Simone SIBILIO

Position: Associate Professor

Telephone: 041 234 8832

E-mail: simone.sibilio@unive.it

Academic discipline: Arabic Language and Literature [STAA-01/L]

Website: https://www.unive.it/people/simone.sibilio (personal record)

Office: Department of Asian and North African Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dsaam
Where: Ca' Cappello

Office hours

On Wednesday at. 12.30 at the teacher's office or online. Please, contact the teacher via email.

Notices

Presentazione di Perfect Victims di El Kurd a Ca' Foscari

24/09/2026

Sono lieto di comunicare che lo scrittore e attivista per i diritti umani palestinese Mohammed El Kurd sarà a Ca' Foscari all'Auditorium Santa Marta il 06.10.2026 alle ore 17,30 in conversazione con la scrittrice Alba Nabulsi, la collega Federica Timeto e il sottoscritto. Si presenta il suo ultimo volume tradotto in italiano Vittime perfette edito da Fandando Libri (2025)

Si auspica la massima partecipazione,

per dettagli e informazioni scrivere alle mail dei docenti,

la locandina in allegato

ELKURD A CA FOSCARI_ 6.10.2026.pdf

Teaching activity current year

Teaching activity a.y. 2026/2027

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FMR10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

NARRAZIONI E DINAMICHE CULTURALI (ARABO) (12 cfu) [LM250C]

LINGUE DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA PER L'IMPRESA E LA COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE [LMR40]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUA ARABA AVANZATA PER LE SCIENZE SOCIALI 1-MOD.2 (12 cfu) [LM056C]

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

NARRAZIONI E DINAMICHE CULTURALI (ARABO) (12 cfu) [LM250C]

TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA DALL'ARABO (6 cfu) [LM2525]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERATURA ARABA 2 (6 cfu) [LT004C]

Teaching activity previous years

Teaching activity a.y. 2025/2026

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA DALL'ARABO (6 cfu) [LM2525]

LINGUE DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA PER L'IMPRESA E LA COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE [LMR40]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUA ARABA 1 MOD. 2 (12 cfu) [LM006C]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERATURA ARABA 2 (6 cfu) [LT004C]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERATURA ARABA 1 (6 cfu) [LT002C]

LETTERATURA ARABA 2 (6 cfu) [LT004C]

Teaching activity a.y. 2024/2025

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA DALL'ARABO (6 cfu) [LM2525]

LINGUE, ECONOMIE E ISTITUZIONI DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM40]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUA ARABA 1 MOD. 2 (12 cfu) [LM006C]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERATURA ARABA 1 (6 cfu) [LT002C]

LETTERATURA ARABA 2 (6 cfu) [LT004C]

Teaching activity a.y. 2023/2024

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA DALL'ARABO (6 cfu) [LM2525]

LINGUE, ECONOMIE E ISTITUZIONI DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM40]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUA ARABA 1 MOD. 2 (12 cfu) [LM006C]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERATURA ARABA 1 (6 cfu) [LT002C]

LETTERATURA ARABA 2 (6 cfu) [LT004C]

Teaching activity a.y. 2022/2023

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA DALL'ARABO (6 cfu) [LM2525]

LINGUE, ECONOMIE E ISTITUZIONI DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM40]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUA ARABA 1 MOD. 2 (12 cfu) [LM006C]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERATURA ARABA 1 (6 cfu) [LT002C]

LETTERATURA ARABA 2 (6 cfu) [LT004C]

Teaching activity a.y. 2021/2022

LINGUE, ECONOMIE E ISTITUZIONI DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM40]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUA ARABA 1 MOD. 2 (12 cfu) [LM006C]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERATURA ARABA 1 (6 cfu) [LT002C]

LETTERATURA ARABA 2 (6 cfu) [LT004C]

Activities and research skills

General information

Academic discipline: Lingua e letteratura araba [STAA-01/L]

Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine: CRITICA LETTERARIA E LETTERATURE COMPARATE [L-FIL-LET/14]

Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies: Internazionale: Medio Oriente,Europa

Known languages: italiano (scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
arabo (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
spagnolo (scritto: avanzato parlato: intermedio)
francese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)

Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series: Membro del Comitato Editoriale, “Quaderni di Studi arabi” Quaderni di Studi Arabi;
Membro del Comitato editoriale della collana “I grandi libri della letteratura araba”, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari
Membro del Comitato Editoriale della collana “Translating Wor(l)ds”, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari
Membro del Comitato Scientifico della rivista «Maydan», journal of studies on the Arab, Semitic and Islamic worlds.

Main departmental research areas and fields: Area: Letteratura Linea: Traduzione e traduttologia
Area: Lingue e letterature dell’Africa settentrionale e del Vicino oriente Linea: araba
Area: Studi postcoloniali Linea: Anglofonia

Research skills

letteratura araba contemporanea

Description:: Contemporary Arabic Literature

Keywords:: Humanities, Literature, Arabic literature

ATECO code:: [85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori

storia e cultura della Palestina

Description:: History and culture of Palestine

Keywords:: History, Contemporary history, Political history

ATECO code:: [58.1] - edizione di libri, periodici ed altre attività editoriali

traduzione da arabo

Description:: translation from arabic

Keywords:: Humanities, Arabic language, Literature

ATECO code:: [85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori

Completed and pending researches

critica letteraria araba

SSD:: L-OR/12

letteratura palestinese contemporanea

SSD:: L-OR/12

poesia araba moderna e contemporanea

SSD:: L-OR/12

traduzione letteraria e poetica

SSD:: L-OR/12

Publication highlights

Simone Sibilio Widad Nabi, Un continente chiamato corpo e altre poesie , Di Felice Edizioni (ISBN 9791281082243)
2025, Critical edition of texts/Critical edition of excavation - ARCA card: 10278/5090250

Simone Sibilio La poesia araba contemporanea (1948-1991) , Letteratura araba. Dalla Nahda alle rivoluzioni e oltre, Le Monnier, pp. 241-273 (ISBN 9788800862516)
2024, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5058001

Simone Sibilio Poesia araba moderna e contemporanea , Roma, Istituto per l'Oriente (ISBN 9788897622840)
2022, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/5021467

(a cura di) Simone Sibilio Ghassan Zaqtan. In cammino invocano i fratelli. Versi scelti , Roma, Edizioni Q (ISBN 9788897831402)
2019, Curatorship - ARCA card: 10278/3730356

simone sibilio Traces of Postmemory in Salmān Nāṭūr’s Dhākira , New Geographies: Texts and Contexts in Modern Arabic Literature, madrid, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, pp. 251-269 (ISBN 978-84-8344-620-1)
2018, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/3710910

List of publications

List of publications

List of selected publications

Curriculum vitae

Simone Sibilio (PHD) is Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Department of Asian and North African Studies DSAAM of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Board Member of Euramal (European Association for Modern Arabic Literature) and Board Member of CEM (Research Centre on Contemporary Middle East of Ca’ Foscari University). He is also Teaching Committee and QA Coordinator of LICSAAM Degree programme at DSAAM.

He taught in several Italian Universities and directed the Master’s Program MILCO in Oriental Languages and Cultures for IULM University of Milan in the years 2015-2018.

His main fields of academic research are Palestine Studies, Modern and Contemporary Arabic Literature with a particular interest in Poetry, Literary Translation and Criticism, Cultural and Media Studies. He translated several Arab poets into Italian, in both magazines and volumes, including Mahmud Darwish, Muhammad al-Fayturi, Talal Haidar, Ghassan Zaqtan, Moncef Ouhaibi, Najwan Darwish, Widad Nabi, Mahmud Darwish (forthcoming). He won the Poetry Translation Award “Città di Fiumicino” for Translation of Arabic Poetry into Italian in 2016. The translation of the volume "Un continente chiamato corpo. E altre poesie" by Widad Nabi won the Premio Letterario Camaiore 2025.

His major publications are:

- Poesia araba moderna e contemporanea (Modern and Contemporary Arabic Poetry), Istituto per L’Oriente, Roma, 2022;

- In guerra non mi cercate. Poesia araba delle rivoluzioni e oltre, (In War Don’t Look for Me. Arabic Poetry of 2011 Revolutions and Beyond) in collaboration with con O. Capezio, E. Chiti e F.M. Corrao, Le Monnier, Milano 2018);

- Nakba. La memoria letteraria della catastrofe palestinese (Nakba. The Literary Memory of the Palestinian Catastrophe), Edizioni Q 2013 (II, 2015);

His forthcoming volume is Contemporary Arabic Literature and Migrations. New Poetics and Perspectives, co-edited with A. Bianco, B. Rayhanova, Tauris, London

For his overall scientific activity and production see the Italian CV

Last update: 26/08/2025
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