الدكتورة غنيمة صالح الطويل
محاضر تابع
المؤهلات العلمية
PhD in Translation Studies: Media Accessibility
MA in Audiovisual Translation
الكيان
كلية العلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية
السيرة الذاتية
Dr. Ghanimeh El-Taweel is an Affiliate Instructor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. She is a disability advocate and activist whose work centers on media accessibility and inclusive communication in the Arab world. She holds a PhD in Translation Studies: Media Accessibility from the University of Antwerp. Ghanimeh teaches courses in Translation for Access, covering topics such as audio description, subtitling for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, and easy-to-understand language. Her research explores the intersection of disability, deafness, and accessibility within Arabic media and cultural contexts.
PhD in Translation Studies: Media Accessibility
University of Antwerp
2025
MA in Audiovisual Translation
Hamad bin Khalifa University
2016
- Media accessibility
- Disability studies
- Community-based research
- Participatory research
Affiliate Instructor
Language, Culture and Communication, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, HBKU
2022 - Present
Teacher’s Assistant (part-time)
Language, Culture and Communication, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, HBKU
2016 – 2021
Jimenez-Andres, M., & El-Taweel, G. (2024). Interculturality and access: Reflections from a community-based project in a higher education course in Qatar. In Teaching interculturally in Qatar (pp. 171–187). Routledge.
El-Taweel, G. (in press). Mapping subtitling services for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences in the Arab world. Journal of Audiovisual Translation
El-Taweel, G., El-Taweel, N., Jimenez, M., & Hamouda, A. (in press). Standard vs. creative audio description in Arabic: A reception study on accessibility and engagement. EFIT: Estudis Filològics i de Traducció.
Hubail, F., & El-Taweel, G. (in press). “Have you tried olive oil?”: Navigating gender and disability across narratives and spaces in Qatar. In The myths that divide us. Nova Science Publishers.
Jimenez, M., El-Taweel, G., & Hijazi, N. (in press). Media accessibility of taboo in Arabic: The analysis of a political film. Journal of Audiovisual Translation.
