--- title: "Shadi Abudalfa — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "Shadi Abudalfa, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 5 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shadi-abudalfa/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shadi-abudalfa/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Shadi Abudalfa # Shadi Abudalfa Shadi Abudalfa has 5 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/); often with [Saad Ezzini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saad-ezzini/), [Mo El-Haj](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mo-el-haj/), [Mustafa Jarrar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mustafa-jarrar/). 5 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5002312962) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2028-144X) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5002312962) · [60 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002312962) · [205 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002312962&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 5 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shadi-abudalfa/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 45 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shadi-abudalfa/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7877](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/79/#star-7877) 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=Shadi+Abudalfa) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Shadi+Abudalfa) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Shadi+Abudalfa) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Shadi+Abudalfa) ## Affiliations [🎓**King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals** Dhahran · Saudi Arabia 2017–2026 · 27 papersEmployment 2023–2026 · Research Scientist, SDAIA-KFUPM JRCAI*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/king-fahd-university-of-petroleum-and-minerals/) · [🎓**University College of Applied Science** Gaza · Palestine 2013–2026 · 17 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-college-of-applied-science/) · [🎓**Onaizah Colleges** Onaizah · Saudi Arabia 2026 · 1 paperEmployment since 2026 · Assistant Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://ror.org/03sha9j83) · [🎓**Palestine Technical College** Deir el-Balah · Palestine 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/0468t7w37) · [🎓**University of Palestine** Gaza · Palestine 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/04yhapk09) 🏛️**University College of Applied Sciences** Gaza City · [Palestine](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/palestine/) 2005–2023Employment 2005–2010 · Teaching Assistant (Full Time Job)Employment 2010–2019 · Lecturer (Full Time Job)Employment 2019–2023 · Assistant Professor (Full Time) [🎓**Islamic University of Gaza** Gaza · Palestine 1998–2022Education 1998–2003 · BSc in Computer EngineeringEducation 2007–2010 · MSc in Computer EngineeringEmployment 2003–2004 · Research Assistant (Part Time), Projects and Research LabEmployment 2004 · Teaching Assistant (Part Time), Computer EngineeringEmployment 2019–2022 · Assistant Professor (Part Time), Information Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/islamic-university-of-gaza/) 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Discourse analysis · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shadi-abudalfa/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shadi-abudalfa/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The AraGenEval Shared Task on Arabic Authorship Style Transfer and AI Generated Text Detection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abudalfa-2025-arageneval-shared-task-arabic-authorship/)** *(2025 · 36 citations)* AraGenEval was a shared task at ArabicNLP 2025 (co-located with EMNLP 2025). It filled a gap: Arabic had no dedicated benchmark for imitating an author's style or for telling human writing from machine writing. The organizers defined three subtasks. The first, Authorship Style Transfer, rewrites a formal Arabic… 2. **[AbjadGenEval: Abjad AI Generated Text Detection Shared Task for Languages Using Arabic Script at AbjadNLP 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ezzini-2026-abjadgeneval-abjad-ai-generated-text/)** *(2026 · 10 citations)* AbjadGenEval is a shared task held at the AbjadNLP workshop (EACL 2026). It tests whether systems can tell human-written news from LLM-generated news in languages written in Arabic script. The organizers argue that existing detectors were built mostly for English and break down on Arabic-script text, where rich… 3. **[The NakbaVirality Shared Task on Multimodal Virality Prediction in High-Stakes Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ezzini-2026-nakbavirality-shared-task-multimodal-virality/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* NakbaVirality is a shared task, run at the Nakba-NLP workshop (LREC 2026), on predicting whether a social media post about the post-October-7-2023 conflict will become viral. 4. **[AraGenre 2026: A Hierarchical Definition-Guided Arabic Genre Classification Shared Task](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/el-haj-2026-aragenre-2026-hierarchical-definition-guided/)** *(2026)* Arabic genre identification is hampered by scarce labelled data and by wide variation across Modern Standard Arabic, Classical Arabic, dialects, diacritisation and spelling habits. 5. **[AraSentEval 2026: A Shared Task on Sentiment Analysis and Swapping in Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ezzini-2026-arasenteval-2026-shared-task-sentiment/)** *(2026)* AraSentEval is a shared task held at OSACT7 (LREC 2026). It targets two weak spots in Arabic sentiment work. The first is that most benchmarks cover MSA or only a few dialects. The second is that controllable sentiment generation is barely studied. The organisers set up two subtasks: ## All works 6 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 5 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[The AraGenEval Shared Task on Arabic Authorship Style Transfer and AI Generated Text Detection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abudalfa-2025-arageneval-shared-task-arabic-authorship/) [Arabic Natural Language Processing Conference (ArabicNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/arabicnlp/)**Shadi Abudalfa, Saad Ezzini, Ahmed Abdelali, et al.*2025 · 36 citations* 2. **[AbjadGenEval: Abjad AI Generated Text Detection Shared Task for Languages Using Arabic Script at AbjadNLP 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ezzini-2026-abjadgeneval-abjad-ai-generated-text/) [Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/abjadnlp/)**Saad Ezzini, Irfan Ahmad, Salmane Chafik, et al.*2026 · 10 citations* 3. **[The NakbaVirality Shared Task on Multimodal Virality Prediction in High-Stakes Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ezzini-2026-nakbavirality-shared-task-multimodal-virality/) [International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources @ LREC](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nakbanlp/)**Saad Ezzini, Salima Lamsiyah, Shadi Abudalfa, et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 4. **[AbjadStyleTransfer: Authorship Style Transfer for Arabic-Script Languages at AbjadNLP 2026 ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.abjadnlp-1.70/) Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script · no summary yet**Shadi Abudalfa et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 5. [**AraGenre 2026: A Hierarchical Definition-Guided Arabic Genre Classification Shared Task arXiv:2609.27387 · The 4th ArabicNLP conference at EMNLP 2026**Mo El-Haj, Saad Ezzini, Shadi Abudalfa, et al.*2026*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/el-haj-2026-aragenre-2026-hierarchical-definition-guided/) 6. **[AraSentEval 2026: A Shared Task on Sentiment Analysis and Swapping in Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ezzini-2026-arasenteval-2026-shared-task-sentiment/) [Workshop on Open-Source Arabic Corpora and Processing Tools with Shared Tasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/osact/)**Saad Ezzini, Shadi Abudalfa, Maram I. Alharbi, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 12 of 17 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Saad Ezzini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saad-ezzini/) ×5 - [Mo El-Haj](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mo-el-haj/) ×4 - [Mustafa Jarrar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mustafa-jarrar/) ×3 - [Salmane Chafik](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/salmane-chafik/) ×3 - [Ahmed Abdelali](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ahmed-abdelali/) ×2 - [Hamzah Luqman](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hamzah-luqman/) ×2 - [Salima Lamsiyah](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/salima-lamsiyah/) ×2 - [Abdelkader El Mahdaouy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdelkader-el-mahdaouy/) - [Abdessamad Benlahbib](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdessamad-benlahbib/) - [Farah Adeeba](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farah-adeeba/) - [Hamza Alami](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hamza-alami/) - [Hassan Sajjad](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hassan-sajjad/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/abjadnlp/) ×2: [Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/abjadnlp/2026/) - [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/) - [International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources @ LREC](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nakbanlp/): [International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources @ LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nakbanlp/2026/) - [Workshop on Open-Source Arabic Corpora and Processing Tools with Shared Tasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/osact/): [Workshop on Open-Source Arabic Corpora and Processing Tools with Shared Tasks 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/osact/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 45 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [25 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shadi-abudalfa/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026