Born on 1/10/1962, Ain Al-Sultan.

Obtained his High school diploma, Literary Branch, Amman, 1981.

Obtained Bachelor's degree in Arabic Language and Literature, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1985.

Obtained Higher Diploma in Arabic Language and Literature, Institute of Arabic Research and Studies, Cairo, 1990, (Diploma Research Title: "Children in the Stories of Yusuf Abu Rayyah," supervised by Dr. Suheir Al-Qalmaawi).

Obtained his Master's degree in Arabic Language and Literature, Institute of Arabic Research and Studies, Cairo, 1991, (Thesis Title: "Internal Monologue in the Works of Naguib Mahfouz," supervised by Dr. Suheir Al-Qalmaawi).

Obtained his Ph.D. in Arabic Language and Literature, University of Jordan, Amman, 2013, (Dissertation Title: "The Popular Persona in the Works of Naguib Mahfouz," supervised by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Sa’feen).

Obtained his TOEFL certificate, 2010.

Scientific Courses Obtained:

Course of English Language, Dar Al-Alsun, Amman, 19/10/1981-19/11/1981.

Course of English Language, British Institute, Cairo, 26/3/1991-22/5/1991.

Training Course for Arabic Language Teachers for the Seventh Grade, Ministry of Education, Amman, 1/7/1993-30/6/1994.

Course of Supervisory Administration/Information Systems and Office Management, Institute of Public Administration, Amman, 14/6/1997-2/7/1997.

Course of Basic Administration (Windows-Winword), Institute of Public Administration, Amman, 18/3/2001-1/4/2001.

Course of Administrative Skills for Excellent Managers, European Institution (EURO.C), Al-Bishr Development and Administrative Studies Center, Amman, 29/4/2001-1/5/2001.

Course of English Language, Evangelical Cultural Association, Amman, 4/7/2005-24/8/2005.

Preparation of Cultural Leaders Course, National Training Institute, Amman, 20/10/2007-12/12/2007.

Course of International Standards for Educational and Cultural Statistics, Arab Institute for Training and Statistical Research, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, Amman, 16-19/6/2008.

Course of English Language, American Center of Languages, Amman, 19/10/2008 - 4/12/2008, and from 5/10/2009 - 23/11/2009.

Course of Child-Friendly Budgets, National Council for Woman Affairs-UNICEF, 17-20/5/2009.

International Computer Driving License (ICDL), Royal Scientific Society, Amman, 27/9/2009 - 2/11/2009.

Scientific and Professional Experiences:

Teacher, Ministry of Education, for secondary stage, Ma'an - Ma'an Comprehensive Secondary School, (part-time), 13/10/1987-1988.

Teacher, Ministry of Education, for secondary stage, Aqaba - Aqaba Secondary School for Boys, 25/8/1991.

Teacher, Ministry of Education, for intermediate and secondary stages, Amman - Al-Samek Secondary School for Boys, 1992 - 22/4/1996.

Correspondent for "Ibdaa" Magazine, Cairo, 1994.

Researcher at the Studies Department, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 22/4/1996 - 20/4/1999.

Editor Secretary of "Afkar" Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 1997-1998.

Member of the Manuscript Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 1/8/1998.

Part-time Lecturer, University of Jordan, Amman, 1999 - 2007 and 2010 - 2017.

Head of the Publishing Department, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 20/4/1999 - 2000.

Member of the Editorial Board of "Afkar" Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 26/4/1999 - 1/5/2000.

Assistant Director of Studies and Publishing Department, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 31/1/2000.

Member of the Editorial Board of "Afkar" Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 1/5/2000 - 2001.

Part-time Lecturer, Philadelphia University, Amman, 2000 - 2015.

Correspondent for "Al-Jasra" Magazine, Qatar, 2000.

Member of the Editorial Board of "Awraq" Magazine, Jordan Writers Association, Amman, 2001 - 2003.

Member of the Jordanian Writers Lexicon Committee (Part II), Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2/5/2001.

Member of the Jordanian Writers Lexicon Committee (Part II), Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2/6/2003.

Head of the Publishing Department, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 6/3/2003 - 18/6/2006.

Member of the Judging Committee for the 10th Creativity and Poetry Festival (Poet Husni Freiz Session) for Intermediate University Students, Al-Balqa Applied University - Al-Salt College, 8/5/2006.

Member of the Advisory Board and Editorial Committee of the Jordanian Writers Lexicon (Part II), Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2/6/2003.

Cultural Advisor to Werd Publishing and Distribution House, Amman, 2005.

Director of Studies and Publishing, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 18/6/2006 - 2009.

Editor-in-Chief of "Awraq" Magazine, Jordan Writers Association, Amman, 2006 - 2007.

Part-time Lecturer, Arab Open University, Amman, 2006 - 2013.

Director of Princess Salma Childhood Center, Ministry of Culture, Zarqa, 29/5/2007 - 4/6/2007.

Director of the Provincial Directorates Affairs Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 3/6/2007 - 2009.

Part-time Lecturer, Petra University, Amman, 2007 - 2015.

Member of the Publishing Committee, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2008.

Director of Child Culture Directorate, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 7/7/2008 - 15/3/2009.

Member of the Editorial Board of "Wessam" Magazine for Children, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2009.

Advisor at the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2009 - present.

Member of the Jury Committee for the Jordan Awards, JBC Radio, Amman, 2010.

Editor-in-Chief of "Afkar" Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 9/3/2011 - 8/3/2012.

Editor-in-Chief of "Sunna'a Al-Taghayeer" Magazine, Amman, 2011.

Editor-in-Chief of "Afkar" Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2012.

Editor-in-Chief of "Afkar" Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2013 - 2014.

Editor-in-Chief of "Awraq" Magazine, Jordan Writers Association, Amman, 2013 - 2015.

Part-time Lecturer, Al-Zaytuna University, Amman, 2014.

Editor-in-Chief of "Afkar" Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2015 - present.

Member of the Supreme Committee of Jerash Festival 2016.

Member of the Supreme Committee for the Great Arab Renaissance Centenary 2016.

President of the Jordanian Writers Association, 4/9/2015 - present.

Membership in Different Bodies and Institutions:

Member of Atelier Cairo - Artists and Writers Group, Cairo, 1992.

Member of the Jordanian Writers Association - Amman, 18/10/1994 - 2001. 

Member of the Executive Board of the Jordanian Writers Association from 2001 - 2005, from 2007 - 2009, Membership Secretary from 2009 - 2011, and from 2013 - 2015.

President of the Jordanian Writers Association 4/9/2015 - present.

Member of the National Society of the Jordanian Red Crescent, Al-Rusaifa Branch, 25/8/1993 - 25/8/1994.

Member of the General Union of Arab Authors and Writers, 1994 - present.

Member of Al-Watan Cultural Club - Al-Rusaifa, 1995.

Member of Al-Rawwad Cultural Club - Hattin Camp, 1992, and member of its Executive Board 1995 - 1997.

Member of the Jordanian Critics Association - Amman, 1998, and Founding member and member of the Executive Board (Treasurer and Secretary) since 1998 - present.

Member of the Future Writers Family - Amman, honorary membership, 2000.

Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Arts, Al-Zaytuna University - Amman, 2016 - 2017.

Publications:

Criticism:

"Internal Monologue in Naguib Mahfouz's Works," with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Al-Yanabee' Publishing House, Amman, 1994. The second edition was published under the title "The Silenced Tongue: A Study of Naguib Mahfouz's Novels" by Al-Yazouri Publishing House, Amman, 2004.

“Atelier Cairo” - Artists and Writers Group, Cairo, 1992.

"Children in the Stories of Yusuf Abu Rayyah," Al-Yanabee' Publishing House, Amman, 1995.

"Critical Perspectives on the Short Story," Amman, 2004.

"Critical Perspectives on the Novel," Amman, 2004.

"Critical Perspectives on Poetry," Amman, 2004.

"Issues in Criticism and Literature," Werd Publishing and Distribution House, Amman, 2006.

“Between Criticism and Literature” Yafa Scientific Publishing House, Amman, 2007.

"Literary Criticism," Al-Khalij Publishing House, Amman, 2011.

"Guide to the Publications of the Ministry of Culture 1966 - 2011," Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2013.

Edited, Collected, Investigated, and Selected Works:

"Khalil Zakatan: Unpublished Poetic Works," collected and investigated, Al-Karmel Publishing House, Amman, 1995.

"Abdulfattah Al-Kawamleh: Between the Hands of Female Najdis," preparation and presentation, Al-Nada Printing House, Amman, 2003.

"Imaginary Space and the Vision of Criticism: Readings in Abdullah Radwan's Poetry and Criticism," preparation and presentation, Al-Yazouri Publishing House, Amman, 2004.

"Izzeldin Al-Manaserah: Forest of Colors and Sounds," preparation and presentation, Al-Yazouri Publishing House, Amman, 2006.

"Nadeem Al-Malah: Brochures," Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2008.

"Mazen Shadid, The Dude and Careful: Readings in His Poetry and Other Miscellaneous Dialogues with Him," with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sunna'a Al-Taghayeer, Amman, 2010.

"Selections from the Poetry of Nizar Qabbani," Duroob Publishing and Distribution, Amman, 2011.

"Selections from the Poetry of Ahmed Matar," Duroob Publishing and Distribution, Amman, 2011.

"Selections from the Poetry of Muzhaffar Al-Nawwab," Duroob Publishing and Distribution, Amman, 2011.

"Ibrahim Khalil as a Critic: Readings and Research," Amman, 2012.

"Mirrors of Creative Discourse: Readings in the Experience of Mohammed Saber Obeid," Ghayda' Publishing House, Amman, 2014.

"Poetic Modernism in Izzeldin Al-Munaserah's Works," Al-Sayel Publishing House, Amman, 2014.

Dialogues:

"Dialogues with Writers from Jordan and Palestine," Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, Beirut, 1999.

"Internal Dialogues (1): Dialogues with Poets," Fada'at Publishing House, Amman, 2006.

"Internal Dialogues (2): Dialogues with Novelists and Short Story Writers," Fada'at Publishing House, Amman, 2006.

Short Stories:

Children's Stories:

"Envy," a children's story, Amman, 2003.

"Friends' Loyalty," a children's story, Amman, 2003.

"Arrogance," a children's story, Amman, 2003.

Short Stories:

"Ddeliriums of The Dead," short stories, Al-Safir Printing House, Amman, 2006.

"My Father and the Sheikh," short stories, Al-Yazouri Printing House, Amman, 2007.

Joint Works:

“Abdulfattah Al-Kawamleh: Unpublished Poetic Works”, Compilation and Revision, in collaboration with Ahmed Al-Kawamleh, Dar Al-Karmel, Amman, 1997.

“Tawfiq Al-Sayyid: His Life and Art”, in collaboration with Mohammed Al-Amiri and Mohammed Abu Zareeq, Publications of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 1998.

“Abdulrahim Omar: The Poet Who Said Something and Departed”, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Publications of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 1998.

“Naguib Mahfouz: The Caesar of Arabic Novel”, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Dar Al-Sada for Press, Publishing, and Distribution, Dubai, 1999.

“Poetics of History and Places: Dialogues with the Poet Izzeldin Al-Manasirah”, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, Beirut, 2000.

“Cultural and Civilizational Landmarks in Jordan through the Ages”, Vol. 2, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Publications of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2002. [Nadeem Al-Malah.. A Vision Towards Rooting]

“The Problem of Prose Poem: A Transcendent Open Text, Izzeldin Al-Manasirah”, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, Beirut, 2002.

“Mustafa Wahbi Al-Tall (Arrar): A New Reading”, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Publications of the Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, Abdulhamid Shoman Foundation, and the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2002. [Sources of Arrar's Study as a Poet and Prose Writer, p. 595]

“The Carpet of Questions: Interviews with Ghassan Ismail Abdulkhaleq 1992-2002”, Preparation, Editing and Presenting: Taysir Al-Najjar, in collaboration with a number of interviewers, Dar Al-Karmel, Amman, 2002.

“Selections from Jordanian Short Stories”, Edited by the Jordanian Writers' Association, in collaboration with a number of short story writers, Publications of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2003. [Story: One Evening, p. 171]

“Complete Works: Nadeem Al-Malah” (Three Volumes), in collaboration with Samir Al-Youssef, Publications of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2003-2005.

“Abdulhalim Abbas: Complete Literary Works” (Two Parts), in collaboration with Dr. Mona Mahaylan, Publications of the Greater Amman Municipality, Amman, 2003-2004.

“A Year after Departure: Annual of Mounis Al-Razzaz”, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Publications of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2004. [Mounis Al-Razzaz as a Short Story Writer, p. 37]

“Amman as Seen by Intellectuals”, Edited by the Jordanian Writers' Association, in collaboration with a number of writers, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2005. [Story: Another House, p. 85]

“Towards a Cultural and National Strategy”, in collaboration with a number of researchers, Amman Municipality, 2005. [Cultural Institutions between Reality and Aspiration, p. 77]

"The Deceptive Game of Narrative: Dialogues with Elias Farkouh”, Edited and Introduced by Jafar Al-Aqili, in collaboration with several contributors, Azmenah Publishing House, Amman, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, 2007. [The Novel: The Epic of Everyone in this Age, p. 129]

"The Dwellings of Text: Khaled Al-Karki as a Critic and Writer”, Compilation, Editing, and Study: Dr. Abdul Rahim Marashdeh, in collaboration with several researchers, Dar Al-Bayrouni for Publishing and Distribution, Amman, 2007. [The Narrative Discourse in Jordan, p. 245]

"Abdullah Radwan: Self and Other - Research, Readings, and Interviews”, Dr. Mohammed Al-Qawasimah, in collaboration with several interviewers, Dar Al-Yazouri, Amman, 2008. [The Critic and Poet Abdullah Radwan, p. 263]

"Majid Dheeb Ghanma: Fifty Years of Creativity”, Preparation and Editing: Mohammed Al-Mashayekh, in collaboration with several researchers, Al-Yanabee Publishing House, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2008. [Creators from Jordan, p. 159]

"Sulaiman Al-Mousa: Your Days Will Not Be Forgotten - Testimonies and Articles”, Editing: Dr. Bakr Khazr Al-Majali, in collaboration with several researchers, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2008. [Eighty: Autobiography of Sulaiman Al-Mousa's Journey and Years]

"Dr. Abdullah Mansour: Word, Color, and Dialogue”, Introduction and Supervision: Dr. Aliyah Al-Khatib, in collaboration with several interviewers, Werd House for Publishing and Distribution, Amman, 2009. [Dialogue with the Poet Abdullah Mansour, p. 101]

"Mazen Shadid: Al-Zarqa in the Eyes of Creators, Al-Zarqa: The City of Jordanian Culture”, Al-Safir Printing Press, Amman, 2010. [Al-Zarqa: A Transit City, p. 45]

"Yousef Hamdan: With Their Pens - Journey and Guitar”, in collaboration with several researchers, Amwaj Publishing House, Amman, 2010. [Daisies on the Banks of the River (2), p. 71]

"The Short Story at Present Time”, Editing and Review: Dr. Ghassan Ismail Abdulkhaliq, Azmenah Publishing House, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, 2011. [Critical Reading in 'He Unscrews the Nails and Descends Laughing' by Rassmi Abu Ali, p. 123]

"Fakhri Qa'war: Writings for My Writings”, Commercial Al-Dustour Printing Press, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2011. [Popular Children's Literature by Fakhri Qa'war, p. 278]

"The Short Story in Jordan”, Supervision and Preparation: Jafar Al-Aqili, Mahmoud Al-Rimawi, Yusuf Damarah, Publications of the Jordanian Writers' Association, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2013. [Story: My Wife and the Remote Control, p. 185]

"Mohammed Al-Mashayekh” (Preparation), Dr. Ziad Abulbun (Review and Verification), Memory of a City... Memory of an Intellectual, Jordanian Writers' Association, Amman, 2014.

"Bird of The Exile: Dialogues with Abdullah Radwan”, Editing, Study, and Presentation: Nidal Al-Qasim, Al-Bayrouni for Publishing and Distribution, Amman, 2015. [The Critic and Poet Abdullah Radwan, p. 65].