Roles

·       Full name: Abdullah Salem Melitan

·       Date of birth:  3/03/1964

·       Place of birth: Misurata, Libya.

·       Contact addresses:

·       Mobile Phone: 00218-91-3130605

·       Adress : Libya – Tripoli ,  P. O. box:(81257)

Careers

1.  Doctorate of Arts (Mediterranean Arts and Literature), Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences - Mohammed V University- Morocco, Rabat 2021 .

2.  Ph.D. in Philosophy (Philosophy of Civilization) Libyan Academy - Tripoli 2005 .

3. Master Degree (Islamic Philosophy) – Faculty of Arts- Tripoli University. Tripoli 1998 .

4. Bachelor of History (Faculty of Education), University of Tripoli, Tripoli, 1988 . 

Research Interests

1. 1985-1986 , Director of Firqat Al-Shabab Al-Thaayir Lilmasrah. theatre

2. 1991-1992, Head of the Authorship and Translation Department at The Jamahiriya Publishing House.

3. 1992-1993, Editorial Director of ‘Al-Ethaa Journal’.

4. 1993-1994 , Head of the Cultural Section of ‘Al-Shams Newspaper.’

5. 1996-1998, The Secretary of Al-Fateh Cultural complex.

7. 2001-2003, The Editor-in-Chief of Al-Eza’a Magazine.

8. 2003-2000, The Editor-in-Chief of Al-Mashhad Newspaper.

10. 2008-2009, The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Book Corporation .

11. 2008-2009, The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abaad Media Services Company.

12. 2010-2000, The President of Militan Organization for Research, Studies and Cultural Development.

13. 2013-2015, The Editor-in-chief of Watani ( My Home ) Newspaper.

14. 2021-2023, The Dean of the College of Arts- University of Tripoli.

Books written by Professor Melitan,A.

No.

Author’s

Name

Year of

publication

The title of the book

Publisher

1.       

Melitan. A

(1990)

Al-Mothaqaf Al-Arabi Wa Al-Tahadiyat. (The Arab Intellectual and Challenges)

Al-Jamahiriya House for Publishing, Distribution, and Advertising, Tripoli.

2.       

Melitan. A

(1998)

Keyraa  Fe Al-Entima'(A Reading in the  Belonging)

Al-Jamahiriya House for Publishing, Distribution, and Advertising, Tripoli.

3.       

Melitan. A

(1998)

Qadaya Wa Mawdhoat

 (Issues and Topics)

Al-Jamahiriya House for Publishing, Distribution, and Advertising, Tripoli.

4.       

Melitan. A

(1998)

Al-Tafkeer Al-Ostory Fe Al-Esraelyat  I (The Mythical Thinking in Israelis I )

Dar Al-Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli

Melitan. A

(2005)

Al-Tafkeer Al-Ostory Fe Al-Esraelyat  II( The Mythical Thinking in Israelis II

Center Al Hadra Al-Arabia Cairo

5.       

Melitan. A

(2001)

Muejam Al-Oudaba' Walkutaab Al-Lybiiyn Al-mueasirin

 (Lexicon of Contemporary Libyan Authors and Writers)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing and Distribution, Tripoli,

6.       

Melitan. A

(2001 )

Muejam Al-Shueara' Al-Liybiiyn (Part1)

 (Lexicon of Libyan Poets (Part1))

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing and Distribution, Tripoli,

Melitan. A

(2008)

Muejam Al-Shueara' Al-Liybiiyn (1\3)

 (Lexicon of Libyan Poets (1\3))

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

7.       

Melitan. A

(2001)

Muejam Al-Qasaasayn Al-Lliybiiyn (part1) (Lexicon of Libyan Storytellers (part1)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

Melitan. A

(2008)

Muejam Al-Qasaasayn Al-Lliybiiyn (1/3) (Lexicon of Libyan Storytellers (1/3))

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

8.       

Melitan. A

(2001)

Ali Mustafaa Al-Misrati Bi'Aqlam Arabia. (Ali Mustafa Al-Misrati through the pens of Arabic Writers)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

9.       

Melitan. A

(2004)

Oumam 'Oukhraa 'Amthalana.( Other Nations Like Us)

Dar Al-Ahmadi, Cairo

10.    

Melitan. A

(2004)

'Awlia' Allah Al-Taaghwot. (Saints of God, the Taghut)

Dar Al-Ahmadi, Cairo

11.    

Melitan. A

(2004)

Al-Thawra Al-Jazayiriat fi Al-Shier Al-Liybii I (2 editions) (The Algerian Revolution in Libyan Poetry. I

Dar Al-Ahmadi, Cairo

Melitan. A

(2004)

Al-Thawra Al-Jazayiriat fi Al-Shier Al-Liybii II (2 editions) (The Algerian Revolution in Libyan Poetry II.

 Eitihad Al-Koitab AlJazayiriiyn, Algeria.

(The Union of Algerian Writers, Algeria.)

12.    

Melitan. A

(2004)

Hiwarat Ma’hum (Interviews with Them)

Dar Al-Ahmadi, Cairo.

13.    

Melitan. A

(2005)

Muejam Al-Katibat Wal'Adiibat Alliybiaat. (Dictionary of Female Libyan Writers  and Authors  )

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

14.    

Melitan. A

(2005 )

Muejam Al'adab Al-Sha’bi Fi Libya (Dictionary of Popular Literature\ Folklore in Libya)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

15.    

Melitan. A

 (2008)

Mudawanat Al-Masrah Alliybii (part1,2,3) (The Libyan Theater Blog (Part 1 - 2 - 3))

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

16.    

Melitan. A

(2008)

Qubla al Jabin  Jabin Fas (A Kiss on the Forehead of Fez) (was presented by the Moroccan writer Abdel Karim Ghallab.

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

17.    

Melitan. A

 (2008)

Al-Qahirat Fi Al-Bal (Cairo in Mind) /(presented by the Egyptian poet / Farouk Shousha)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

18.    

Melitan. A

(2008)

Risala 'Ela Bitrirt  (A Massage to Petrart) (presented by the Tunisian writer / Abu Al-Qasim Crow)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

19.    

Melitan. A

(2008 )

Mataa Bayrut Tabtasimu? (When will Beirut smile?) (Introduced by the Lebanese poet George Jaradaq)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

20.    

Melitan. A

(2008)

Baghdad Al-Shawq Wal-Hisar (Baghdad, Longing and Siege )(presented by the Iraqi writer / Salah Niazi)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

21.    

Melitan. A

(2008)

Filastin Fi Al-Qalb (Palestine in the Heart) (presented by the Palestinian writer/Izz al-Din al-Manasra)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

22.    

Melitan. A

 (2008)

Alaa Difaf Bardaa (On the banks of Barada) (presented by the Syrian writer/Ali Oqla Arsan)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

23.    

Melitan. A

(2009)

Al-Orouba Manshaa Al-Lughat (Arabism is the Origin of Languages ​​(Details of the Truth in the Visions of the Thinker Ali Fahmi Khushim)

The General Foundation for Culture, Tripoli.

24.    

Melitan. A

(2009)

Hadha Hua Al-Misrati (This is Al- Misrati)

The General Foundation for Culture, Tripoli.

25.    

Melitan. A

(2009)

Ali Fahmi Kushim (Mughamir La Ya’taref Bi hudud Liltafkir) (Ali Fahmy Khushim (An Adventurer Who does not Recognize Limits to Thinking)

The General Foundation for Culture, Tripoli.

26.    

Melitan. A

(2010)

Huriya Al-Tafkir Walriqaba (Freedom of Thought and Censorship)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

27.    

Melitan. A

(2010)

Madarij Al-Majd, baqat min 'Ashear Muhamad Hamdan Almisrati) -  (Runways of Glory (A Collection of Poems by Muhammad Hamdan Al-Misrati).

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

28.    

Melitan. A

(2010)

Zaeima Al-Baruni (Ra’edat Al-l'adab Al-Nisaie Fi Libya)

(Zaeema Al-Barouni (Pioneer of Women's Literature in Libya)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

29.    

Melitan. A

(2011)

Alhaqiqa  Al-Sabaiya Wa Eumoq Silatiha Bialfikr al-Shiyeii.  (The Sabaean Truth and the Depth of its Connection with Shiite Thought)

Madbouly Library, Cairo.

30.    

Melitan. A

(2012)

Qoblat Fatima Wa Eitab  Ayisha  (The kiss of Fatima and the Reproach of Aisha)

Markaz Al-Naqid Al-Thaqafi, Damascus, (Cultural Critic Center, Damascus)

31.    

Melitan. A

(2012)

Banu 'Oumaya Alaa Minbar Al-Rasul ( TheUmayyads on the Pulpit of the Prophet)

 Dar Al-Ruya, Cairo. ( The Vision House, Cairo.)

32.    

Melitan. A

(2012)

Eida'at (Aan Baedh  Al-Mawdueat Wa Al-Shakhsiaat) / (Illuminations (on some Topics and Characters)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

33.    

Melitan. A

(2012)

Al-Dunya , Setat Alaf Sana (Baed Mima

Akhtalaqah Khayal Wahab Ben Munabah Fi Al-taarikh Wa Al-Athar)  / (The World is Six Thousand Years (Some of What was Fabricated by the Imagination of Wahb Ben Munabbih in History and Archeology(

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

34.    

Melitan. A

(2012)

Al-Yaequbiu Walbuldan Alliybia (Wasaf Geoghrafik  Libaed  Al-Buldan  Al-Lybia khilal Al-Qarn Al-Thaalith Al-Hijrii) /

Al-Yaqubi and the Libyan Countries (A Geographical Description of some Libyan Cities during the Third Century AH)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

35.    

Melitan. A

(2013)

Waqafat (Eind Baed Kutub Al-Tarajim Al-Liybia) / (Pauses (at some Libyan  Biographies)

Dar Madad for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, Tripoli.

External Activities

 Radio and television programs were prepared, produced, and presented by me:

 First: Radio programs:

1. Ta'amulat Fi Rouh Al-Islam; Meditations  on the Spirit of Islam.

 2. Hawamish Thaqafia; Cultural Margins.

 3. Al-Sawt Al-Nasaway Fi Al-Adab Al-Arabi; The Feminine Voice in Arabic Literature.

 4. Odabaa Moasseroun; Contemporary Writers.

5. Qadayana Fi Al-Shier Al-Arabi; Our Issues in Arabic Poetry.

6. Donya Al-Kitab; The World of the Book.

 7.  Nazarat Islamia; Islamic Views.

Second: Television and Libyan Satellite Channel Programs:

1. Muntadaa Al-Adab; Forum of Literature

2. Al-Maktaba Al-Tarikhia; The Historical Library.

3. Donya Al-Kitab; The World of the Book.

4. Al-Muntadaa; The Forum.

5. Al-Leqa Al-Thaqafi; The Cultural Forum.

6. Al-Maktaba Al-Liybia; The Libyan Library.

Third: The Broadcasting of the Holy Quran

 1. Mufradat Qurania; Quranic Vocabularies.

2. Al-Maktaba Al-Islamia; The Islamic Library.

3. Mawdoat Qurania; Quranic Topics.

4. Al-Olama Al-Gharb Yaetrefoun; Western scholars confess.

Fourth: Tarabolous Al-Arab Local Radio :

 1. Safahat Men Al-Tarikh; Pages from History.

2. Tarabolous Fe Kutub Al-Tarikh; Tripoli in History Books.

3. Ahlaa Al-Omsiaat; The Sweetest Evenings.

4. Mayidat Al-Osboa.  The Meal of the Week.

 Newspapers and magazines that interviewed me:

 1. Al-Osbue Al-Adabi -Syrian Newspaper.

2. Al-Hurriya - Tunisian Newspaper.

3. Al-Shams- Libyan Newspaper.

4. Al-Arab ,  the Londonian Newspaper.

5. Al-Fajr- Algerian Newspaper.

6. Al-Wasat Newspaper.

7. Oman- Omani Newspaper.

8. Al-Thaqafat Al-Maghrebia Magazine.

9. Al-Rafidain - Iraqi Magazine.

10. Al Sada - Emirati Magazine.

11. Al-Libi Magazine.

12. Al-Yamamah Saudi Magazine.

Papers introduced in literary festivals and forums:

1. Melitan, A.(May 1986). The revolutionary Arab intellectual versus challenges. The Festival of Arts and Literature in the Counteracting of Terrorism. Association of Authors and Writers.

 2. Melitan,A( March 1987). The Move to Assassinate Arab Childhood”. Child Culture Circle at the Man-Made River Festival, Benghazi.

3. Melitan, A. (April 1987). “The Role of the Arab Writer in Confronting Foreign Invasion”. Victory and Challenge Forum, Authors and Writers Association.

 4. Melitan, A. (1991). The Humanistic Trend in the Poetry of Ali Muhammad al-Rageie. The Symposium of Commemorating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Poet Ali Muhammad al-Raqi’i. Heritage and Art Office of the General People’s Committee for Media and Culture, Tripoli.

 5. Melitan. A. (May 1992) Alienation: Reading Reality, Causes and Steps, Culture and Social Change Symposium, Authors and Writers Association, Tripoli.

6. Melitan. A. (January 1993) A Preliminary Reading of the National Belonging According to Ahmed Al-Sharif. Poet Ahmed Al-Sharif Festival, Association of Authors and Writers, Zliten.

7. Melitan.A (February 19) Al-Quwairi... That Assas( Patronman ) , the Festival of Honoring Professor Abdullah Al-Quwairi on the First Anniversary of his Passing Away, Association of Authors and Writers, Tripoli.

8. Melitan.A.(June 2002) The Media Foundation and the Language of Communication: Satellite Broadcasting between Reality and Horizons, A Symposium on the Contribution of the Arabic Language to Communication, Solidarity and Unity among the Countries of the Western Arabic Section, Morocco, Algeria, Supreme Council for the Arabic Language.

9. Melitan.A. (September 2003) The Freedom of Thought in Islam, Information Society Symposium in Jamahiriya - Academy of Graduate Studies, Tripoli

 10. Melitan. A.( June 2006) Censorship... Approaches to Alternatives and Proposals for Solutions, A Conference on Self-Censorship and Censors between the Political and Religious in the Arab Countries, Al-Tamimi Foundation for Scientific Research and Information, Tunisia.

11. Melitan. A (2009). Cultural Cooperation Agreement between the Countries of the Arab Maghreb Union...a Practical Vision for Implementation Mechanisms,  A Symposium on Prospects for Cultural Cooperation between the Arab Maghreb Countries, Algeria.

Researches Published in Scientific Journals:

1.   Melitan. A (November 1917). Jewish Organizations and Associations that conflict Religions-The “Dunma” movement (1626/1675 AD) As a Model; Journal of the College of Education, Zawia University, Issue (9).

2. Melitan. A (December 2017). Jafar between Al- Truth and Myth: In clarifying the issue of (Al-Jafar) and its transformation from (just a book) to (a belief of faith); Journal of the College of Arts, Zawia University, Issue (24).

3. Melitan. A) December 2017. (The House of Wisdom Encyclopedia of Arab Notables in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries... Notes on its approach and the Libyan figures it mentioned; The Libyan Journal of Studies, Issue (13).

4. Melitan. A (June 2018). Coexistence with Others in the Al-Madina Constitution (the case of the Jews as an example); Journal of the College of Education, Zawia University, Issue (11).

5. Melitan. A (December 2018). The Intelligence Service in the time of Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) :  its Origins and the Characteristics of its Men. Al- Qartas Magazine, Issue (3).