--- title: "Sarfraz Ahmad — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "Sarfraz Ahmad, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 26 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarfraz-ahmad/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarfraz-ahmad/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Sarfraz Ahmad # Sarfraz Ahmad Sarfraz Ahmad has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Momina Ahsan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/momina-ahsan/), [Abed Alhakim Freihat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abed-alhakim-freihat/), [Ahmed Heakl](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ahmed-heakl/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5026976984) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0059-477X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56810511) · [**h-index 26**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5026976984) · [145 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5026976984) · [1,522 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5026976984&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarfraz-ahmad/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 26 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarfraz-ahmad/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10593](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/106/#star-10593) 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=Sarfraz+Ahmad) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Sarfraz+Ahmad) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Sarfraz+Ahmad) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Sarfraz+Ahmad) ## Affiliations [🎓**Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mohamed-bin-zayed-university-of-artificial-intelligence/) · [🎓**University of Malaya** Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia 2018–2022 · 27 papersEmployment 2018–2021 · Research Fellow, chemistryEmployment 2021 · Senior Lecturer, Chemistry](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-malaya/) · [🤝**AdventHealth** Altamonte Springs · United States 2004–2025 · 16 papers](https://ror.org/00gqase94) · [🏥**AdventHealth Orlando** Orlando · United States 2019–2025 · 11 papers](https://ror.org/02n1cyj49) · [🎓**University of Lahore** Lahore · Pakistan 2012–2018 · 5 papersEmployment 2012–2018 · Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology](https://ror.org/051jrjw38) · [🏥**Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital** Oswestry · United Kingdom 2014–2021 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/030mbcp39) · [🏥**Western Pennsylvania Hospital** Pittsburgh · United States 2003 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/02yhx1447) · [🎓**University of Delhi** New Delhi · India 1982–1986 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-delhi/) · [🏥**East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust** Blackburn · United Kingdom 2013–2018 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/002pa9318) · [🎓**Loyola University Chicago** Chicago · United States 1995 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/loyola-university-chicago/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 23 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarfraz-ahmad/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SAHM: A Benchmark for Arabic Financial and Shari'ah-Compliant Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/elbadry-2026-sahm-benchmark-arabic-financial-shari/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* Arabic financial NLP has almost no evaluation resources, even though Gulf economies and the Islamic finance industry produce large amounts of Arabic regulatory, juristic and corporate text. 2. **[Cultural Benchmarking of LLMs in Standard and Dialectal Arabic Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kautsar-2026-cultural-benchmarking-llms-standard-dialectal/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Arabic cultural benchmarks usually test isolated, single-turn questions in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Everyday cultural knowledge, however, is exchanged in conversation and in regional dialects. The authors build ArabCulture-Dialogue by turning each item of the existing ArabCulture benchmark into a short… ## Co-authors here 12 of 15 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Momina Ahsan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/momina-ahsan/) ×2 - [Abed Alhakim Freihat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abed-alhakim-freihat/) - [Ahmed Heakl](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ahmed-heakl/) - [Amr Keleg](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amr-keleg/) - [Bilal Elbouardi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bilal-elbouardi/) - [Jimin Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jimin-huang/) - [Mohamed Anwar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohamed-anwar/) - [Omar El Herraoui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-el-herraoui/) - [Rania Elbadry](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rania-elbadry/) - [Salem Lahlou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/salem-lahlou/) - [Sophia Ananiadou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sophia-ananiadou/) - [Veselin Stoyanov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/veselin-stoyanov/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/) ×2: [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) ×2 - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 26 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [16 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarfraz-ahmad/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026