Email: [email protected] MIGUEL MERINO LÓPEZ-MORILLAS Phone: +34 608 440 850 WhatsApp: +1 812 340 3735 Language Instructor | Translator www.otaakband.com

LANGUAGE TEACHING & WORK EXPERIENCE

English | native fluency | written and spoken, highly proficient General colloquial Arabic | spoken, near-native fluency Spanish | written and spoken, native fluency French | written and spoken, proficient

English<->Arabic translation August 2015—present Freelance Literary translation in Modern Standard Arabic Transcription and translation of spoken dialects

Georgetown Summer Arabic Program | June—August 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant Provided supplemental instruction for 15 undergraduates in reading, writing, grammar and conversation in Jordanian dialect

Middlebury at Mills Arabic School | Oakland, CA June—August 2015 Assistant Instructor Conducted group review sessions and individual lessons with 40+ students ages 18-65 during full-immersion course, Modern Standard Arabic and regional dialects

Center for Advanced Study of Language | College Park, MD February—June 2015 Language Analyst Analyzed 200-250 Arabic Twitter posts weekly for key words

MUSIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Tempo Music Academy | August 2018—October 2019 Drum Instructor Private drum instruction for 10+ students, ages 8-30, English and Arabic

Modern English School | Cairo October 2009—April 2012 Music Instructor Provided private and group instruction to 40+ students, ages 5-18, English and Arabic EDUCATION

Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) | Amman September 2016—May 2017 Fellow US Department of Education fellowship for intensive Arabic training in modern literature, grammar, Quranic studies

Georgetown University | Washington, DC May 2016 Master of Arts in Arabic and Islamic Studies Concentration in contemporary Arabic poetry Thesis: “Al-Kawnu Mawqifun: Poetry and Prophecy in the Works of Qassim Haddad, 2000-2013”

Middlebury at Mills Arabic School | Oakland, CA June—August 2013 Student Full-immersion course addressing reading, writing in Modern Standard Arabic, speaking in various dialects

University of Miami Frost School of Music | Coral Gables, FL May 2008 Bachelor of Music in Studio Music & Jazz Concentration in jazz drums

PUBLICATIONS

“Al-Kawnu Mawqifun: Poetry and Prophecy in the Works of Qassim Haddad, 2000-2013” (translated), https://mana.net/7429 June 2020