George N. El-Hage, Ph.D.
 
 Arabic and Comparative Literature

 
Publications

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Books:     All of my books are available in the USA at Dahesh Heritage Bookstore, New York, NY (212)265.0600

  • The Story of Sami and Warda, a textbook for students of Arabic on the elementary and intermediate levels, first edition, 2005, Daccache Printing House, Beirut, Lebanon.

  • William Blake and Kahlil Gibran: Poets of Prophetic Vision. A book of literary criticism. Notre Dame University Press (NDU), Louaize, Lebanon. First Edition, 2002.

  • Awdat al-Faris wa Qiyamat al-Madina (“The Return of the Hero and the Resurrection of the City"), a book of poetry. Dakkash Publishing Company, Beirut, Lebanon. First Edition, 2002.

  • al-Ghurba wa Mawasim al-Dhalam (Exile and the Seasons of Darkness), a book of poetry in Classical Arabic, (al-Muassasa al-Jami’iya lil Dirasat wal- Nashr wal-tawzi’, (M.A.J.D.), Beirut, 1983.

  • William Blake and Kahlil Gibran: Poets of Prophetic Vision, (SUNY at Binghamton, Binghamton, 1980), Ph.D. dissertation.

  • Law Kunti Li (If You Were Mine), a book of poetry in Classical Arabic, Introduction by Buland al-Haidari and Bakri Shaykh Amin, (Zaidan Publishing House, Beirut, 1972).

  • Qasa’id Bila Tarikh (Undated Poems), a book of poetry in Classical Arabic and Colloquial Lebanese dialect, Introduction by George Matouq, (Zaidan Publishing House, Beirut, 1972).

  • Maw’id wa-liqa’ (Engagement and Encounter), a book of poetry in Classical Arabic and Lebanese Vernacular dialect, (Zaidan Publishing House, Beirut, 1971).
     

  
 
Selections of My Arabic Poetry in Translation: 		 
 
Translations: 		 
 
Articles:

  • “Gibran Kahlil Gibran and William Blake:  Poets of Peace and Redemption” in Dahesh Voice., Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 2007.

  • “Khamriyyat ibn al-Farid (Ode on Wine): A Critical Introduction with a Complete Translation and Notes” published online: www.Tabsir.net, July 2007.

  • “Abu Tammam and Al-Buhturi: Revisiting Their Relationship and Role in Medieval Arabic Poetry” in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 2, No. 4, Spring 2006.

  • “Gibran Kahlil Gibran:  A Timeless and Universal Vision” published online: www.Tabsir.net, 2006.

  • “Beirut ’75 by Ghada al-Samman: An Autobiographical Interpretation” in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2004.

  • “A Communicative Approach to Teaching Arabic in Academia, Part II” in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2003.

  • “A Communicative Approach to Teaching Arabic in Academia, Part I” in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2003.

  • “A Statement of Belief on Foreign Language Teaching and Acquistion"

  • “Badr-Shakir al-Sayyab and the Role of the Modern Arab Poet” in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2003.

  • “Sahifat al-Risalat al-Lubnaniyya al-Mahjariyya” a study of the history of the Arabic press in al-Mahjar with a critical evaluation and analysis of newly discovered issues of an Arabic weekly called al-Risalat. Issues dated from May 1932 to April 1933 are in my possession, in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2002.

  • “Gibran Kahlil Gibran: The Man Versus the Legend” in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2002.

  • “Madkhal ila al-Alam al-shi’ri ‘inda Khalil Hawi: Usluban wa madmunan” (Part Two) (“An Introduction to the Poetic World of Khalil Hawi: A Study of the Content of His Poetry and Style”) in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 7, No. 1.(The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 2001)

  • “Madkhal ila al-Alam al-shi’ri ‘inda Khalil Hawi: Usluban wa madmunan” (Part One) (“An Introduction to the Poetic World of Khalil Hawi: A Study of the Content of His Poetry and Style”) in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 6, No. 4.(The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 2001)

  • “al-zajal al-lubnani wa zaghloul al-Damour fi Beit Meri" (Part Two) (“Lebanese Zajal and Zaghloul al-Damour in Beit Meri”), a study of the Lebanese Zajal heritage focusing on Zaghloul as the primary representative of this oral tradition with a critical analysis of his poems and those of Moosa Zughaib in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 6, No. 2, (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 2000).

  • “al-zajal al-lubnani wa zaghloul al-Damour fi Beit Meri" (Part One) (“Lebanese Zajal and Zaghloul al-Damour in Beit Meri”), a study of the Lebanese Zajal heritage focusing on Zaghloul as the primary representative of this oral tradition with a critical analysis of his poems and those of Moosa Zughaib in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 6, No. 1, (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 2000).

  • “Mukhtarat min unshudat al-Hub wa al-Harb” (“Selections from Hymns of Love and War 1976”), poetic prose in Classical Arabic in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 5, No. 4, (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 2000).

  • “Kahlil Gibran and William Blake: Poets of Prophetic Vision,” The University of Maryland, Kahlil Gibran Research and Studies Project, The First International Conference on Kahlil Gibran - The official Conference Report, Unity of Vision and Ethics: Conference Papers, 2000, <http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cidcm/gibran/>.

  •  “A Reading of Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet,” a critical review of Bushrui’s book, in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 5, No. 2 (The Daheshist  Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 1999).

  • “Letters to My Son”, prose in Arabic, in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 4, No. 3 (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 1998).

  • “Beirut Speaks” and “Suicide”, two poems in Arabic, in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 4, No.2 (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 1998).

  • “William Blake and Kahlil Gibran: Poets of Prophetic Vision”, a series of eight articles published in different volumes of Dahesh Voice, (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York):

    •  “The God-man and the Antichrist”, Part Two, “The God-man”, Vol. 3, No.4, March 1998).

    • “The God-man and the Antichrist”, Part One, “The Antichrist”, Vol. 3, No. 3, December 1997).

    • “A More Fertile and Daring Creator”, Part Two, “Nature”, Vol. 3, No. 2, September 1997).

    • “A More Fertile and Daring Creator”, Part One, “Imagination”, Vol. 3, No. 1, June 1997).

    • “New Vision”, part two, “On Prophecy”, Vol. 2, No. 4, March 1997).

    • “New Vision”, part one “On Poetry”, Vol. 2, No. 3, December 1996).

    • “The Buds that will Blossom”, Vol. 2, No. 2, September 1996).

    • “A Mental Prince or A Child of Light?”, Vol. 2, No. 1, June 1996).

  • “A Definition of Gibran's Circle of Creativity: A Fulfilled Vision and a Well-deserved Grace", in The Encyclopedia of Gibran Kahlil Gibran, First Edition, Vol. 19, Gibran's Bicentennial Edition, (Noblis Publishing House, Beirut, 1997).

  • “A Eulogy for Beirut” , poem in Arabic, in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 2, No. 4, (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 1997).

  • “Najmat Alsharq” (“Star of the Orient”), poem in Arabic, in Dahesh Voice, Vol. 2, No. 2, (The Daheshist Publishing Co., Ltd., New York, 1996).

  • “Beirut Speaks”, poem in Arabic, “The Pre-Islamic Era: An Introduction to its Religion, Politics and Literature” in Lughatud-Daad, monthly cultural magazine, (Defense Language Institute, Arabic Dept., Presidio of Monterey, 1987).

  • “al-Nabi bayna ‘adu al-Masih wa al-Insan al-llah” (“The Prophet among the Antichrist and the God-Man”) in Dirasat: Lettres et sciences humaines, 11 annee, no. 13. (Universite Libanaise, Faculte de Pedagogie, Beyrouth, 1984).

  • “H.D. Thoreau and William Blake: The Seeds of Revolution and Prophecy” in Dirasat: Lettres et sciences humaines, 11 annee, no. 11. (Universite Libanaise, Faculte de Pedagogie, Beyrouth, 1984).

  • “Ru'ya wa Ni'ma Mutakaamilah” in al-Anwar, Beirut, April 16, 1983. Article # 7 in a special series on Kahlil Gibran.

  • “Freud on Literature and Art” in Dirasat: Lettres et sciences humaines, 10 annee, no. 12. (Universite Libanaise, Faculte de Pedagogie, Beyrouth, 1983).

  • “T.S. Eliot’s Influence on Salah Abdel Sabour” in Dirasat: Lettres et sciences humaines, 11 annee, no. 11. (Universite Libanaise, Faculte de Pedagogie, Beyrouth, 1983).

  • “Themes and Trends in Contemporary Lebanese and Arab Criticism”, in al-Anwar, Beirut, July 1983.

  • “Gibran: His Place in Modern Arabic Literature” in al-Anwar, Beirut, June 1983.

  • “Gibran the Politician: A Lebanese Nationalist” in al-Muntada, vol. 4, Beirut, April 1983.

  • “Curriculum Development in the Lebanese University; Present and Future Outlook” in al-Ahrar, vol. 2956, Beirut, March 1983.

  • “Gibran Kahlil Gibran wa William Blake: Sha’ira al-Ru’ya” in Dirasat: Lettres et sciences humaines, 9 annee, no. 10. (Universite Libanaise, Faculte de Pedagogie, Beyrouth, 1982).

  • “Ma’sat al-Hallaj” (The Tragedy of al-Hallaj”) in al-Wahda: Arab Club Magazine, (Cornell University, Ithaca, 1980).

  • “Hiwar hawla almashakil al Tullabiyya wa almanahij almadrasiyya aljadida” (“Interview and Interpretation: The Possibilities of New Methods of Education in a Lebanese College”) in al-Yunbu’, annual journal of Christian Teaching Institute, (Christian Teaching Institute, Beirut, 1971).

  • Editor of the al-Yunbu’, annual journal of the Christian teaching Institute, Beirut, Lebanon, 1971.

  • “Thawany al’umr” (“Life: In Seconds”), poem in Arabic, in al-Amalid, vol. 7, annual journal of Brummana National School, (Brummana National School, Brummana, 1969).
     

  
 
Works Accepted for Publication:

  • My translation of “Twenty One Selected Letters of Badr Shakir al-Sayyab” in the Journal of Arabic Literature 2007.

  • A selection of twelve poems from my three books of Arabic poetry in a new volume on modern Arabic poetry in North America. Edited by Nakhle Badr and published by the Levant Educational Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. 2007.
     

  
 
Works Ready for Publication:

  • “Unshudat al-Hub wa al-Harb” (“Hymns of Love and War”), a book of poetic prose in Classical Arabic, trans. Allan Lederman.

  • “Kitab al-Mawt” (“The Book of Death”), a book of poetic prose in Classical Arabic.
     

  
 
Works In Progress:

  • “The Story of the Flood: A Comparative Analysis between the Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis”.

  • “Colloquial Arabic: A Basic Course in Transliteration and Arabic script”.

  • “Modern Standard Arabic: Authentic Texts for Proficiency and Comprehension”.

  • A new book of poetry.

  • “The Heritage Language Learner: A Case Study.”

  • “Nizar Qabbani: A poet without a mask”.
     

  

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