Staff profile

• Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis

• 2018: Winner of Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award:
• 2018: Winner of Enhancing Students' Experience Award:

Authored book

• Husni, R., & Zaher, A. (2020). Working with Arabic Prepositions. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315099101
• Starkey, P., & Zaher, A. (2009). Chambers Arabic Vocabulary. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd
• Starkey, P., Whitehouse, M., & Zaher, A. (2009). Chambers Arabic Grammar. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd

Chapter in book

• Zaher, A. (2020). The year abroad and employability skills for language students at Durham University. In Perspectives on the year abroad: a selection of papers from YAC2018. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.39.1057

Conference Paper

• Zaher, A. (2018, December). Student Engagement: Examples and Benefits. Presented at UK LINGUA – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium
• Zaher, A. (2018, December). MLAC Year Abroad and Employability Prospects. Presented at The Year Abroad Conference, Newcastle University
• Zaher, A. (2018, December). Student Engagement as a Tool for Empowerment. Presented at Durham Learning and Teaching Conference
• Zaher, A. (2017, December). Threshold Concepts and Language Teaching, with an Example from Arabic. Presented at Durham Learning and Teaching Conference
• Zaher, A. (2017, December). Threshold Concepts and their Implications for Language Teachers in Higher Education. Presented at UK LINGUA – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium
• Zaher, A. (2017, December). Power and Discourse in Egypt following the 25th of January Revolution. Presented at IMEIS Conference
• Zaher, A. (2016, December). Empowering Learners in Higher Education. Presented at UK LINGUA – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium, Durham University
• Zaher, A. (2016, December). Culture and Empowering Language Learners. Presented at Presented at Language Teaching: Times of Transition, A Routes into Languages North East Conference for MFL Teachers, Durham University
• Zaher, A. (2015, December). Culture as an Asset in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. Presented at Modern Languages & Cultures Conference for Teachers, Durham University

Journal Article

• Zaher, A. (2024). Academic Advising: Improving Current Practices. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1, 41-51. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.8
• Zaher, A. (2020). Undertaking discourse analysis for social research. The Social Science Journal, 57(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2020.1795498