Ma Yanzhe (Seid Jamaluddin)
Professor, Doctoral Advisor, Chair of the Department of Arabic Language.
mayanzhe@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D. in Literature and Islamic Culture, The National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, 2009.
MA in Arabic Language and Literature, Al- Bayt University, Amman,Jordan, 2003.
BA in Arabic Language and Literature, Al- Bayt University, Amman, Jordan, 1999.
Affiliation History
2008-Present, served as Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor and Director of the Arabic Department, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
2006-2008, as Director of the Education Department, Kuala Lumpur Office, Al-Manar Academy, Malaysia.
Academic Appointments
2024-Present, External Academic Reviewer, the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
2023-Present, Academic Review Expert, Talent Development Industry Committee, China Education Development Strategy Association.
2023-Present, Council Member, the Chinese Association of Arabic Literature.
2022-Present, Director of the Third Board, the International Association of Arabic Language Coordinators (IAALC).
2019-Present, Academic Consultant, the German Academic Journal Culture, Language, Arts.
2019-Present, Academic Consultant, the Kuwaiti Academic Journal Critique and Enlightenment.
2019-Present, Consulting Editor, the Jordanian Academic Journal Jerash.
2014-Present, Member, Arabic Language Teaching and Research Group, Middlebury College, USA.
Research Interests
·Arabic Language and Literature, the Arab-Islamic Culture, the Arab-Islamic Philosophy.
·Middle Eastern Politics, Middle Eastern Legal Law.
·Studies on Islamic Doctrine, Scriptures, and Sects.
Teaching Courses
·Undergraduate Courses
Basic Arabic (I–IV), Arabic Grammar (I–II), Arabic Rhetoric, Arab-Islamic Culture, Arabic-Chinese Interpreting, Academic Writing in Arabic.
·Postgraduate Courses
Reading of Classical Arabic Texts, Selected Readings in Arabic Literature, Arabic Philosophy.
·Doctoral Courses
Topics in Arabic Language and Literature, Research in Foreign Languages and Literatures, Seminar on Topics in Foreign Languages and Literatures.
Publications
1.Monograph
·China Through Arab Eyes, Baghdad: House of Wisdom Press, 2020 (Sole Auth.).
·How Do Great Powers Think? From Geopolitics to Geostrategy, Damascus: Raslani Press, 2020 (1st Auth.).
·The Influence of Arabic Language on Hui Ethnic Muslim Language in China, Cairo: Literature Press, 2014 (Sole Auth.).
·The Quranic Proverbs - A Linguistic Study, Cairo: Literature Press, 2013 (Sole Auth.).
2.Translated Works
·UnderstandingChina’sAgricultureandRuralFarmers,byChenXiwen,LebaneseSciencePress,2024 (Chinese-Arabic Translation).
3.Articles
·Shifts in China’s Stance Following the Iran-Israel Conflict and Future Prospects, Asia Post Journal, No. 8, 2025 (Sole Auth.).
·U.S.-Saudi Relations in the Trump 2.0 Era from the Perspective of Structural Power, African-Asian Studies, No. 27, 2025 (1st Auth.).
·The Palestinian Question in the Digital Age: The Narrative Shift of China’s Self-Media and the Reconstruction of the Global Public Opinion Pattern, Political Science and Law, No.4, 2025 (Sole Auth.).
·The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Isolation Policy on China, Asia Post Journal, No.7, 2025, (Sole Auth.).
·The Influence of Arabic in China: History, Language and Education, Showcasing the Role and Legacy of the Arabic Language Along The Silk Roads, UNESCO, December 2024 (Corr Auth.).
·Arabic: A Language of Values and Tolerance, Arab Heritage Magazine, No.12,2023 (Sole Auth.).
·China’s Regional and Global Policy Through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, International Relations and Diplomacy, No.4, 2023 (2nd Auth.).
·Navigating the Digital Frontier: Responsible Innovation in China’s Digital Silk Road, Migration Letters, No.20, 2023 (2nd Auth.).
·The Political Implications of Religion: The Abraham Accords, Journal of the University of Defense and Military Studies, No,4, 2023 (Sole Auth.).
·Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Arabic as a Non-Native Language: A Case Study of Chinese Students, Malaysian Journal for Islamic Studies, No.10, 2023 (1st Auth.).
·The Impact of the Ukraine War on the Palestinian Issue, Journal of Political Trends, No.23, 2023 (Sole Auth.).
·Review and Prospects of China’s Position on the Palestinian Issue, Rihan Journal, No.30, 2022 (Sole Auth.).
·Accurately Understanding China’s Position on the Palestinian Issue, Asia and Middle East Forum, No.3, 2022 (2nd Auth.).
·Geopolitical and Geostrategic Importance of the Iranian Islands in the Persian Gulf, Review of European Studies, No.3, 2022 (Sole Auth.).
·China–Iraq Relations, in Report on the Development of Relations Between China and the Arab Gulf States (2021), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2024 (Sole Auth.).
·Non-Arab Learners of Arabic: The Greatest Difficulty of Pronouncing Lingual Letters, A Case Study of Chinese Students, Al-Hikmah International Academic Journal, No. 2, 2021 (1st Auth.).
·The Definition of ‘Justice’ in Arab Culture, Bitara Academic Journal, No.2, 2021 (1st Auth.).
·The Descriptive Method and the Modern Arabic Grammar Lessons, Jerash, No.24, 2021 (Sole Auth.).
·Chinese Scholars’ Translation and Study of Arabic Classics, The Authoritative Journal of Critique and Enlightenment, No.4, 2020 (Sole Auth.).
·A Study on the Development of the Saudi Government’s Digital Transformation Amidst the Pandemic, China-Arab Science and Technology Forum, No. 12, 2020 (1st Auth.).
·On the Determinants of Fundamentalist Ideology and the Foundations of Contemporary Political-Religious Discourse, The Critic’s Authority Journal, No. 2, 2019 (Sole Auth.).
·Characteristics of Early Islamic Praise Poetry, The Authoritative Journal of the Arab Democratic Center, No.2, 2019 (Sole Auth.).
·The Status and Significance of Antonymous Compound Words between Grammarians and Lexicographers, Jerash, Vol.21, 2017 (Sole Auth.).
·The Efforts of Scholars in China for the Service of the Prophet’s Biography, Al-Bayan, No. 10, 2015 (Sole Auth.).
·Translation of the Meanings of the Quran into Arabic Language: Study and Criticism, Jerash, No.20, 2015 (Sole Auth.).
Projects
·Principal Investigator, 2023 Project of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education-“Chinese Bridge” Online International Exchange Camp: China and the Four Gulf States (Focus: Business and Culture), Completed.
·Principal Investigator, 2021 Project of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education- A Survey and Research on Chinese Language Education in Kuwait, Completed.
·Sub-project Leader, 2020 Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China – Collection, Translation and Research on Legal Texts of Arab Countries in Africa , Completed.
·Principal Investigator: 2019 “Chinese Academic Works Going Global” Project of the National Social Science Fund of China – Understanding China: Agriculture, Rural Areas, and Farmers, Completed.
·Principal Investigator, 2019 MOOC Development Project, Sun Yat-sen University – Basic Arabic, Completed.
·Principal Investigator, 2018 Project of the Department of Education of Guangdong Province – Talent Cultivation for Language, Country and Regional Studies under the Belt and Road Initiative, Completed.
·Principal Investigator, 2017 General Humanities and Social Sciences Project of the Ministry of Education – A Study on the Role of Arab Culture in the Development of Belt and Road Countries in the Middle East, Completed.
·Principal Investigator, 2015 Teaching Reform Project, Sun Yat-sen University – Reform of Listening and Speaking Curricula, Completed.
Honors and Awards
·Zhu Kai Education Foundation Award for Excellence in Arabic Language Teaching, 2025.
·Outstanding Instructor Award, Qiangguo Cup International Multilingual Translation Competition, 2025.
·Arab Writers Union Award for Outstanding Contributions to Arabic Language Teaching and Research, 2023.
·10th Teaching Achievement Award of Sun Yat-sen University (Group Award), 2021.
·Award for Outstanding Contributions to Language Services, 16th Asian Games, 2010.
