I am working on the GeoPo project led by Dr. Peter Webb. The project combines pre-Islamic poetry, geography and inscriptions to help us better understand the social, political and cultural landscape of central Arabia immediately before Islam.

More information about Mohsen Alaili

Fields of interest

Language change
Language and society
Translation Studies

Research

My research focuses on locating, documenting and analysing pre-Islamic inscriptions—including Old Arabic (Paleo-Arabic), Proto-Arabic and Thamudic scripts— in modern-day Saudi Arabia.

Curriculum vitae

BA English - KAAU, 2004
MA Arabic/English Translation and Interpreting - Durham University, 2014
MA Linguistics - SOAS University of London, 2025
- 10+ years of professional experience as a translator
- 4 years teaching translation at the university level