Maher Ben Moussa is an Associate Professor of Literature. He has an MA in English Literature and a PhD in American Literature from Michigan State University, USA. His research interests include Modern American Drama and teaching methodology. He taught literature at Michigan State University and University of Sharjah, UAE. He joined Arab Open University in 2010, Kuwait where he teaches Children's Literature, Arts Past and Present and Literary Appreciation and critique.
1. Children’s Literature, (EA300A&B)
2. Introduction to Literature, (E121)
3. Literary Appreciation,
(EL121N)
4. Cultures (A112A)
5. Writing Research, (EL122)
6. The Arts Past and Present (AA100A)
7. Approaching Literature:
Romantic Writings, (A210A)
8. Literature in the Modern
World, (A319A&B)
1.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Language Studies, Arab Open University,
Kuwait Headquarters, 2018- present
2.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Language Studies, Arab Open University,
Kuwait Headquarters, 2010- 2018
3. Assistant Professor, Department of English
Language and Literature, University of Sharjah,
2001 – 2010
4.
Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, 1996-2001
5. Lecturer,
Department of English, University of Tunis, 1994-1996
1. Ben Moussa, Maher. When the Silent Child Speaks: Identity
and Subversion in Anthony Browne’s Voices in the Park. 3L The Southeast
Asian Journal of English Language Studies. (29:2) 2023.
2. Ben Moussa, Maher. Integrating Literature into Teaching the Language Arts.
International Journal of Arabic-English Studies. (22:02) 2022.
3. Ben
Moussa, Maher. Empowerment and Child Agency in Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry. International
Journal of applied Linguistics & English Literature (IJALEL). 7:2 March
2018.
4. Ben Moussa,
Maher. Connecting
with the Other: Empathy in Tom’s Midnight Garden. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on Literature No. 4
October, 2016
5. Ben Moussa, Maher. Politeness Strategies in Edward
Albee’s Play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? University of Sharjah Journal
of Humanities & Social Sciences 8:1 (2011).
6. Ben Moussa, Maher. Teaching Literature: A Task-based
Approach. Dar Wael Publishing: Amman, Jordan (2012).
7. Fareh, Shehdeh, Maher Ben Moussa. Pragmatic
Functions of Interrogative Sentences. IJAES 9 (2008)
8. Fareh, Shehdeh, Maher Ben Moussa. Practicality and
Usefulness of English Arabic Dictionaries in Translating English Metaphors. Babel 53:1 (2005)
9. Ben Moussa, Maher. Literature and Critical Thinking
for Young Learners. Journal of English Studies 13:3 (2005).
10. Fareh Shehdeh, Maher Ben Moussa. Better English Now
Readers series: A Set of 12 Children’s Short Stories, Dar Al Manhal, 2003,
Amman, Jordan.
