الدكتورة غنيمة صالح الطويل

محاضر تابع

البريد الإلكتروني

geltaweel@hbku.edu.qa

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.