Academic Degrees:

- Bachelor degree, in Arabic Language and Literature, 2004, Kuwait University.

- M.A in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, 2008, Indiana University, Bloomington.

- Ph.D., in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, 2012, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Associate Professor

Department of Arabic Language & Literature

College of Arts

Kuwait University

Classical Arabic Poetry

Arabic Nabati Poetry

Literary Theories

Undergraduate courses:

Pre-Islamic Poetry

Early Islamic and Umayyad Poetry

Abbasid Poetry

Classical Arabic Criticism 

Arabic Folk Literature

Graduate courses:

Research Principles and Mechanisms

Specialized literary Texts (in English)

Seminar in Literature and Literary Criticism

Modern Trends in Arabic poem

Orientalists’ Approaches in the Study of Arabic Literature

Alajmi. H. O. (2016). The Words of War and the War of Words: The pre-Islamic Naqāʾiḍ of Qays bin al-Khaṭīm and Ḥassān bin Thābit. Dar Alolum Journal. (98). 389-426. 

Alajmi. H. O. (2017). The Modern Use of The She-Camel`s Theme in Contemporary Nabati Poetry. Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (165), 121-154.

DOI: 10.34120/0382-043-165-004

Alajmi. H. O. (2019). The Pre-Islamic Battle of Dhū Qār: From History to Collective Memory. Journal of Scientific Research in Art, Faculty of Women for Art Science and Education. (4). Vol: 20. 717-740.

DOI: 10.21608/JSSA.2019.56142

Alajmi. H. O. and Alqanaei. (2020). The Naqāʾiḍ in Pre-Islamic Poetry Between Qays bin al-Khaṭīm and ʻAbd Allāh bin Rawāḥah as a Verbal Duel.  Cairo Journal of The Faculty of Arts. (8)Vol: 80. 53-92.

DOI: 10.21608/JARTS.2020.135392

Alajmi. H. O. (2020). The Coffee Motif in Nabati Arabic Poetry and in Classical Arabic Poetry: A Comparative approach. Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies. (46), 65-107.

DOI: 10.34120/0382-046-179-002

Alajmi. H. O. (2020). Pandemics in Nabati Poetry.  Arab Journal for The Humanities. (153). (Conference Proceedings). DOI: 10.34120/0117-039-153-009

Alajmi. H. O. and Alazemi. F. A. (2021). The Abodes of the Caliphate and the Caliph of the Abodes: ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʻtazz’s Political Vision Through His Poetry. Journal of Scientific Research in Art, Faculty of Women for Art Science and Education. (22), 1-23.

DOI: 10.21608/jssa.2021.53586.1224

Alajmi. H. O. (2023) The Manifestations of the High Places Motifs in Nabati Poetry and in Ancient Arabic Poetry: A comparative approach. Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies. 49 (190), 117-151.

DOI: 10.34120/0382-049-190-004

Almurairi. A. H, and Alajmi. H. O. Abū Nūwās Sanctifying the Profane and Tarnishing the Sacred in His Poetry: An Anthropological Approach. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, 51(6), 144–157. https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v51i6.5851.

 Alshammari. M, Alajmi. H. Angels and Demons in Classical Arabic Fictional Prose. Annals of The Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 53 (April- June). 10.21608/aafu.2025.360232.1841