Amal Al-Malki
Amal Mohammed Al-Malki (
Early life and education
Amal Al-Malki was born in Doha, Qatar, and grew up in the capital city.[1] Her father was Qatari, while her mother had come to Qatar from Lebanon.[2] As a child, she traveled frequently due to her father's job, and her family kept a house in London.[2]
At age 16, she enrolled at Qatar University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1996.[1][2][3] She then left to study in the United Kingdom, obtaining a master's degree in English and Arabic linguistics and translation from SOAS University of London in 1997.[1][2][4] After a yearlong break, she enrolled in a doctoral program, graduating with a doctorate in comparative literature from SOAS in 2003.[1][3]
Career
On returning to Qatar, Malki applied to work at the newly established Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, but the university was reluctant to hire a Qatari professor. Instead, she agreed to complete administrative work for six months, while local administrators petitioned the institution's overseers in the United States to be able to hire her.[2] She was sent to the university's main campus in Pittsburgh for a stint as a visiting professor during this period.[2][4] Finally, in late 2005, she was hired to a full-time position as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.[1] With this, she became the first and, for more than a decade, the only Qatari faculty member at any of the six American universities in Qatar's Education City.[1][2]
Meanwhile, in 2011, she helped found the Translation and Interpreting Institute at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, which she led as executive director until 2015.[3][5] Having left Carnegie Mellon in 2013, in 2016 she became founding dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University.[3][4][5][6] As a university dean, Malik was the first Qatari with that title at the Education City institutions.[2] As a dean, she worked to found a digital humanities master's program at the university, as well as the only women's studies master's program in Qatar.[2] She continued to serve as dean until 2023.[7]
Malki identifies as a feminist, and her work at the university has included teaching courses on Islamic feminism, as well as post-colonial theory.[1][2] She also taught courses on writing composition and theories of translation.[5]
In 2012, she co-authored the book Arab Women in Arab News: Old Stereotypes and New Media with David S. Kaufer, Suguru Ishizaki, and Kira Dreher.[2][4][8] She is also involved in social media activism through her blog and other platforms, including her efforts to start the #ImHalfQatari hashtag campaign in 2014.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Lepeska, David (2010-04-09). "Amal al Malki, Qatari woman in a man's world". The National. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Dr. Amal Mohammed Al-Malki". Women of Qatar. 2020-11-24. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ a b c d "Faculty Biographies: Dr. Amal Mohammed Al Malki". Hamad Bin Khalifa University. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ a b c d "HBKU Announces Dr. Amal Al Malki as Founding Dean of HBKU's College of Humanities and Social Sciences". Hamid Bin Khalifa University. 2016-01-17. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ a b c "Interview with Amal Al-Malki". The Media Majlis. 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ Varghese, Joseph (2019-05-19). "HBKU launches 8 new academic programmes". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "Dr. Amal Mohammed Al Malki". Hamid bin Khalifa University. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
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