Emeritus Faculty : People
Salih Altoma
- Professor Emeritus, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Education
- B.A. at the University of Baghdad, 1952, Arabic (with honors)
- M.A.T. at Harvard University, 1955
- Ed. D. at Harvard, 1957, Language Education
Research Interests
- Modern Arabic literature
- Arab-American Literature
- Arabic-Western Literary Relations
- American Reception of Contemporary Arabic Literature
Contact Information
| salih@indiana.edu |
| Goodbody 102 |
| (812)855-5993 |
Courses Recently Taught
- Arabic-Western Literary Relations
- American Reception of Contemporary Arabic Literature
- The Literature of the Arabian Peninsula
- Classical/Modern Arabic Literature
- Modern Arabic Fiction
- Modern Islamic Literature in English Translation
- Arabic Poetry
Publication Highlights
- A Dictionary of Modern Linguistic Terms: English-Arabic/Arabic-English. (Co-author) Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1983.
- Modern Arabic Poetry in English Translation: A Bibliography. (With both Arabic and English Introductions). Tangier: King Fahd School of Translation 1993.
- Guest Editor. Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature 48 (2000). Topic: Arabic-Western Literary Relations.
- Modern Arabic Literature in Translation: A Companion. London: Saqi Books, 2005.


