Dr Abdoulbaki Almahmoud Mohamed

PhD in Arabic Literature (2025), lecturer, researcher and school head based in Niamey. Principal of Al-Islah School Complex, visiting lecturer at Al-Maghili International University and board member of the Union of Arab Universities in Niger, he specialises in the Arabic poetry of the Kel Essouk. Trained in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, he combines a university background with traditional mahdara training in the Arabic language sciences and Islamic studies.

1. 2025

   PhD in Arabic Literature

   Islamic University in Niger

2. 2020

   Master's degree in Arabic Literature

   El Hadj Mahmoud Ka'at International University, Niamey

3. 2018

   Bachelor's degree (Maîtrise) in Arabic Literature

   Islamic University in Niger, Say

4. 2014

   Baccalaureate — Arabic language sciences and Sharia

   Dar al-Hadith Complex No. 2, Niamey

1. 2023 – present

   Principal

   Al-Islah School Complex, Niamey

2. 2023 – present

   Board member

   Union of Arab Universities in Niger

3. 2022 – present

   Visiting lecturer

   Al-Maghili International University

4. 2020 – 2022

   Teacher of literature and rhetoric

   Dar al-Hadith Complex, Niamey

• Exegesis of the last quarter of the Qur'an (Sūrat Yā-Sīn to Sūrat al-Ḥadīd)
• Maliki fiqh: Al-Akhḍarī's text and the first quarter of Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī's Risālah
• Grammar and rhetoric: al-Bahjah al-Marḍiyyah (al-Suyūṭī), Shudhūr al-Dhahab (Ibn Hishām), ʿUqūd al-Jumān (al-Suyūṭī), Mulḥat al-Iʿrāb (al-Ḥarīrī)
• Memorisation of the Qur'an with his father, his uncle Sheikh Mahmoud Mohamed and Sheikh Al-Abbas Sghir

• Religious poetry among the Kel Essouk: an analytical and aesthetic study — doctoral thesisالشعر الديني عند السوقيين: دراسة تحليلية فنية (أطروحة دكتوراه)
• A psychological reading of ascetic (zuhd) poetry among the Kel Essouk — master's thesisقراءة نفسية لشعر الزهد عند السوقيين (رسالة الماجستير)
• Praise (madīḥ) in the Arabic poetry of the Kel Essouk: an analytical and critical study — graduation thesisالمدح في الشعر العربي عند السوقيين «دراسة تحليلية نقدية» (بحث التخرج)
• The main sources of Kel Essouk literature — research paperأهم مصادر الأدب عند السوقيين (بحث)
• Ḥīna yuzhir al-qalam (“When the pen blossoms”) — collective workحين يزهر القلم (كتاب جماعي)
• Al-Thamar al-dānī fī al-taʿrīf bi-Muḥammad al-Thānī — biographyالثمر الداني في التعريف بمحمد الثاني (ترجمة لشخصية)
• Lan abraḥa ḥattā ablugha (“I will not stop until I reach my goal”) — literary essayلن أبرح حتى أبلغ (مقال أدبي)
• An anthology of gnomic (wisdom) poetryمختارات من شعر الحكمة
• A collection of poemsمجموعة قصائد

Talks

• Speaker at the 5th Arabic Poetry Forum in Niger, held with the Department of Culture of the Government of Sharjah (UAE)