I obtained my BEd in English Language from the University of Mustansiriyah in Baghdad, Iraq (2008–2012), where I studied English language, linguistics, literature, and TEFL. In 2020–2021, I completed an MA in Linguistics (Sociolinguistics pathway) at Queen Mary University of London, funded by the Chevening Scholarship. My MA research focused on language variation and change in Baghdadi Arabic.

Currently, I am pursuing a PhD in Sociolinguistics at the University of Bern under the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (ESKAS), supervised by Professor Dr. David Britain. My doctoral research builds on my previous work on the sociolinguistics of Baghdadi Arabic.

Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Social Dialectology, Sociophonetics

Teaching

English for Academic Purposes, IELTS, TOEFL, PTE Pearson, Phonetics and Phonology, Foundations of Sociolinguistics (undergraduate classes)

Research

  1. /sˤʊdʊg/ or /sˤɪdɪg/? A vowel shift in the Baghdadi-Arabic Dialect of Al-A’dhamiyah – Sociolinguistic Study. (Unpublished MA Dissertation)
  2. Newer Baghdadi Arabic? Language Variation and Change in the Christian Arabic of Baghdad (Ongoing PhD thesis)