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Zakariyau Idrees-Oboh Oseni , (born 20 December 1950) is a prominent Arabic and Islamic Studies Scholar, an Imam and a poet from Nigeria . He was trained at the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Certificate in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1971), B. A. in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1980) and PhD. in Arabic Language & Literature (1984). He has over 33 years' experience in lecturing in Arabic Studies and aspects of Islamic Studies. He has over 100 publications in Arabic, Islamic Studies and Literature out of which are three collections of poems in English , three plays and a collection of short stories in Arabic, and a collection of Afenmai Proverbs translated and annotated. He is an editorial consultant to fifteen academic journals in Nigeria and beyond. He was the Head of the multidisciplinary Department of Religions (1997–1999) and the Department of Arabic (2008–2009), University of Ilorin . Not only that, but he served as a Visiting Professor and Head, Department of Languages, Al-Hikmah University , Ilorin, from October 2011 to October 2012. He also served as the Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin from 2009 to 2011. Furthermore, he is the Chief Imam and Waziri of Auchi. Moreover, he is a Fellow of Arabic Studies, Nigeria (FASN), Fellow of the Academy of Religion (FAR) and member of the Consultative Committee of 'Ulama' under the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs . He is happily married with children.1
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Zakariyau Idrees-Oboh Oseni , (born 20 December 1950) is a prominent Arabic and Islamic Studies Scholar, an Imam and a poet from Nigeria . He was trained at the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Certificate in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1971), B. A. in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1980) and PhD. in Arabic Language & Literature (1984). He has over 33 years' experience in lecturing in Arabic Studies and aspects of Islamic Studies. He has over 100 publications in Arabic, Islamic Studies and Literature out of which are three collections of poems in English, three plays and a collection of short stories in Arabic, and a collection of Afenmai Proverbs translated and annotated. He is an editorial consultant to fifteen academic journals in Nigeria and beyond. He was the Head of the multidisciplinary Department of Religions (1997–1999) and the Department of Arabic (2008–2009), University of Ilorin . He is the immediate past Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin (2009–2011) and currently the Head of Department of Arabic, University of Ilorin. Moreover, he is a Fellow of Arabic Studies, Nigeria (FASN), Fellow of the Academy of Religion (FAR) and member of the Consultative Committee of 'Ulama' under the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. He is happily married with children.
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Zakariyau Idrees-Oboh Oseni , (born 20 December 1950) is a prominent Arabic and Islamic Studies Scholar, an Imam and a poet from Nigeria . He was trained at the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Certificate in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1971), B. A. in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1980) and PhD. in Arabic Language & Literature (1984). He has over 33 years' experience in lecturing in Arabic Studies and aspects of Islamic Studies. He has over 100 publications in Arabic, Islamic Studies and Literature out of which are three collections of poems in English, three plays and a collection of short stories in Arabic, and a collection of Afenmai Proverbs translated and annotated. He is an editorial consultant to fifteen academic journals in Nigeria and beyond. He was the Head of the multidisciplinary Department of Religions (1997–1999) and the Department of Arabic (2008–2009), University of Ilorin . He also served as the Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin from 2009 to 2011. Moreover, he is a Fellow of Arabic Studies, Nigeria (FASN), Fellow of the Academy of Religion (FAR) and member of the Consultative Committee of 'Ulama' under the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. He is happily married with children.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent arabic and islamic studies scholar”. Today it says “nigerian academic”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Early life and education; Arabic literature in West Africa; As an English poet; Oseni's Imamship role”. Read the current article and compare.
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prominent arabic and islamic studies scholar
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nigerian academic
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Early life and education
Arabic literature in West Africa
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