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.
Beckett and "The Old Testament", "The New Testament" and "The Koran"
In "Waiting for Godot", Beckett poohpoohed "The New Testament", in "Endgame", he poohpoohed "The Old Testament" and had he lived long enough to see Moslem women wearing hijab in Paris streets, he would have poohpoohed "The Koran"
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