Faculty of Arts

Three decades have passed on the establishment of the Faculty of Arts, one of the fifteen faculties comprising alquds university.

1902

Established

1

Programs offered

390

Registered Students

Dean's

Message

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful

On my behalf and on behalf of the professors and staff of the Faculty of Arts, I am pleased to welcome you to this ancient and pioneering scientific edifice, which was established more than four decades ago of giving, pioneering and fruitful interaction with all components of the Palestinian society. This edifice, which I hope, will continue successfully in offering more distinguished academic programs to meet with the needs of the Palestinian, regional and international community.

The Faculty of Arts was established in the year (1402 AH corresponding to 1982 AD) under the name of the “College of Arts for Girls” in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem, as a development for the Institute of Social Service in the “Arab Child House” institution, which was established by the late, Ms. “Hind Taher Al-Husseini”, may her soul rest in peace, for the care and education of a number of children of the “Deir Yassin village”, and in the year (1415 AH / 1994 AD) it was actually united with colleges such as Da’wa, Fundamentals of Religion, the Qur’an, and Islamic Studies in the Beit Hanina neighborhood, the College of Science and Technology in the Abu Dis neighborhood, and the Arab Colleges for Health Professions in the city of Al-Bireh, which later on formed, Al-Quds University, the dream that began in the year (1336 AH / 1914 AD) under the name of “Salah Al-Din Islamic College” in buildings like, The Salahiya School located to the right of the entrance to the Old City in Jerusalem from the Lions (Asbaat) Gate, and it took eight decades to achieve it, with a solid will.

After its unification, Al-Quds University witnessed many developments in all fields, including the establishment of the College of Arts in the Beit Hanina neighborhood, along with the College of Arts for Girls in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. The Faculty of Arts and the branches of a number of university faculties moved from the Beit Hanina campus to the “Abu Dis” campus, and thus the Faculty of Arts settled today with two branches: Hind Al-Husseini College for Girls on the campus of Sheikh Jarrah, and the College of Arts in the Abu Dis campus, which is the fourth college of the university to be established, out of seventeen colleges: The College of Arts currently offers academic programs at the undergraduate level: Arabic Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, Social Work, Physical Education, and Fine Arts. Seven academic programs at the master’s level: Arabic language and literature, contemporary Islamic studies, Translation and Interpretation, Criminology, Jerusalem Studies, Digital Communication, Leadership in Physical Education, Strategic Studies, and Public Policies.

The Higher Institute of Archeology offers two programs: Islamic Antiquities, Conservation and Restoration, and the Institute of Regional and International Studies offers three programs: Arabic Studies, Israeli Studies, and European Studies. The Language Center offers service courses of foreign languages ​​to university students, and the Arabic language to non-native speakers for foreign students, wishing to learn fluent Arabic and the Palestinian spoken dialect, as well as courses in Palestinian society and customs. It aspires to offer a doctorate degree in Arabic Language and Literature, and Contemporary Islamic Studies.

The Faculty of Arts, with its various programs, seeks to achieve the goals of Al-Quds University, represented in preparing enlightened Palestinian graduates, who believe in their just cause and in their right to free their homeland. The college is keen on communicating and establishing academic and research relations with national, Arab, Islamic and international universities, through holding joint scientific conferences and courses. Exchanging visits by faculty members and students, teaching joint courses, and carrying out archaeological excavations, all with the aim of providing the best scientific, academic and professional environment for faculty members, staff and students, and promoting the Palestinian historical narrative, which is subject to attempts of obliteration, appropriation and distortion, unprecedented in human history. The college also, aims, with its various programs to educate the Palestinian generations about their sacred and immutable right to their homeland, historic Palestine.

Since its establishment, thousands of qualified students have graduated from the college, and many of them have excelled as creative teachers, writers, thinkers, artists, painters, and political leaders who have played an important role in the development of the Palestinian society, as well as, regional and global societies. These are a source of pride for the college, the university, and Palestine, and a source of inspiration and creativity for their peers.

The College of Arts would not have been able to present what it did without the collaboration of its colleagues, faculty members and employees. Its graduates and the graduates of the best local, Arab, and international universities, and those with a long history in scientific research, professional work, and service to the local community, who are keen to continue their academic achievements, develop their research activities, and interact with the Palestinian community in a way that leads to achieving the higher goals of the university.

The College of Arts, with all its academic programs and extracurricular services, and in concerted efforts with the rest of the university’s faculties, its scientific and office facilities, and its extracurricular activities, and with the wisdom of its president and the dedication of the faculty and staff in serving the students, and guiding them to what is best in their creative academic achievement and their prosperity, invites students to choose it as a place for their University studies, and their distinguished academic achievement, as they will fulfill their hopes and aspirations, and push them to succeed and excel in their academic and practical lives.

Professor Mashhour Al-Habbazi

Dean of the Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts at Al-Quds University inspires knowledge production, and is committed to quality assurance and intellectual distinction by means of promoting a great diversity of academic programmes, admirable quality, curricular and extra-curricular activities. The Faculty also seeks to prepare the ground for congenial and outstanding learning, training and research environments to further enhance creative and innovative teaching and learning, fostering a better long-term basis for sustainable development in Palestine. The Faculty also seeks to efficiently contribute to ease assimilation of knowledge and research in languages (with corresponding literatures), humanities and social sciences. The Faculty finally inspires the set of beliefs and attitudes of the society in a manner that would enable the faculty members to compete with their counterparts locally, regionally and internationally.

The Faculty of Arts seeks to:

Enhance the concept of high quality and continuous development for all academic programmes to ensure the breadth of learning-teaching process, and to keep abreast of modern needs in a way that goes in harmony with modern global trends.

Found new academic and vocational programmes (e.g., specialized vocational Diploma, Higher Diploma, Bachelor of Arts degrees and Master’s degree).

  • Provide staff members with opportunities to successfully develop through honing their skills to enable them to excel in quite convivial working environment and also to enhance a state of leading competition.
  • Foster research and academic openness to external world through faculty and student exchange programmes, and also to carry out joint research between faculty members in the Faculty of Arts and potential partner universities.
  • Exchange experiences, knowledge and skills with local, regional and international academic institutions, with such academic programmes similar to those at the Faculty of Arts.
  • Foster the system of scientific research and publishing to contribute to the international scientific, and technical prosperity.
  • Enhance the role of the university to serve the local community through curricular and extra-curricular activities, seminars, lectures, workshops and further offer initiatives that would contribute to promote positive attitudes and values in the society.

Vision of the Faculty of Arts.Graduates from the faculty are expected to:

  1. Have practical and theoretical knowledge and be able to employ such knowledge at the service of local community the best way possible;
  2. Have critical and effective communication skills;
  3. Enjoy an initiative leadership character, with a high sense of responsibility;
  4. Have knowledge and various research skills and an ability to improve oneself and surrounding community, and be able to aggressively compete with others to have academic and professional distinction as well as postgraduate qualifications;
  5. To be committed to academic and social values, customs and traditions;
  6. Have the ability to enhance the sense and culture of citizenship and to preserve the Palestinian identity;
  7. Have the ability to relate the past with the present and to predict the future based on their wide knowledge and vision;
  8. Realise the importance of academic specialty to bring positive changes to the society;
  9. Comprehend the scientific and theoretical concepts and schools of thought in humanities and social sciences, and positively interact with modern international developments of these sciences;
  10. Use logic to find suitable solutions for issues related to their future careers and realize the importance of communication with specialty counterparts and compete and distinct in the job market;
  11. Employ the Palestinian legacy to enhance the Palestinian narrative and bring national awareness of the importance of such legacy politically, economically, socially and culturally

Offered Programs

Academic Staff

Abdalla Owais
Abdalla Owais
Assistant Professor

Ahmad Atari
Ahmad Atari
Assistant Professor

Ahmad Ayyad
Ahmad Ayyad
Assistant Professor

Amneh Badran
Amneh Badran
Assistant Professor

Anwar Tamimi
Anwar Tamimi
Lecturer

Awad Mansour
Awad Mansour
Assistant Professor

Azhar Khalaileh
Azhar Khalaileh
Teacher

Banan Salah El Din
Banan Salah El Din
Associate Professor

Fatima Adileh
Fatima Adileh
Assistant Professor

Fatima Al-Khatib
Fatima Al-Khatib
Teacher

Fayez Freijat
Fayez Freijat
Assistant Professor

Hani Abdo
Hani Abdo
Teacher

Ibrahim Abu Aemar
Ibrahim Abu Aemar
Assistant Professor

Jamal Ghaythan
Jamal Ghaythan
Assistant Professor

Jamal Nafi’
Jamal Nafi’
Associate Professor

Jenan Adel
Jenan Adel
Teacher

Khairi Hasan
Khairi Hasan
Teacher

Khalid Hreish
Khalid Hreish
Associate Professor

Leila Ayyad
Leila Ayyad
Teacher

Mashhour Al-Habbazi
Mashhour Al-Habbazi
Professor

Mohammad AL Khatib
Mohammad AL Khatib
Associate Professor

Mohammad Thawabteh
Mohammad Thawabteh
Associate Professor

Mutasem Alnaser
Mutasem Alnaser
Associate Professor

Nadeem Ihshaish
Nadeem Ihshaish
Teacher

Nael A. Nofal
Nael A. Nofal
Lecturer

Najwa Safadi
Najwa Safadi
Associate Professor

Omar Abu Ghoush
Omar Abu Ghoush
Teacher

Omar Abu Humos
Omar Abu Humos
Associate Professor

Omar Y. Najjar
Omar Y. Najjar
Assistant Professor

Omayma Qaraqra
Omayma Qaraqra
Teacher

Rabee Owais
Rabee Owais
Assistant Professor

Rafat Abuzaid
Rafat Abuzaid
Lecturer

Rafat Rabee
Rafat Rabee
Teacher

Randa Abu Hilal
Randa Abu Hilal
Teacher

Rania Muhtadi
Rania Muhtadi
Assistant Professor

Salah Al-Houdalieh
Salah Al-Houdalieh
Professor

Samer Raddad
Samer Raddad
Assistant Professor

Wafa’a Al-Khateeb
Wafa’a Al-Khateeb
Assistant Professor

Yousef Al-Rifaee
Yousef Al-Rifaee
Assistant Professor

Ziad Ayyad
Ziad Ayyad
Assistant Professor

Al-Quds University