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. Literary Appreciation,
(EL121N)
3. Writing Research, (EL122)
4. The Arts Past and Present (AA100A)
4. Approaching Literature:
Romantic Writings, (A210A)
5. 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. Fareh, Shehdeh, Jarad Nejib, Yagi Sane and Ben Moussa Maher. Integrating
Literature into Teaching the Language Arts’. International
Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES). 22:2 , 2022. Vol. 22, No.2, 2022
65IntegratinBen Moussa, Maher. Empowerment and Child Agency in
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry. International Journal of applied Linguistics
& English Literature (IJALEL). 7:2 March 2018.2. 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
3. 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).
4. Ben Moussa, Maher. Teaching Literature: A Task-based
Approach. Dar Wael Publishing: Amman, Jordan (2012).
5. Fareh, Shehdeh, Maher Ben Moussa. Pragmatic
Functions of Interrogative Sentences. IJAES 9 (2008)
6. Fareh, Shehdeh, Maher Ben Moussa. Practicality and
Usefulness of English Arabic Dictionaries in Translating English Metaphors. Babel 53:1 (2005)
7. Ben Moussa, Maher. Literature and Critical Thinking
for Young Learners. Journal of English Studies 13:3 (2005).
8. Fareh Shehdeh, Maher Ben Moussa. Better English Now
Readers series: A Set of 12 Children’s Short Stories, Dar Al Manhal, 2003,
Amman, Jordan.