Akram Alkatreb

1276 Valley Rd. #A

Wayne, NJ 07470

 973-333-7828

akram.alkatreb777@gmail.com

EDUCATION

B.A., Law, 1996                                  Damascus University, Damascus, Syria

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Journalist (1996 – present):

I wrote articles about culture, poetry, literature and art for major Arabic-speaking newspapers in Lebanon, London and Syria, including As-Safir, Al-Hayat, Almustaqbal, An-Nahar and Al-Quds al A’arabi.

Author (1995 - present):

I have published four books of poetry, and my books have been reviewed in major newspapers such as those above as well as many other newspapers and magazines.

Editor and Publisher (1992 - 1995):

I worked as an editor for the publishing firm Dar Attaleaah in Damascus, responsible for reviewing submissions and line-by-line editing of books for publication.

Arabic Teacher (1995 – present)

I have long experience in teaching Arabic. I have taught at the Inlingua Language Center in Ridgewood, NJ, since 2006. I am currently teaching several private students, and before I came to the United States, I was employed as an Arabic tutor to foreign students in Syria.

I taught basic Arabic to social workers and teachers employed by the Center for Family Resources in Clifton, NJ (2009).

PUBLICATIONS

Poems of Love  (1995, Dar Attaleaah)

Minorities of Desire (1998, Dar Alif)

Nailed to Sleep as a Sole Son (2003, Mou’assas Al-A’arabia/The Arab Institution for Studies and Publishing)

Poems of America (2007, Dar Al-Nahadah Al-A’arabia)