• Post-Doctorate in Humanities, Onassis Foundation, Greece, 2002

• D. in Linguistics &Translation, College of Arts, Al Mustansiryyeh University, Iraq, 2000

• Master of Arts in Linguistics, College of Arts, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1994

• Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Arts, College of Education, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1988

• General Diploma in Education, Teachers Institutes, Ministry of Education, Iraq, 19984

Dr. Ali Al Hassnawi is an Associate Professor in Linguistics and Translation. He received his Ph.D. degree in Linguistics and Translation from Al-Mustansiryyeh University (2000), where he developed a widely-recognised model for the analysis of shifts in translation between English and Arabic. He earned the Fellowship of Onassis Foundation (2002), where he accomplished a post-doctorate degree in Humanities. He did a Master of Arts degree in Linguistics (1994), a Bachelor degree in English Language and Arts (1988), and a Diploma in Education (1984).

Dr. Ali Al Hassnawi taught Translation, Linguistics, and English language courses, and other related subjects in many Arab higher education institutions. Besides his academic career, Dr. Al Hassnawi produced more than twenty research papers published in international journals. He authored many newspaper articles on topics related to his specialisation and his professional activity. He translated three books from English into Arabic and performed as a senior conference interpreter in several international events.

Dr. Ali Al Hassnawi Ali is an active member of several regional and international associations and professional organisations. He also appeared in several scholarly events (conference, seminars, workshops, symposiums) as a key-note speaker, presenter, and a trainer.

In addition to his academic activity, Dr. Ali Al Hassnawi leans on more than fifteen-year experience in the field of quality assurance. He took several roles in this field (external reviewer, external examiner, review director, moderator, consultant) for many QA organisations and projects. His latest service in this regard was his QA Consultant position at the OAAAQA before he joined Gulf College in February 2021.

His research interests include contrastive linguistic issues, translation/interpretation pedagogy, foreign language teaching and training with special reference to genre-specific texts, as well the cognitive aspects of interpreting.