Background
AshShareef, Teirab Son of AshShareef Ahmad and Fatima Ismaieel AnNagi.
AshShareef, Teirab Son of AshShareef Ahmad and Fatima Ismaieel AnNagi.
Bachelor, University Khartoum, Sudan, 1969. Master of Arts, University Khartoum, 1977. Master of Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1986.
Professor University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1986—1997, American University Cairo, Cairo, 1998—2002, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 2006—2008, American University Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, since 2008. Visiting professor University California, Santa Barbara, 2004—2006. Member, editorial committee & reviewer Journal American Association Teachers Arabic, Maryland, since 2006.
Member of Sudan Studies Association, American Association Teachers Arabic (editorial board member 2006-2008), Middle East Studies Association North American.
Married Nagwa Al-Mahdi, December 30, 1992. Children: Salma Teirab, Tariq Teirab.