Academic Qualifications (degree onwards)

• Modern Arabic Fiction, Specialization of Teaching Arabic to Non-Arabic Speakers
• Methodology of Teaching & Research
• Literary Criticism

Highlights of Important Contributions

      Courses Taught

• Linguistics, Rhetoric's prosody, Modern Arabic Poetry, History of Arabic Literature, English Arabic Urdu_Hindi Translation, Arabic Conversation, Oral & Written Expression & Methods of Teaching & Research

      Research Projects Supervised

• Ph. D. Thesis of the Deptt. of Arabic JMI on :
• Hadith Literature in Arabic in India, submitted in 1993
• Social reform in the Fiction of Mahmud Taimur; submitted in 2003.

       Any other innovative activity

• Introduced Arabic B.Ed. in the F/O Education and taught twice in 1987 & 1992.
• Worked twice as Coordinator, 4 week refresher courses of Arabic in the Academic Staff College, JMI in 1992 & 1996
• Working as a Coordinator of Arabic Text Book Committee of the National Council for promotion of Urdu, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
• Worked as a member of seven members expert committee of UGC in 1984 & 1985, in the workshop held in the University of Delhi for introducing NET, very first time.
• Vice President of International League of Islamic Literature, Delhi, from January 2003.

      Membership of Professional/ Learned Bodies/Societies

• Member, International League of Islamic Literature, Delhi

Publication Details

Total Publication Profile
(a) Number of Papers published in refereed journals
In India: 60
Abroad: 02

(b) Number of Papers delivered in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops
In India: 28
Abroad: 02
Books/Monographs: 07 (Co-author)
Patents -
Ph.D Thesis Guidance
Total number of doctoral thesis guided:  02 Submitted
                                                                         11 are under supervision.
Visits Abroad

• Sudan, Qatar & Saudi Arabia

Publications

      Books

1. Functional Arabic, 1 & 2:
   (By Prof. Shafiq, Dr. Farhana & Dr. Habibullah, as co-Authors)
   Module 1: Cultural Etiquettes and Environment.
   Module 2: Accommodation and shopping.
2. Functional Arabic, 3 & 4:
   Module 3: Necessities of life
   Module 4: Additional needs
3. Functional Arabic, 5 & 6
   Module 5: Health, civilization & science related affairs.
   Module 6: Socio-cultural issues
4. Guide Book for modules 1 & 2 of the Functional Arabic, with separate response sheets.
5. Guide Book for modules 3 & 4 of the Functional Arabic, with separate response sheets.
6. Guide Book for modules 5 & 6 of the Functional Arabic, with separate response sheets.
   (N.B. The functional Arabic series were published by the Govt. of India's Ministry of HRD through NCPUL, especially for its two year diploma course in functional Arabic, started by NCPUL for last one year. The last 7th & 8th modules are being prepared.)
7. Me'raj-e-'Azaaim, urdu translation of "Ma'alim al Himam", Arabic discourses of Sheikh Junaid al Baghdadi, published by Maktaba Jamia, Delhi (1982) as a part of Late Prof. Ziaul Hasan Faruqi's book on Hazrat Junaid.

      Magazine:

• Journal of Arabic Literature (edited), Deptt. of Arabic, JMI, 2002.

      Articles, Reviews Reports etc. in Arabic, Urdu & English