BA English Language and Literature-Yarmouk University
Employment history:
July 2014-present Head of the English Department An-Najah National University, Palestine
January 2007-present Assistant Professor of Translation Department of English Language and Literature An-Najah National University
February1998-December 2007 Senior lecturer Dept. of English Language and Literature An-Najah National University
September1997-January1998 Instructor Dept. of English Language and Literature Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
September1995-June1997 Teaching Assistant Dept. of English Language and Literature Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
August 1994-August1995 Teacher Ibn-Huthayfa Public School Irbid, Jordan
Research Interests:
Ekrema Shehab is Assistant Professor of Translation Studies at the Department of English, An- Najah National University, Palestine, where he has taught translation courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1999. He obtained his BA in English Language and Literature and MA in Translation from Yarmouk University , Jordan, and received his PhD in Translation from the Department of English, College of Languages, University of Khartoum. Dr. Shehab has published a number of articles on Arabic/English translation problems. He has worked as an accredited freelance translator for a number of international companies and has been a member of the panel of judges in New York for ARC Awards honoring outstanding achievements in Annual Reports since 2011.He judged financial reports of well-known international companies and institutions such as Coca-Cola, Mercedes Benz, Hyundai, and the World Bank. His research interests include literary translation, business translation, the teaching of translation, pragmatics, discourse analysis and Islamic and cultural studies.