Dear Siddeek
You are truly quite an amazing epistolarian: one of the truly interesting letter-writers.
Yours ever
Bob
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- Siddeek Tawfeek
- Name: Siddeek Bakr Tawfeek Date and place of birth: 1st July 1944, Mosul, Iraq Nationality: Iraqi Professional status: English Literature Academic and Translator Language proficiency: Arabic, English and Syriac Specialization: World Dramatic Literature in English · BA in English Language and Literature, Department of English, College of Arts, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 1968. · MA in English Literature, School of English, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, UK, 1972. ·Teach English Literature and World Dramatic Literature in English and Arabic. · Translate literary, cultural and other texts. · Assist in reading, writing and translation non-Arab students doing modern and old Arabic-Islamic undergraduate and postgraduate studies in literature, history and current cultural, social and political issues, and guide students to related references and sources.
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