--- title: "Mutaz al-Khatib — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "Mutaz al-Khatib, Hamad bin Khalifa University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mutaz-al-khatib/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mutaz-al-khatib/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Mutaz al-Khatib # Mutaz al-Khatib Mutaz al-Khatib has 2 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, 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/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Abdessalam Bouchekif](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdessalam-bouchekif/), [Fadi Zaraket](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fadi-zaraket/), [Firoj Alam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/firoj-alam/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5077113890) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5240-9930) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5077113890) · [41 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077113890) · [56 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077113890&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mutaz-al-khatib/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 35 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mutaz-al-khatib/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9347](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/94/#star-9347) 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=Mutaz+al-Khatib) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Mutaz+al-Khatib) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Mutaz+al-Khatib) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Mutaz+al-Khatib) ## Affiliations [🎓**Hamad bin Khalifa University** Doha · Qatar 2019–2026 · 16 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hamad-bin-khalifa-university/) · [🎓**Qatar University** Doha · Qatar 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/qatar-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 7 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/) · [Political Science and International Relations · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/political-science-and-international-relations/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Legal AI · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/legal-ai/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mutaz-al-khatib/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mutaz-al-khatib/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Assessing Large Language Models on Islamic Legal Reasoning: Evidence from Inheritance Law Evaluation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bouchekif-2025-assessing-large-language-models-islamic/)** *(2025 · 31 citations)* The paper asks how well current LLMs handle Islamic inheritance law (ʿilm al-mawārīth). The task is a demanding mix of reading the family situation, applying exclusion and fixed-share rules, and doing exact fractional arithmetic with corrections such as radd and ʿawl. The authors test seven models zero-shot with… 2. **[From RAG to Agentic RAG for Faithful Islamic Question Answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bhatia-2026-rag-agentic-rag-faithful-islamic/)** *(2026 · 8 citations)* LLMs are increasingly used to answer Islamic questions, where an unsupported answer can have real religious consequences. ## Co-authors here 12 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Abdessalam Bouchekif](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdessalam-bouchekif/) - [Fadi Zaraket](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fadi-zaraket/) - [Firoj Alam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/firoj-alam/) - [Gagan Bhatia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gagan-bhatia/) - [George Mikros](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/george-mikros/) - [Hamdy Mubarak](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hamdy-mubarak/) - [Heba Sbahi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/heba-sbahi/) - [Kareem Darwish](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kareem-darwish/) - [Mohammed Ghaly](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohammed-ghaly/) - [Mustafa Jarrar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mustafa-jarrar/) - [Samer Rashwani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samer-rashwani/) - [Shahd Gaben](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shahd-gaben/) ## 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 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/arabicnlp/2025/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 35 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [28 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mutaz-al-khatib/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026