Artificial Intelligence Committee

  Professor Dr. Salwa Hamada – Egypt (President of the committee)

A distinguished expert in artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, and Qur’anic interpretation. She began her academic journey in 1990 by developing the first Arabic-language chatbot, making her one of the pioneering researchers who creatively bridged technology with the Arabic language. She has been honored with the title of Best Arab Information Scientist and is widely known as the Mother of Computational Linguistics. Her research focuses on morphological, syntactic, and semantic analysis of Arabic texts using AI techniques, with a special emphasis on prompt engineering and its applications in Qur’anic studies. Dr. Hamada is also a passionate educator, recognized for her innovative teaching methods in artificial intelligence through the Arabic language. She continuously shares her vision and methodologies for harnessing AI tools in the service of the Arabic language and the Holy Qur’an. She is the author of several scholarly books in her fields of expertise and has received numerous honors and academic shields from various Arab countries, including Egypt, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq.

Ahmed Mohamed Al-Damati – Egypt

A university lecturer in Teaching Arabic to Speakers of Other Languages in the United Arab Emirates, holding multiple academic qualifications in Arabic language and literature, journalism, Arabic calligraphy, Qur’anic recitation (tajwīd), and education. He is a member of the World Islamic Literary Association, the International Federation of the Arabic Language, the Arabic Language Protection Society in Sharjah, and the Emirates Society for Arabic Calligraphy and Islamic Ornamentation. He contributed to the first phase of the Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language and represented his university with research papers at international conferences in Amman and Dubai. He serves as a member of scientific committees and as a judge in numerous international conferences and competitions. His accolades include the Mahmoud Ghoneim Prize for Poetic Creativity (2010), the Abdel Rahman El-Sharkawi Award (2010), the Rawaq Platform Award for Voice-Over on World Arabic Language Day (2022), and the Sharjah Foundation for Quran and Sunnah Award in its Ramadan competitions (2022 and 2024). He was honored with the University of Al Qasimia Award for Teaching Excellence (2023/2024). As a poet, he published his collection “The Smile of Her Eyes” (2009) and was listed in the Al-Babtain Encyclopedia of Contemporary Arab Poets.

Dr. Naeem Mohamed Abdel-Ghan – Egypt

Dr. Naeem Mohamed Abdel-Ghani, born in Egypt in 1979, graduated from the Faculty of Dar Al-Ulum, Cairo University in 2000, where he obtained his M.A. with distinction and his Ph.D. with first-class honors. He worked as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the German University, a Lecturer at Qatar University, a researcher at the Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic, and a researcher for the Encyclopedia of Occidentalism affiliated with ISESCO. He specializes in digital content development and data preparation in artificial intelligence, and has published more than twelve peer-reviewed research papers, including studies on the role of lexical structure in determining grammatical functions and on artificial intelligence and the challenges of education. He has also authored more than ten published books, among them The Aesthetics of Prophetic Discourse: A Study in Syntax and Semantics, Interaction of Vocabulary with Grammatical Functions in the Qur’anic Sentence, Unique Features of the Qur’an, Illuminating Pages in the Lives of Orientalists, and Figures of Arabic Poetry: Selections, Readings, and Analyses.

Dr. Khattab Al Khattab – Egypt

Assistant Professor of Arabic Linguistics at the Faculty of Theology, May 19 University. He holds an authorization (Ijazah) in memorizing the Holy Qur’an with a continuous chain of transmission (Sanad) according to the narration of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim through the Shāṭibiyyah. He is among the earliest graduates of Al-Azhar University, having studied there from elementary school through to earning his Ph.D., which he obtained with highest honors (Excellent with Distinction). He has received several awards and recognitions, including the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence in 2001, the Dubai Police Shield for Serving the Arabic Language, as well as the Award for the Most Active Member in the Department of Arabic Language at the University of Sharjah for the academic year 2017/2018. He has presented several radio and television programs in the United Arab Emirates, published peer-reviewed linguistic articles and research in scientific journals, and participated in specialized international conferences. He has supervised a number of master’s and doctoral theses, contributed to the graduation of many researchers, and participated in the examination of various academic dissertations. He is distinguished by a modern and innovative teaching strategy based on brainstorming techniques, grounded in more than twenty-two years of experience. This approach earned him the highest student evaluations at the University of Sharjah for seven consecutive years, as well as the highest departmental evaluation in the academic year 2016/2017. He served as Coordinator of Arabic Language in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Sharjah from 2011 to 2019. His research interests focus on linguistic anomalies and Qur’anic linguistic studies.

Prof. Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelkader Ali – Egypt

Professor of Grammar, Morphology, and Prosody, and an expert in teaching Arabic as a foreign language. He currently serves as Advisor for International Relations at the Faculty of Education, October 6 University, Egypt. He possesses over twenty-five years of experience in university teaching, academic supervision, curriculum development, and quality assurance of educational programs. He has participated in numerous international conferences and published peer-reviewed research in reputable scientific journals. In addition, he is a certified professional trainer (TOT) and serves as an academic reviewer for both local and international scientific journals.