Dr Ali Yunis Aldahesh

Dr Ali Yunis Aldahesh joined the Centre as a Lecturer in the Arabic Program in June 2008. He has recently received his PhD in Translation and Linguistics from the University of Western Sydney. He has completed an MA by coursework in Translation and Linguistics from UWS and an MA by research in Semitic Studies from the University of Sydney. Dr Aldahesh was a student of Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad where he graduated with a BA in 1986. He began lecturing in Arabic in the School of Humanities and Language, College of Arts at UWS in 2004. Prior to that he was teaching Arabic Language and Literature in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Dr Aldahesh has published a collection of short stories in Arabic entitled, Travelling Towards Water, UWS (2007).