She received her PhD from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and is an editor on King Abdul-aziz University Journal of Arts & Humanities. Dr Fatani has published a wide collection of papers in both national and international journals, and presented papers in numerous international conferences and forums including the UNESCO regional forum for higher education. She is a founding member of the MA program in translation and interpretation at King Abdul-aziz University. Her research interests include phonetics & phonology, translation technology, Arabic linguistics and the language of the Quran. She can be contacted at ahfatani@kau.edu.sa.