Dr. Mahmoud Gaber Abdelfadeel is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the Faculty of Education, Arab Open University, Egypt. He earned his Ph.D. in English Literature in 2009 with a dissertation on the alienated self in Brian Friel’s plays, following a 2005 M.A. thesis examining August Wilson’s dramatic vision of the African-American community. His academic interests include modern and contemporary drama, literary criticism and theory, postcolonial and psychoanalytical studies, and English language teaching for non-specialists. Over more than two decades of university teaching, he has taught a wide range of courses such as modern drama, British literature, academic writing, literary theory, and English for specific purposes across several Egyptian universities and faculties.
Alongside his teaching, Dr. Gaber has held numerous academic and administrative roles, including departmental leadership, program directorships, editorial positions in specialized journals, and participation in national assessment and curriculum design projects. He has authored multiple textbooks, in addition to publishing extensively on contemporary drama, trauma studies, postdramatic theatre, and psychoanalytic literary criticism in academic peer-reviewed journals. Through this combination of research, teaching, and academic leadership, he is contributing actively to both literary scholarship and the development of English language education in higher education contexts.
Dr Gaber taught the following courses among others:
ENF101 Listening and Speaking
ENF105 Introduction to Drama and Novel
ENF107E Perspectives in Children's Literature
ENF220 Novel
ENF222 Oral Presentation
ENGN English Language
Work
Experiences
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Taught a wide range
of courses in:
§ Academic Writing and Methods of Research
§ Modern Drama, British Literature, Modern Literary
Theory, and Poetry
§ English for Specific Purposes (Nursing, Engineering,
Orthotics and Prosthetics)
§ TOEFL Preparation course, Pronunciation, Listening,
Speaking, Reading, and Grammar
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Universities and Faculties:
- Ain
Shams University
- Misr
University for Science & Technology (MUST)
- October
6 University
- Bani-Sweif
University
- Shrouk
Academy
- Faculty
of Nursing, Engineering, and Arts, Ain Shams University
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Designed the
NATIONAL exam of English for the Technical Health Education students, 2nd
Year, in collaboration with another university faculty member, 2018
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§ Designed and taught MEE (Master
English Easily) Course for Students of the English Departments, Centre for
Developing English Language Teaching (CDELT), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2017
(The
course aimed at developing the four language skills simultaneously and
providing freshmen students with the main guidelines for mastering English.)
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§ Part-time Instructor of English for the
Teachers of Math and Science, Center for Developing English Language
Teaching (CDELT), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2016-2018
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Part-time
Instructor of English Language skills, College of Translation and Foreign Languages,
Misr University for Science &Technology, Cairo, Egypt, 2012
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Part-time
Instructor of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, October 6 University,
Cairo, Egypt, 2011
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§ Part-time Instructor in the Centre for Training,
General Assembly of National Institutes, Cairo, Egypt, 2010
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§ Part-time Instructor of English Language,
Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2010
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§ Part-time Instructor of English Language,
Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2010-2011
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§ Part-time Instructor of English Language,
Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2009
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§ Part-time Instructor of English Literature,
Faculty of Education, Bani-Sweif University, Cairo, Egypt, 2009
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§ Part-time Instructor of the Preparation
Course for the TOEFL Test, Centre for Developing English Language Teaching
(CDELT), Ain Shams University, Cairo,
Egypt, 2009-2012
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§ Part-time Instructor of English Language,
The Higher Institute of Engineering, Shrouk Academy, Cairo, Egypt, 2007-2009
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§ Part-time Instructor of English Language,
Centre for Developing the Experimental School Teachers Potential, Cairo,
Egypt, 2007-2009
(Training
teachers of Math and Science under the umbrella of the English Language Development Program)
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§ Member of the Committee of the Higher
Studies Development Project in the Departments of Foreign Languages in
Faculties of Education, 2005-2006
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§ Training Primary School English Teachers,
Centre for Adult Education, Menoufia, Egypt, 2000
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A) Books:
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud, Badr Abdelfattah, and Dina Sayed. (2018). English Language I (for
the 1st Year Students of the Technical Health Institutes). Ministry
of Health, Cairo, Egypt.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud, Badr Abdelfattah, and Dina Sayed. (2018). English Language II (for
the 2nd Year Students of the Technical Health Institutes). Ministry
of Health, Cairo, Egypt.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud and Badr Abdelfattah. (2018). English Textbook for Math and Science
Teachers. Center for Educational Excellence. Ain Shams University, Cairo,
Egypt.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. (2013). The Alienated Self in the Plays of Brian Friel: Familial,
Political, and Cultural Alienation. Germany: Scholar’s Press
(http://www.amazon.com/Alienated-Self-Plays-Brian-Friel/dp/3639515161/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387863951&sr=1-2&keywords=the+alienated+self),
(https://www.morebooks.de/store/de/book/the-alienated-self-in-the-plays-of-brian-friel/isbn/978-3-639-51516-9)
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. (2010). Technical English for Nursing (Book I), Cairo, Egypt.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. (2010). Technical English for Nursing (Book II), Cairo, Egypt.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. (2010). Technical English for Nursing (Book III), Cairo, Egypt.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. (2010). Technical English for Nursing (Book VI), Cairo, Egypt.
B) Research Papers:
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Gaber, Mahmoud. “Trauma Beyond Narrative: Maria
Kizito and the Postdramatic representation of Genocide”. Egyptian Journal of
English Language and Literature Studies. Vol. 13, Dec. Issue, 2024.
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Gaber, Mahmoud. “Setting as Character: The
Poetics of Space and Human Anxiety in Stephen Karam’s The Humans”. Occasional
Papers in the Development of English Language Education. December 2024.
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Gaber, Mahmoud. “Commodification of the Human
Condition in Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money (2006)”. Egyptian Journal of
English Language and Literature Studies. Vol. 13, Dec. Issue, 2024.
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Gaber, Mahmoud. “The Natural Man Versus the
Metaphysical Man: Back to Naturalism in Simon Stephens’ Motortown
(2006)”. Occasional Papers in the Development of English Language Education.
Vol. 84, October 2023.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. “Destabilizing the Colonial Legacy in Ama Ata Aidoo’s The Dilemma
of a Ghost”. Journal of Faculty of Education for Humanistic and Literary
Sciences, 2021.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. “Escaping the Inescapable: Cognitive Dissonance in Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced
(2012)”. Journal of Faculty of Education for Humanistic and Literary
Sciences, Vol. 26, No. 1. 2020.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. “The Animal Within: The Conflicted Self in Yasmina Reza’s The God
of Carnage (2006)”. Occasional Papers, Volume 65. 2018.
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Gaber, Mahmoud. “Kitty Felde’s A Patch of
Earth as a Modern Tragedy.” Journal of Faculty of Education for
Humanistic and Literary Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 3. 2017.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. “The Quest for the Ideal: Romantic Escapism in W. B. Yeats’s The
Land of Heart’s Desire and Cathleen ni Houlihan.” English
Language and Literature Studies (ELLS), Volume X, No. 1. December 2016.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. “Breaking Off the Fetters of Ideology: Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story as
a Critique of the American Dream.” Occasional Papers, Volume 59. July
2015.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. “Dysfunctional Love in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard: A
Psychoanalytical Reading.” Occasional Papers, Volume 56, July 2013.
§ Gaber,
Mahmoud. “Crisis of Authority in David Hare’s Docudrama, Stuff Happens
(2004).” Journal of English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS),
Volume VII, No. II, December 2010.
