77, bd. Carl-Vogt
1205 Geneva
Switzerland
 
E-mail : slaibi@perso.ch
Website : www.perso.ch/slaibi
 
Shaker Laibi
Education
1973-1977                     Al-Mustansiriya University            Baghdad, Iraq
Bachelor of Psychology
 
 
 
 
1988-1992                     High School for Visual Arts Geneva, Switzerland
Diploma
 
1995-1997                  Lausanne University         Lausanne, Switzerland
Masters in Political and Social Sciences
 
2003
PhD in Social Science   Lausanne University         Lausanne
 
Patents and publications
 
Islamic Art and Arabic Christianity- Riadh A’Rayes publishing house- Beirut 2001.
 
Feminized Orient, Al-Arth publishing house, Cyprus 1992.
 
Research on Realism, Yousof A’Sharif (1958-1987), A volume from publications of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage, Qatar 2002.
 
A Strange Poet in Strange Place. Al-Mada publishing house, Damascus 2003.
 
Myth of Particularity in Contemporary Arabic Fine Arts, publications of Culture and Information Department/ Sharja 2003. The research which the book was titled with was published in (Abwab) magazine, London, issue 29, summer 2001.
 
A manifest for the Prose Verse, Al-Fariza publishing house, Geneva 1995.
 
Poetry Language: Studies in Poetical ness and Poets. Kitab A’Riyadh, A’Riyadh 2003.
 
Sorrow of Sapphires, A’Suwaidi publishing house with the
Arabic Establishment 2003.
 
Ibn Fadlan’s Travel (921 AD), Edition and presentation with a detailed study about Ibn Fadlan and his studiers. Arabic Establishment for Studies and Publications, Beirut 2003.
 
Al Maqdisi’s Travel (985-990 AD), Edition and presentation with a detailed study on the significance of the work of the geographer and anthropologist Al Maqdisi, Arabic Establishment for Studies and Publications, Beirut 2003.
 
 
 
Sufism and Visual Art, l’Harmattan publishing house, Paris 1998.
What is Islamic Art? Selected researches on Islamic Art for well – known researchers, prepared by Shakir Laibi. They involve a detailed study in English and French, Geneva 2000.
 
Dia Azzawi: (Iraqi Artist), monograph, publications of Arabic World Institute in Paris 2001.
 
Eloquence: Text and twenty drawings, Al farza publishing house, Geneva 1988
 
Symbolic Significations of Colors in Islamic Culture (North – South) magazine, Issue 8, Geneva1996.
 
Iconography of the Sacred: Historical roots and actual preoccupations, (North – South) magazine, Issue 3 Geneva1993.
 
 
1- Iraqi Violence Demystified, where the author rebuts an Adonis recent essay on Iraq,  Al Jadid Magazine, Los Angeles (USA), double issue (nos. 42/43), 2003, translated by Elie Chalala.
 
Conferences:
Intellectual Symposium on Communication in Culture and Arts. Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific research and Technology/ University of Safaqis for South, Tunisia, from 23 to 26 January 2003.
 
Lecture on Islamic Art, University of Braha (Czech Republic) in cooperation with the Arabic Cultural Club, 2001.
 
Lecture on Islamic Culture and Art. The Iraqi House in Holland/ (Flonder, Den Haag) 18/8/2001 in cooperation with Cultural Gathering Club.
 
Islamic Art, its foundations and social origins, Culture and Arts Department, Directorate of Arts/ Sharja Government, UAE: Sharja Institute for Arts,7/1/2003.
 
Rilke and Arabic’s Poetics Traditions, Festival Rilke, first edition, Switzerland, Serre 18 au 20 août 2000 :.
 
Poetic of the window, Two windows, Two Poets: "Windows" of Rilke and "The Window of Wafiqa" of alSayab, Festival Rilke, second edition, Switzerland, Serre 22-24 august 2003.
 
Translations:
 
Henry Miller: Devil in Heaven, Manarat publishing house, Amman 1986, then in (Azmina) publishing house with new edition, Amman 1999
 
Elitis: Axion Esti, Kalimat magazine publishing house, Al Manama, Bahrain 1992
 
 
René Char: Formal Share, Cultural Complex publications, Abu Dhabi 1995
 
Poems Collections:
 
Fingers of Stone, poems collection, Baghdad 1976
 
Text of the three texts, poems collection, Beirut—Al Awda  publishing house 1982
 
Calls for help, poems collection, Damascus 1984
 
Eloquence: Text and twenty drawings, Al farza publishing house, Geneva 1988
 
Metaphysic, Al farza publishing house, Geneva 1996
 
How, Al mada publishing house, Beirut 1997
 
Sicilian Stone, al-An publishing house, Beirut 2001
 
Egyptian agate: Al Awda, Amman 2003
 
Professional memberships
Swiss Writers Association
General Union of Arab Writers
Languages
English, French, Arabic and can read in Italian
Accreditations
Masters Degree in Social and Political Issues
Nominated for Director General
PhD in Social Science in 2003