Dr Husain Muhammad-Bashir Musa

Senior Lecturer

Arabic

  • Department: Arabic
  • Email: musa.hmb@unilorin.edu.ng
  • Office: Department of Arabic, Old Faculty of Arts Building, University of Ilorin
  • Research/Teaching: Arabic (Stylistics, Rhetoric and Literature)

I am Musa Husain Muhammad-Bashir. I was born in 1974 and I attended Budo-Ayan Lanwa Primary School, Zumuratul Adabiyyah Al-Kamaliyyah, Okekere for Junior Arabic Secondary School (Idadiyyah), Ma’ du’l-Azhar, Ogidi, Ilorin for Senior Arabic Secondary School (Thanawiyyah) and Government High School, Adeta, Ilorin for WASSCE . I obtained Diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Kwara State College of Education in 1993, Ilorin, B.A Arabic at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt in 1999, M.A. Arabic at University of Ilorin in 2011 and Ph.D. Arabic at University of Ilorin in 2019. I started my career as a teacher in 1994 before joining Kwara State Broadcasting Cooperation (Radio Kwara, Ilorin) Presently, I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Arabic, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin. My research interests Stylistics and Rhetoric.

Qualifications
  • Ph.D. (Arabic) University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
  • M.A. (Arabic) University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
  • B.A. (Arabic) Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Diploma (Arabic) Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Nigeria
Professional Affiliations
  • Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria (ASALLIN)
  • Nigeria Institute of Translators and Interpreters (NITI)
Undergraduate Teaching
  • 1. ARA 130 (2 Cr): Introduction to Arabic Composition
  • 2. ARA 145 (2 Cr): Arabic Grammar for Beginner
  • 3. ARA 223 (2 Cr): Arabic Composition in division and uses of punctuation marks
  • 4. ARA 330 (2 Cr): Development of syntax
  • 5. ARA 101 (2 Cr): Arabic Study Skills
  • 6. ARA 103 (2 Cr): Arabic Grammar
  • 7. ARA 339 (2 Cr): Quranic Text
  • 8. ARA 384 (2 Cr): Comparative Literature
  • 9. ARA 426 (2 Cr): Modern Arabic Literature in Nigeria
  • 10. ARA 427 (2 Cr): Arabic Rhetoric
Postgraduate Teaching
  • 1. ALI 805 (2 Cr): Nigerian Modern Arabic Literature
  • 2. ALA 810 (2 Cr): Arabic Globalization
  • 3. ALA 811 (2 Cr): History of Arabic Grammer
  • 4. ALA 812 (2 Cr): Semantics
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Office Address

Department of Arabic, Old Faculty of Arts Building, University of Ilorin