1, No. 2. pp. 28-34 , SciencePG, Science Publishing Group: USA.

21. Al-Thebyan, Q, Shureteh, H, and Al-Azzam, B (2015), Nature and Childhood in Wordsworth and Fairuz: A Comparative Study Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 3,  MCSER-Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research: Italy.

22. Al-Sahaya, H and Al-Azzam, B, et al (2017) “Semantic Functions of Overt and Ellipted Arabic Vocative Particle Ya in Surat Yusuf”, European Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 54, No, 3, FDRN Incorporated: Victoria.

23. Al-Azzam, B, et al (2017) "Euphemism in Saudi Arabic: A Semantic, a Pragmatic and a Sociolinguistic Analysis, Advances in Language and Literary Studies, Vol. No, Australian International Academic Centre. LTD: Australia.
24. Al-Azzam, B (2018) Culture as a Problem in the Translation of Jordanian Proverbs into English, International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature IJALEL, Vol. 7, No. Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD: Australia.


External Activities:
1. I have participated in many activities outside the campus such as volunteering in a cleaning campaign in Zarqa, and collecting the olive crops in the governorate some years ago in an initiative made by the Hashemite University.  
2. With the Department, and in cooperation of the Hashemite University, I gave some conversation sessions in the Jordan Badia for the local community.
Supervision of Theses: 
I am currently supervising the following theses:
1.	Translating Arabic Colloquialisms in Arabic-into English Subtitled Series: Al-Jar Qabl Ad-dar as a Case Study by Nourah Sulaiman.
2.	Social and Cultural Restrictions in Translating Taboos by Nasma Derbas.  
The History of Job:
1.	2005-2013 Teaching staff in the Department of English, Hashemite University, Jordan.
2.	2013-17 Teaching staff in the College of Languages and Translation, Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia.
3.	2017-now Teaching staff in the Department of English, Hashemite University, Jordan.
The Courses I teach: Translation One, Translation Two, Writing One, Essay Writing, Reading, Listening Comprehension and Conversation, Oral Skills, Grammar One.
Teaching Experience: 
1.	1991-99 Teacher of English Language, the Ministry of Education, Jordan.
2.	99-2002 Full-Time lecturer, Jordan University of Science and Technology.
3.	2002-2005 Part-Time Lecturer, Durham University, and Sunderland University, UK. 
4.	2005-2013 Teaching staff in the Department of English, Hashemite University, Jordan.
5.	2013-17 Teaching staff in the College of Languages and Translation, Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia.
6.	2017-now Teaching staff in the Department of English, Hashemite University, Jordan.

Membership in any Scientific Institution: Member in the editorial board of International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation.

BAKRI HUSSEIN SULEIMAN AL-AZZAM

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