Mahmoud Zidan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5235851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahmoud Zidan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahmoud |
| FAMILY NAME | Zidan |
| SIGNATURE | ZIDAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jordan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3450-7593 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Poetic Resonances of Constrained Freedom in Luigi Pirandello’s ‘An Olive Tree’ and ‘The Jar’
This article focuses on the parallels between Luigi Pirandello’s poetry and fiction. More specifically, it sheds light on the resonances between Pirandello’s sonnet ‘A un olivo’ (‘An Olive Tree’) (1908) and his well-known short story ‘La giara’ (‘The Jar’) (1908). Analysing those resonances, we argue that the short story echoes the poem and offers variations on the same theme, a strategy that Pirandello consistently uses in his repertory. That th…
Richard Wright on the Question of Palestine at Bandung
This essay explores Richard Wright's account of the Bandung Conference, which took place in Indonesia in 1955, in an attempt to come to grips with the effects of Wright's partially privileged mobility on his conception of such issues as underdevelopment, irrationalism, colonialism, and—most importantly—solidarity between oppressed peoples in the Global South and elsewhere. More specifically, it argues that Wright's account of the conference in Th…
Toni Morrison’s Home and Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Take My Hand as Counter-Sterilization Narratives
This paper examines and contextualizes eugenic sterilization as depicted in two African American narratives, namely Toni Morrison’s Home (2012) and Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Take My Hand (2022). We refer to the aforementioned novels as “counter-sterilization narratives,” as they expose the history of eugenic sterilization in the United States and propose counter-hegemonic healing strategies. Such strategies, the two narratives show, help preserve an…
African American Literature and the Critical Medical Humanities
This article aims to contribute to opening up a dialogue between African American literature and the field of the critical medical humanities. By so doing, the article highlights the value of African American literature as a contributor to the emergence of the critical medical humanities and an indispensable partner in the theorization about the racialization of medicine. We contend that African American literature’s interest in the intersection …
Post-Katrina African American Coming-of-Age Novels
This paper focuses on the impact of Hurricane Katrina—which hit parts of the U.S. South, especially New Orleans, in 2005—on African American coming-of-age novels. In particular, we argue that Hurricane Katrina constitutes a watershed moment in African American coming-of-age narratives, bringing about changes in identity formation and self-realization concerns that are typically associated with pre-Katrina African American coming-of-age novels. To…
Afrofuturistic Reconstruction in Toni Morrison’s Paradise
Native-speakerism and professional teacher identity in L2 pronunciation learning
Many studies in different contexts have examined both English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ convictions about the connection between nativeness in English and professional teacher identity; however, very few studies solely focused on that connection in second language (L2) pronunciation teaching. This paper explores EFL university students’ experiences in learning English pronunciation from ‘native’-…
Zionist Detection through Indirection in Jonathan Wilson’s A Palestine Affair
This paper explores Jonathan Wilson’s A Palestine Affair (2003), reflecting on the parallels between its underlying logic on one hand and the illogic of liberal Zionism and the state of Israel on the other hand. The paper revolves around the rationalizing, detective apparatus deployed in the novel both thematically and formally. More specifically, it dwells on the ways in which the form of the novel buttresses its ideological underpinnings, or ra…
Native-Culturism in University of Jordan Students’ Cognitions about Literature
This study explores the extent to which Jordanian university English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ cognitions about literature are shaped by the concepts of ‘linguistic imperialism’, ‘native-speakerism’, and ‘native-culturism’. A survey is carefully designed by the researchers and electronically distributed to 100 students enrolled in the English language programs at the University of Jordan. The survey includes both objective and subject…
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, by Angela Davis
The dedication of Angela Davis’ autobiography, With My Mind On Freedom (1974), reads: For my family, my strengthFor my comrades, my light.For the sisters and brothers whose fighting spirit was my l
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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, by Angela Davis
The dedication of Angela Davis’ autobiography, With My Mind On Freedom (1974), reads: For my family, my strengthFor my comrades, my light.For the sisters and brothers whose fighting spirit was my l
Native-Culturism in University of Jordan Students’ Cognitions about Literature
This study explores the extent to which Jordanian university English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ cognitions about literature are shaped by the concepts of ‘linguistic imperialism’, ‘native-speakerism’, and ‘native-culturism’. A survey is carefully designed by the researchers and electronically distributed to 100 students enrolled in the English language programs at the University of Jordan. The survey includes both objective and subject…
Native-speakerism and professional teacher identity in L2 pronunciation learning
Many studies in different contexts have examined both English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ convictions about the connection between nativeness in English and professional teacher identity; however, very few studies solely focused on that connection in second language (L2) pronunciation teaching. This paper explores EFL university students’ experiences in learning English pronunciation from ‘native’-…
Zionist Detection through Indirection in Jonathan Wilson’s A Palestine Affair
This paper explores Jonathan Wilson’s A Palestine Affair (2003), reflecting on the parallels between its underlying logic on one hand and the illogic of liberal Zionism and the state of Israel on the other hand. The paper revolves around the rationalizing, detective apparatus deployed in the novel both thematically and formally. More specifically, it dwells on the ways in which the form of the novel buttresses its ideological underpinnings, or ra…
Afrofuturistic Reconstruction in Toni Morrison’s Paradise
African American Literature and the Critical Medical Humanities
This article aims to contribute to opening up a dialogue between African American literature and the field of the critical medical humanities. By so doing, the article highlights the value of African American literature as a contributor to the emergence of the critical medical humanities and an indispensable partner in the theorization about the racialization of medicine. We contend that African American literature’s interest in the intersection …
Post-Katrina African American Coming-of-Age Novels
This paper focuses on the impact of Hurricane Katrina—which hit parts of the U.S. South, especially New Orleans, in 2005—on African American coming-of-age novels. In particular, we argue that Hurricane Katrina constitutes a watershed moment in African American coming-of-age narratives, bringing about changes in identity formation and self-realization concerns that are typically associated with pre-Katrina African American coming-of-age novels. To…
Toni Morrison’s Home and Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Take My Hand as Counter-Sterilization Narratives
This paper examines and contextualizes eugenic sterilization as depicted in two African American narratives, namely Toni Morrison’s Home (2012) and Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Take My Hand (2022). We refer to the aforementioned novels as “counter-sterilization narratives,” as they expose the history of eugenic sterilization in the United States and propose counter-hegemonic healing strategies. Such strategies, the two narratives show, help preserve an…
Poetic Resonances of Constrained Freedom in Luigi Pirandello’s ‘An Olive Tree’ and ‘The Jar’
This article focuses on the parallels between Luigi Pirandello’s poetry and fiction. More specifically, it sheds light on the resonances between Pirandello’s sonnet ‘A un olivo’ (‘An Olive Tree’) (1908) and his well-known short story ‘La giara’ (‘The Jar’) (1908). Analysing those resonances, we argue that the short story echoes the poem and offers variations on the same theme, a strategy that Pirandello consistently uses in his repertory. That th…
Richard Wright on the Question of Palestine at Bandung
This essay explores Richard Wright's account of the Bandung Conference, which took place in Indonesia in 1955, in an attempt to come to grips with the effects of Wright's partially privileged mobility on his conception of such issues as underdevelopment, irrationalism, colonialism, and—most importantly—solidarity between oppressed peoples in the Global South and elsewhere. More specifically, it argues that Wright's account of the conference in Th…
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