Bilal Orfali

Bilal Orfali is a Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature. He currently serves as Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut.^[1]^[2] He is considered an expert on Arabic prose and poetry, especially during the 10th century.^[3]

Life

Orfali earned a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the American University of Beirut in 2000, 2001 and 2003 respectively. He then went on to earn a Master of Philosophy in 2006 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2009, both from Yale University.^[4]^[5] Orfali is currently a professor of Arabic studies at AUB, while also having served as a visiting scholar at the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey from 2011 to 2012.^[3]^[5] He also serves as the director of the AUB's intensive CAMES summer program for Arabic language education.^[6]

"The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia," taken from Encyclopedias About Muslim Civilisations by Aptin Khanbaghi (ed), pgs. 25–26. Translated by Yasmeen Hanoosh. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Orfali, Bilal (2009). "The Works of Abū Manṣūr al-Tha'ālibī (350-429/961-1039)". Journal of Arabic Literature. 40 (3). Leiden: Brill Publishers: 273–318. doi:10.1163/008523709X12554960674539. JSTOR 20720591.
"A Sketch Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies up to the Fall of Baghdad." Journal of Arabic Literature, vol. 43, # 1, 2012. Pgs. 29–59.^[7]

In the Shadow of Arabic: The Centrality of Language to Arabic Culture. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2011. 1st ed., 572 pgs.^[8] ISBN 9789004215375
Sufism, Black and White, with Nada Saab. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2012. 1st ed., 570 pgs.^[9] ISBN 9789004216778
Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān, with Gerhard Böwering and Devin J. Stewart. Leiden: Brill Publishers.^[10] ISSN 1567-2808

The Comfort of the Mystics, with Gerhard Böwering. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2013. 1st ed., 720 pgs.^[11] ISBN 9789004233614

^ "AUB - Faculty Member Profile - Bilal Orfali". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
^ Bilal Orfali at Alibris.
^ ^a ^b Faculty and Members, 2011-2012, pg. 17. Institute for Advanced Study's official website.
^ Bilal Orfali Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, American University of Beirut's official site. Accessed February 23, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Orfali, Bilal at the Institute for Advanced Study's official site.
^ "Foreigners and Lebanese expatriates soak up Lebanese culture and Arabic classes on campus," Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd., 2009.
^ A Sketch Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies up to the Fall of Baghdad at Ingentaconnect.
^ In the Shadow of Arabic at Brill Online.
^ Sufism, Black and White at Brill Online.
^ "Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān". Brill. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
^ Böwering, Gerhard; Orfali, Bilal (2015-01-08). The Comfort of the Mystics: A Manual and Anthology of Early Sufism. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-23362-1.