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ABDULWAHAB YAKUB OLAWALE

ABDULWAHAB Yakub Olawale

Assist. Lecturer

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & CULTURE

FRENCH

Brief Educational Profile

i. Doctor of Philosophy in Arabic Studies 2025
ii. Masters of Arts in Arabic Studies (PhD Grade) 2021
iii. Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Upper Credit) 2020
iv. Bachelor of Arts in Arabic and Islamic Studies (First Class Honours) 2016
v. West African Examination Certificate 2011

Selected Recent Publications

  • 1. Abdulwahab, Y.O. and Akewula, A.O. (2025) Money Marriage as a Barrier to Humanistic Development in Postcolonial Algeria: An Exploration of Patriarchal Structures and Literary Resistance in Ᾱyah’s Jarīmatul Intiqām. In O. Oyetade, A. Odebunmi, A. Ajayi, R. Olaniyi and A. Osinsanwo (Eds.), Research in Humanistic Studies II: Language, Literature and Religion. Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan.
  • 2. Abdulwahab, Y.O. (2025) Yoruba Muslims or Muslims in Yorubaland: Text, Context and Contestations. In A. Oladosu, O. Uthman, K. Amuni, K. Kareem, M. Folorunsho, A. Ibrahim, O. Akinlabi and M. Abdulsalam (Eds.) Frontiers of Civilization: The Trajectory of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Yorubaland. Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. pp 334-355
  • 3. Abdulwahab, Y.O., Hameed, I.R.F. and Asimiyu, J.I. (2026) Performative Justice and the Politics of Punishment: State Violence and Institutional Brutality in Imra’atun Min Kanbo Kadīs of Barakah Sakin, Yamtara Wala Journal of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, Nigerian Army University, Biu. Vol.8 (2). 188-197
  • 4. Hameed, I.R.F., Folorunsho, M.A., Abdulwahab, Y.O., and Asimiyu, J.I. (2026) The Historical and Symbolic Perspective in “The Arabs Will Return to Palestine” of Mustafa Zughlouol Al-Sanusi: A Critical Literary Analysis, Sri Lankan Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. Vol. 9 (1). pp 17-33.
  • 5. Abdulwahab, Y.O. and Akewula, A.O. (2025) Exploring the Interplay between Domestic Violence, Women and Family Structure in Rasham's Tasharraftu Birahilik, Ad-Daad Journal of Arabic Language, Literature and Culture. Department of Arabic Studies. Nassarawa State University, Keffi. Vol.11 (3). pp 1-22.
  • 6. Abdulwahab, Y.O. and Akewula, A.O. (2025) Women, War and Memory: Exploring the Experience of the Algerian Women in Al-Faruq’s Tāʽul Khajal, Kufa Journal of Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Kufa, Iraq. Vol. 1 (64). pp 362-382.
  • 7. Akewula, A.O. and Abdulwahab, Y.O. (2025) Examining Forced Marriage as a Tool of Victimisation in Fayrouz Rashām's Tasharraftu Birahīlik ADO Journal of French and Related Discipline (AJOFARD), Department of French, Faculty of Arts, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Vol.7(1). pp 157-166
  • 8. Abdulwahab, Y.O. and Akewula, A.O. (2025) Breaking the Chains of Patriarchy: Gendered Violence and Traumatic Retaliation in Jarīmatul Intiqām, TASAMBO Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, Department of Languages and Culture, Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Vol. 40(2). pp 98-109.
  • 9. Mustapha, R. and Abdulwahab, Y.O. (2025) Balancing Infrastructural Development and Social Welfare: An Islamic Perspective on the Ibadan Circular Road Project Controversy. UMRAN - International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies. University of Technology Malaysia. Vol. 12(3). pp 49-67.
  • 10. Abdulwahab, Y.O. and Akewula, A.O. (2024) Depiction of Religious Extremism and Terrorism in Selected Algerian Arabic Novel, OBITUN Journal of the Humanities Faculty of Arts, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Vol. 14(1). pp 154-165
  • 11. Abdulwahab, Y.O. and Shomade, A.O. (2024) The Construction of Gendered Sibling Violence in Religious Extremism: An Analysis of Rasham's Tasharaftu Birahilik ALSUN Journal of Humanities, Languages Department, College of Humanities, Al-Qalam University, Katsina State Nigeria. Vol. 7(1). pp 65-82.
  • 12. Abdulwahab, Y.O. and Shomade, A.O. (2023) Between Dehumanisation of Palestinians and Return of Israelites: A Historio-political Review of As-sijinul Maftuh of Afis Ayinde Oladosu. Osun Journal of Sociological Review. Department of Sociology, Osun State University. Osogbo. Vol. 9. pp 135-158.
  • 13. Abdulwahab, Y.O. (2022) Impact of Moral Education in Youth: A Thematic Reading of Ibrahim Lere Ameen’s At-Talibul Mughtarru. ALSUN Journal of Humanities, Languages Department, College of Humanities, Al-Qalam University, Katsina State Nigeria. Vol. 7(1) pp 57-70

Research Interests

Middle East and North African Arabic Literature