--- title: "Lujain Alawwad — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "Lujain Alawwad, Saudi Electronic University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-alawwad/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-alawwad/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Lujain Alawwad # Lujain Alawwad Lujain Alawwad has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/); often with [Abdullah Alharbi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdullah-alharbi/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5093457040) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5093457040) · [3 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5093457040) · [7 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5093457040&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-alawwad/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 4 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-alawwad/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11040](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/111/#star-11040) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Lujain+Alawwad) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Lujain+Alawwad) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Lujain+Alawwad) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Lujain+Alawwad) ## Affiliations [🎓**Saudi Electronic University** Riyadh · Saudi Arabia 2023–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/saudi-electronic-university/) · [🎓**King Saud University** Riyadh · Saudi Arabia 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/king-saud-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 6 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) · [Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Knowledge graphs & ontologies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/knowledge-graphs/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-alawwad/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-alawwad/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[AHJL at Qur'an QA 2023 Shared Task: Enhancing Passage Retrieval using Sentence Transformer and Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alawwad-2023-ahjl-qur-qa-2023-shared/)** *(2023 · 11 citations)* The paper addresses Task A (passage retrieval) of the Qur'an QA 2023 Shared Task. Given a Modern Standard Arabic question, a system must rank Qur'anic passages by how likely they are to hold the answer, or report that no answer exists. The authors found that available retrievers handled Arabic poorly, so they… 2. **[Language-Specific versus Cross-Lingual Knowledge Graphs for Implicit Aspect Identification in Arabic: A Comparative Study of Reasoning and Adaptation Strategies](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alawwad-2026-language-specific-versus-cross-lingual/)** *(2026)* The paper asks how to find implicit aspects in Arabic reviews, meaning the evaluated property is implied by an opinion word but never named. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Abdullah Alharbi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdullah-alharbi/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Arabic Natural Language Processing Conference (ArabicNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/arabicnlp/): [ArabicNLP 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/arabicnlp/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 4 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [4 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-alawwad/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026