Fawwaz Tuqan is a Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

ian-Palestinian

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 poet, novelist and professor. Born on 6 September 1940 to a notable Palestinian family in Jordan. His father is Ahmad Abdul Fattah Tuqan

Ahmad Toukan

Ahmad Toukan was a Palestinian political leader who was Prime Minister of Jordan from 26 September 1970 to 28 October 1970.- Overview :Toukan was born on 15 August 1903 in Nablus, Palestine....

, former Prime Minister of Jordan.

Tuqan has taught at establishments such as Yale University

Yale University

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, University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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, University of Jordan

University of Jordan

The University of Jordan , is a government-supported University located in Amman, Jordan...

, and the American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut

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. He also served as Minister of Social Development in Jordan from 1988 to 1989 in Zaid al-Rifai

Zaid al-Rifai

Zaid al-Rifai in the city of Safed in Palestine is a former Prime Minister of Jordan.-Biography:He served as Prime Minister of Jordan twice and . His father, Sameer al-Rifai was also an important politician in Jordan and former prime minister...

’s cabinet.

As of 2004 he is a professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

Early Life and Family

Tuqan was born in Jerusalem in 1940. He lived briefly in Nablus

Nablus

Nablus is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center.Founded by the...

 and Tulkarm

Tulkarm

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, then the family moved back to Amman

Amman

Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

. He went to high school in Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

.

Tuqan has 5 daughters and 3 sons: Karimah, Yumn, Ghanwah, Al Fadeil, Duniazad, Al Muthanna, Fawz and Mustafa.

Education

• Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
  , 1968
• M.A. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
  , 1966
• B.A. Arabic Literature, American University of Beirut
  American University of Beirut
  The American University of Beirut is a private, independent university in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded as the Syrian Protestant College by American missionaries in 1866...
  
  , Feb. 1963
• High School, I.C. (International College, Beirut
  International College, Beirut
  International College, Beirut, Lebanon, is a private co-educational preparatory school to the American University of Beirut mainly, as well as American Ivy League universities. Its students come from all over Lebanon, as well as the Middle-East and around the world.The U.S...
  
  ), 1958

Academic Work Experience

• Professor, Arabic literature and history of Islamic civilization, 2005–present. Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages - American University of Beirut
• Visiting Professor, Arabic language and literature, 2004 - 2005. Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages - American University of Beirut
• Professor, Arabic language and mass communication, 1999 - 2003. Department of Information, tourism and Arts - Bahrain University
• Professor, Arabic language and history of civilization, 1997-1998. Arabic Language and Islamic Studies Department - Bahrain University
• Professor, Arabic language and history of civilization, 1995-1997. Languages Department - Zaytunah University, Amman - Jordan
• Professor, Associate Prof., and Assistant Prof., 1969-1995. Arabic language, literature and history of civilization, Department of Arabic Language and Literatures, Department of History and Archeology - University of Jordan
• Assistant Professor, Arabic language and history of civilization, 1967-1969. Middle Eastern Languages Department - University of Minnesota
• Assistant in Teaching, Arabic language, 1964-1967. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department - Yale University

Non-fictional books

• Revolution of Astronomy and Astrology in Abbasid Poetry (ثورة الفلك والتنجيم في الشعر العباسي) (in Arabic), in press.
• Gibran and Arrabitah: What Went behind the Scenes and the Relationship with Socialist Ideology (أسرار تأسيس الرابطة القلمية وعلاقة أعضائها بالفكر الاشتراكي) (in Arabic), Beirut, Dar at-Tali'ah, 2005.
• Fadwa Tuqan: Selected Poems, translated and introduced (فدوى طوقان: مختارات شعرية: ترجمة وتقديم) (in English), Amman, Naseej, 2005.
• Svensk-Arabiskt Lexikon (Swedish-Arabic dictionary), compiled by Nael Y. Touqan, Stockholm, Lexin: spraklexikon for invandrare, 1999.
• Translation into Arabic: Christianity in the Arab World (by HRH Prince Al- Hassan bin Talal, London, Longman's, 1993), rephrased in Arabic by Fawwaz Ahmad Tuqan to fit the Arab reader who is not knowledgeable in Christian Theology (المسيحية في العالم العربي), Amman/ London, Amman Bookshop and Longman's, 1994.
• Abd al-Mun'im ar-Rifa'i: Poetic Imagery (الصورة الشعرية عند عبد المنعم الرفاعي) (in Arabic), Amman, Dar Kitabukum, Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1993.
• Early Arab Islamic Art (الفن العربي الإسلامي المبكر) (in Arabic), Amman/ Beirut, United Publishers, 1993.
• Poetry in Jerash Festival, edited and introduced (الشعر في جرش: تقديم وتحرير) (in Arabic), Amman, Dar Kitabukum, Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1987.
• Zionist Colonialism in Palestine: Settlements 1870-1967 (الاستعمار الصهيوني للأرض الفلسطينية: المستوطنات 1870-1967) (in Arabic), Amman, Dar Kitabukum, Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1986.
• Poetry Movement in Jordan: 1948-1977 (الحركة الشعرية في الأردن: 1948-1977) (in Arabic), Amman, Dar Kitabukum, Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1985.
• The Self-Made Man (العصامي: سيرة الحاج عبد الحميد شومان مؤسس البنك العربي) (in Arabic), Amman, Arab Bank Ltd. and Arab Establishment for Studies and Publishing, 1984. (120 hours taped interviews, examination of personal archives and old files and documents of the Arab Bank, recomposing Shuman's biography in 88 short-story style chapters).
• Al-Ha'ir: Studies in Umayyad Desert Palaces (الحائر: بحوث في القصور الأموية في البادية) (in Arabic), Amman, Ministry of Culture, 1979.
• Illustrated History of Jordan (تاريخ الأردن المصور) (in Arabic), Amman, Ministry of Culture, 1977.
• Mahmoud Darwish: Selected Poems, translated into English and introduced (محمود درويش: مختارات شعرية) (in English), with Ian Wedde, London, Carcanet Press, 1974.

Novel

• The New Hamlet (هاملت الجديد) (in Arabic), in press.
• Goodbye Geneve (وداعا جنيف) (in Arabic), Beirut, Arab Diffusion Company, 2003.

Novella

The Merchant and the Bird (التاجر والعصفور): Novella for children, could be read by grownups, Amman, Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1985.

Poetry

• أغنية الموسم الواحد, Amman, Amman Library, 1974
• ماء لطائر الصدى, Amman Amman Library, 1974
• فيم الدوار؟, Amman Amman Library, 1975
• The Lake (Winnipesaukee): Six Attempts to Paint Sunset (البحيرة: سبع محاولات لرسم الغروب), Amman Amman Library, 1979
• أنقذوا البحر, Amman, Al Sha'b Publishers, 1983.
• Tomorrow We Open the City (غدا نفتتح المدينة), Amman, 1992.
• Fawwaz Tuqan: Selected Poetry (فواز طوقان مختارات شعرية), Amman, Ministry of Culture Publications, 2004.

Selected articles

• نظرة في: اتجاهات دارسي اللغة العربية الفصحى من غير الناطقين بها ودوافعهم كما تظهر في استبانة طوقان "Attitudes and Motivations of non-Arabic Speaking Students Learning Formal Arabic As Exhibited in Tuqan's Questionnaire: An Outlook," in al-Abhath, (American University of Beirut), forthcoming 2004-2005.
• "عبد الله بن علي: اعم المنصور الثائر". (in English)
• "'Abdullah ibn 'Ali: A Rebellious Uncle of al-Mansur," in Studies in Islam, (New Delhi), 1969, pp. 1–26. (in English)
• وصف الطبيعة في شعر الصنوبري "Description of Nature in the Poetry of as-Sanawbari," in Journal of the Arab Academy of Damascus (JAAD), 43 (1968), vol. 4, pp. 810–825; 44 (1969), vol. 5, pp. 569–576; 45 (1970), vol. 6, pp. 127–142.
• القصور الأموية الصحراوية: لماذا ابتنيت؟ "Umayyad Desert Palaces: Why Were They Built?", in Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ), 14 (1969), pp. 4–25.
• حبيب الأصغر: أبو بكر الصنوبري شاعر الروضيات "Habib the Younger: Abu Bakr as-Sanawbari, Poet of Landscape Poetry", in Al-Mashriq, (Univ. of St. Joseph), 64 (1970), pp. 263–278.
• مسلة مشيع ملك مؤاب الديباني: ترجمة جديدة "Stele of King Mesha' the Debonite: New Translation," in Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ), 15 (1970), pp. 19–51.