College of Fine Arts

Academic Staff

Aug. 29, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
Kawthar Mohammed Ali M. Sadiq Jabara
Kawthar Mohammed Ali M. Sadiq Jabara (PhD) Teaching staff
Head of the Quality Assurance Division at the College
Assistant Professor in Modern Arabic Literature and Criticism – Narratology

Department of Plastic Arts
College of Fine Arts
University of Duhok
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First: Undergraduate Morning Studies:

  1. Literature of Late Eras, 3rd Stage, 2nd Course, College of Basic Education – Akre, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2011–2012.
  2. Language Skills, 2nd Stage, 2nd Course, College of Basic Education – Akre, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2011–2012.
  3. Andalusian Literature, 3rd Stage, 1st Course, College of Basic Education – Akre, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2012–2013.
  4. Children's Literature, 4th Stage, Annual Course, College of Basic Education – Akre, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2012–2013.
  5. Islamic Literature, 2nd Stage, 2nd Course, College of Basic Education – Akre, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2012–2013.
  6. Library and Scientific Research Methodology, 1st Stage, 2nd Course, College of Basic Education – Akre, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2012–2013.
  7. Children's Theater, 4th Stage, Annual Course, Faculty of Humanities (formerly Arts), University of Duhok, Drama Department, Directing and Acting Branch, Academic Year 2013–2014.
  8. Children's Theater, 4th Stage, Annual Course, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, Drama Department, Directing and Acting Branch, Academic Year 2014–2015.
  9. Principles of Criticism, 2nd Stage, Annual Course, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, Drama Department, Criticism and Writing Branch, Academic Year 2013–2014.
  10. Methods of Criticism, 3rd Stage, Annual Course, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, Drama Department, Criticism and Writing Branch, Academic Year 2014–2015.
  11. Art Criticism, 3rd Stage, Annual Course, Faculty of Humanities, Plastic Arts Department, Academic Year 2014–2015.
  12. General Arabic (for non-specialized departments), 1st Stage, English Language Department, University of Duhok, Faculty of Humanities, Academic Year 2013–2014.
  13. General Arabic (for non-specialized departments), 1st Stage, English Language Department, University of Duhok, Faculty of Humanities, Academic Year 2014–2015.
  14. General Arabic (for non-specialized departments), 1st Stage, Plastic Arts Department, University of Duhok, Faculty of Humanities, Academic Year 2014–2015.
  15. General Arabic (for non-specialized departments), 1st Stage, Drama Department, University of Duhok, Faculty of Humanities, Academic Year 2014–2015.
  16. Art Criticism, 3rd Stage, Annual Course, Faculty of Humanities, Plastic Arts Department, Academic Year 2015–2016.
  17. Children's Literature, 4th Stage, 8th Semester, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2021–2022.
  18. Scenario (Screenwriting), 4th Stage, Drama Department / Criticism and Writing Branch, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2022–2023.
  19. Art Criticism, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 1st and 2nd Course, 2022–2023.
  20. Art Criticism, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 1st and 2nd Course, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  21. Arabic Rhetoric (Bayan and Badi'), 2nd Stage, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, 3rd Semester, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  22. Art Seminar, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 1st and 2nd Course, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  23. Modern Literary Criticism, 4th Stage, 7th Semester, College of Basic Education, Arabic Language Department, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  24. Children's Literature, 4th Stage, 8th Semester, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  25. Art Seminar, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 1st Course, Academic Year 2024–2025.
  26. Modern Literary Criticism, 4th Stage, 7th Semester, College of Basic Education, Arabic Language Department, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2024–2025.
  27. Art Criticism, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 7th Semester, Academic Year 2024–2025.
  28. History of Modern Art, 3rd Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Duhok, 5th Semester, Academic Year 2024–2025.
  29. Art Criticism, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 8th Semester, Academic Year 2024–2025.
  30. History of Contemporary Art, 3rd Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Duhok, 6th Semester, Academic Year 2024–2025.
  31. Conversation and Expression, 1st Stage, 2nd Semester, Arabic Language Department, Faculty of Languages, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2024–2025.
  32. Art Appreciation and Criticism, 4th Stage, 7th Semester, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2025–2026.
  33. Art Appreciation and Criticism, 4th Stage, 8th Semester, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2025–2026.
  34. Pre-Islamic Literature, 2nd Stage, 3rd Semester, Arabic Language Department, Faculty of Languages, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2025–2026.
  35. Modern Literary Criticism, 4th Stage, 7th Semester, College of Basic Education, Arabic Language Department, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2025–2026.
  36. Children's Literature, 4th Stage, 8th Semester, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2025–2026.

Second: Undergraduate Evening Studies:

  1. Library and Literary Research Methodology, 1st Stage, 1st Course, Evening Studies College for Education Teachers – Akre, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2012–2013.
  2. Art Criticism, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, Academic Year 2022–2023.
  3. Art Criticism, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 1st and 2nd Course, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  4. Arabic Rhetoric (Bayan and Badi'), 2nd Stage, Annual Course, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  5. Art Seminar, 4th Stage, Plastic Arts Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Duhok, 1st and 2nd Course, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  6. Abbasid Literature, 3rd Stage, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, Annual Course, Academic Year 2023–2024.
  7. Modern Literary Criticism, 4th Stage, Annual Course, College of Basic Education, Arabic Language Department, University of Zakho, Academic Year 2023–2024.

Third: Postgraduate Studies:

  1. Narratology, Master’s in Literature, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, 2nd Course, 2023–2024 Session.

  1. 1st place in the 1st Creative Competition for female students in memorizing and reciting Arabic poetry, College of Education for Girls, April 2006.
  2. 1st place in the 1st Creative Competition for memorizing "Alfiyyah Ibn Malik", April 2006.
  3. Ranked 1st in graduation research/projects across Iraq, honored by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on April 6, 2010.
  4. TOEFL certificate (Score: 447), Feb 9, 2012.
  5. ICDL Global Certificate, July 16, 2012.
  6. Member of the General Assembly of the International Council for the Arabic Language, Beirut, since Nov 18, 2013.
  7. Member of the General Union of Iraqi Writers, since Jan 27, 2013.
  8. Teaching Methods course certificate (90 hours), University of Duhok, Nov 2013 – Jan 2014.
  9. English Language Proficiency certificate (160-hour course), University of Duhok, May 3 – Aug 11, 2014.
  10. 3rd place in the Literary Essay category at the 5th Al-Qalam Al-Hurr competition for Arabic creativity, Egypt, 2014, for the essay "I dialogue with myself to embody your illusion".
  11. Editorial Board member of Al-Adeeb Cultural Newspaper (2014–2018).
  12. IELTS certificate (Score: 5), June 6, 2015.
  13. Founder of "Beşikçi Reading Club", established on Jan 7, 2017, coinciding with Prof. Ismail Beşikçi's 78th birthday (ceased after one year).
  14. Representative of the Beşikçi Center for Humanities at the Iraqi Publishers Union (2018–2020).
  15. Honorary member of Al-Mada Reading Club in Erbil.
  16. Recipient of the AFAC Grant for Creative and Critical Writing 2021, for the book project "Critical Readings in Kurdish Cinema".
  17. Recipient of numerous certificates of appreciation and letters of thanks. Participated in various local and international academic conferences and international film festivals in multiple capacities (Selection Committee member, Jury member, Jury President, critic, and speaker). Participated in international book fairs with book signings and as a guest speaker or moderator.
  18. Supervised numerous graduation projects in Arabic Literature at the universities of Duhok and Zakho.

Research

First: Individual Research

1. (Tomorrow in the Echo): Childhood Innocence and Narrative Intertextuality, published in Al-Muthaqaf Newspaper/Australia, Special Issue honoring the writer Dr. Faraj Yassin, Issue No. 2094, April 18, 2012.

2. The Threshold of the Title in Faraj Yassin’s Very Short Stories: A Study of Its Synthetic Structure, published in the Journal of the College of Basic Education – University of Babylon, Issue 12, June 2013.

3. Poetics of Displacement in Hamid Al-Rubaie’s Novel "Malik’s Pain Come Forth", published in the University of Zakho Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, December 2013.

4. Manifestations of Darkness and Light in the Novel "Lolita's Fingers", published in the proceedings of the (Art and Digitals) conference, the 13th Scientific Conference of the College of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad, 2013.

5. Poetics of Displacement in Hamid Al-Rubaie’s Novel "Malik’s Pain Come Forth", published in Al-Raqeem Journal, Karbala, Issue 7, Year 2, Autumn 2014.

6. The Neutrality of the Narratee and Its Patterns in the Arabic Novel: A Comparative Study between "City of God" and "Thirteen Nights and a Night", published in Sur Man Ra'a Journal, University of Samarra, Vol. 14, Issue 55, Year 13, 2018.

7. Female Character and Her Feminine Identity in Mohammed Khudair’s Collection "At 45 Degrees Celsius", published in the Pêşkeftî Center for Humanities Studies Yearbook, University of Duhok, Issue 1, April 2018.

8. The Image of Women in Kurdish Films: Between Gunay and Ghobadi, published in the Pêşkeftî Center for Humanities Studies Yearbook, University of Duhok, Issue 2, April 2019.

9. Narrativity of the Image between the Read Novelistic Text and the Visual Plastic Art, published in Merit Cultural Journal, Issue 10, October 2019.

10. The Television Novel and Iraqi Society Problems: "The Hotel" as a Model, published in the Journal of the College of Arts, University of Baghdad, proceedings of the annual International Scientific Conference (Academic Treatments for Iraqi Political and Social Problems), Baghdad, December 15, 2019. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v0i0](https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v0i0)

11. The Formation of Awareness in Novelistic Characters: A Reading of "Joys and Sorrows", published in the Arabic Journal for Sciences and Publishing Research, National Research Center, Gaza/Palestine, Vol. 7, Issue 3, September 30, 2021. DOI: 10.26389/AJSRP.W160221

12. Methods of Presenting Novelistic Characters: A Comparative Study between the Novel and Scenario of "Joys and Sorrows", published in Lark Journal for Philosophy, Linguistics and Social Sciences, College of Arts, University of Wasit, Iraq, Vol. 2, Issue 41, April 1, 2021.

13. Mulla Mustafa Barzani and the September Revolution in Television Documentaries: "Mulla Mustafa Barzani" and "The Immortal Barzani" as Models, published in the proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Conference on the 60th Anniversary of the September Revolution, Duhok, September 12-13, 2021.

14. Forced Displacement of Jews in Iraq and Manifestations of Return in the film "Venice of the East", published in the proceedings of the International Conference (Peacebuilding and Genocide Prevention), UNESCO Chair for Genocide Prevention Studies, University of Baghdad, Sulaymaniyah, December 15-16, 2021. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.21928/uhdicpgp/1](https://doi.org/10.21928/uhdicpgp/1)

15. Ethnographic Film as Artistic Memory: An Ethno-semiotic Study of the Jewish Character in the Iraqi Short Film "Venice of the East", published in the Kurdistan Journal for Strategic Research and Studies, special issue for the 3rd International Scientific Conference on Genocide, University of Duhok, August 2022. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.54809/jkss.viSpecial.131](https://doi.org/10.54809/jkss.viSpecial.131)

16. Cinema of the September Revolution: Dialogues and Analysis (The Lost Film: An Investigative Research on the Kurdish Film "Towards the Sun" 1974), published in the proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Conference on the 60th Anniversary of the September Revolution, Duhok, September 12-13, 2021.

17. Kurdish Cinema in the Face of the Pandemic: Duhok City as a Model, published in the Journal of International Scientific Conferences, Issue 14, May 2022 (Special issue for the Virtual International Conference: Cinema and the Pandemic), Berlin/Germany in cooperation with Carthage University/Tunisia and others.

18. Kurds and Kurdish Cinema in Arabic Critical Sources: A Study in Metacriticism, presented at the 18th International Criticism Conference, Yarmouk University, Irbid – Jordan, July 26-28, 2022 (Unpublished in proceedings).

19. Cinematic Narrative Techniques in Hussein Arif’s Story "The Wolves", presented at the 1st International Educational Scientific Conference, University of Mosul, College of Education for Girls, November 23-24, 2022 (Unpublished).

20. Adaptation from Literature in Kurdish Cinema, (Completed, Unpublished).

21. The Kurdish Novel between the Book and the Screen ("City of White Musicians" as a Model), published in the proceedings of the 4th Narrative Conference (Jalil Al-Qaisi Session), Baghdad, December 9-10, 2022.

22. Historical Narrative Style in the Novel: Dr. Walid Saif’s "Meeting of the Two Seas" as a Model, published in the book Humanities and Ways to Achieve Sustainable Development, proceedings of the 8th International Scientific Conference of the College of Arts, University of Al-Qadisiyah, May 27-28, 2023.

23. Historically Narrated Novels and Scenario Writing Techniques: A Reading in Dr. Walid Saif’s Novels, (Under Research).

24. Stylistics of Selection in the Historical Novel: A Reading in Dr. Walid Saif’s Novels, published in the Arabian Gulf Journal, University of Basra, Vol. 52, Issue 3, March 2024.

25. Techniques of Expressing Point of View and Their Employment in Visual Discourse: An Analytical Study of the Story "The Man Who Sold His Back" between Plastic, Media, and Cinematic Visuals, (Completed, Unpublished).

26. Polyphony in Faraj Yassin’s Story "Ash of Rumors", published in Al-Aqlam Journal, special issue on short stories in Iraq, Year 61, Issue 3, September 2024.

27. The Gnostic Novel and Its References: Mohammed Hasan Alwan’s "A Little Death" as a Model, published in the proceedings of the 19th International Literary Criticism Conference, Yarmouk University, Irbid – Jordan, July 22-25, 2024.

28. Reference Characters in the Gnostic Novel: "A Little Death" as a Model, published in a special book for the 1st Tamra Narrative Conference, Diyala, December 5-7, 2024.

29. The Iraqi Novel and Cinema, published in Al-Adeeb Al-Iraqi Journal, General Union of Iraqi Writers, Year 63, Issue 4, Autumn 2024.

30. Narrative and Language between the Read Text and Cinematic Visual: Concept and Transformations, published in a collective book by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, House of Cultural Affairs, 2024.

31. Narrative and Language: Concepts and Transformations between Read and Visual Narrative Texts, published in Al-Noor Journal for Humanities, Al-Noor University, Vol. 3, Issue 1, March 2025.

32. Religions and Sects in the Arabic Gnostic Novel: Yazidism as a Model, accepted for publication in the proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Conference, University of Duhok and Lalish Cultural Center, April 29-30, 2025.

33. The Language of the Gnostic Novel and Its Terminology: "A Little Death" as a Model, accepted for publication in the University of Zakho Journal, 2025.

Second: Joint Research

34. Naming System of Non-Main Characters in the Novel "City of God" by Hassan Hamid, with Asst. Prof. Dr. Ammar Ahmed Al-Saffar, published in Adab Al-Rafidayn Journal, College of Arts, University of Mosul, 2012.

35. Stylistic Formations in the Letters of the Novel "City of God" by Hassan Hamid, with Asst. Prof. Dr. Ishtar Dawood Mohammed, published in the Journal of Education and Science, University of Mosul, Vol. 19, Issue 2, 2012.

36. The Narrator between the Read and Cinematic Visual (2000-2017), with Asst. Prof. Dr. Dhiaa Abdulrazzaq Ayoub, published in the Arabic Journal for Sciences and Publishing Research, Vol. 3, Issue 9, September 30, 2019 (Extracted from PhD thesis). DOI: [https://doi.org/10.26389/AJSRP.K180519](https://doi.org/10.26389/AJSRP.K180519)

37. Character between the Read and Cinematic Visual: The Novel "Mawlana" and Its Adapted Film as a Model, with Asst. Prof. Dr. Dhiaa Abdulrazzaq Ayoub, published in the University of Duhok Journal for Humanities, Vol. 22, Issue 1, November 25, 2019 (Extracted from PhD thesis). DOI: [https://doi.org/10.26682/hjuod.2019.22.1.19](https://doi.org/10.26682/hjuod.2019.22.1.19)

38. Historical and National Reference Characters in Jan Dost’s Novels: "Blood on the Minaret" as a Model, accepted for publication in Adab Al-Rafidayn Journal, November 30, 2025.

Modern Arabic Literature, Literary Criticism, Art Criticism, Cinema and Film Criticism, Kurdish Cinema, Kurdish Heritage and Culture, Modern Kurdish Literature.

Master’s Thesis: "Reference Characters in Jan Dost’s Novels," Student: Safaa Shukri Hassan, Arabic Language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Zakho, 2023–2024 Session, defended on April 22, 2026.