About Kamal Abu-Deeb
Born 1942. Kamal Abu-Deeb is a Syrian literary critic and arabist.
Kamal Abu-Deeb in Arabic (كمال أبو ديب) (born 1942 in Safita, Syria) is Chair of Arabic at the University of London. He was a Leverhulme Trust Fellow.
Life He graduated from Damascus University, Trinity College, Oxford, and St John's College, Oxford.
He edited the journal Mawakif with poet Adunis.
Works
Adhabat al-Mutanabbi fi Suhbat Kamal Abu-Deeb wa al-'Aks bi al-'Aks, Al-Saqi Books, London & Beirut, 1996
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