Intercultural Communication with Arabs (PDF)

Rana Raddawi is Associate Professor in the English Department at the American University of Sharjah. She holds a Ph. D in Translation Studies from ESIT/Sorbonne. She teaches at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She masters five languages and has been teaching Intercultural Communication for more than seven years. She has lived and worked for many years in the West and the Middle East. She is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Bilingual and Multilingual Teachers of English (IJBMTE), member of the editorial board of the online Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), member of the Research Review committee of Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). She is also a Peer Reviewer for American Education and Research Association (AERA)/Paulo Freire SIG, and member of the Review Committee of Global Conference on Education. She has many translations such as Natural Medicine for Flu and Cold (translated into Arabic , 250 pages) and Happiness is a serious problem : a human nature repair manual (translated into Arabic, 315 pages) and publications in her areas of expertise. Her current research interests lie in Intercultural Communication, Critical Pedagogy, Emotional Intelligence in Healthcare, and Gender Empowerment.