Mohammad Shaheen () has been a professor of English literature at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan since 1985. Shaheen holds a PhD degree in English literature from Cambridge University. He is the author of many books, including E.M. Forster and the Politics of Imperialism.
Shaheen teaches modern literary theory and criticism in the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Jordan, he also teaches the English novel, twentieth-century English literature, Literary translation and comparative literature.
He has been the editor-in-chief of Al-Majallah Al-Thaqafeyyah (University of Jordan) since 2008. He has also translated the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish into English.
Professor of English, the University of Jordan, 1985 till nowAssistant of the president of the University of Jordan and head of the president's Office 1978-1980Advisor to the Ministry of Higher Education - Jordan, 1985-1989Chairman of the English Department, the University of Jordan, 1988-1990Chairman of the Modern Languages Department, the University of Jordan, 1988-1990Visiting professor at Taiz University, Yemen, 1993Chairman of the English Department, the University of Jordan, 1993-1995Visiting professor at Qatar University, Qatar, 1996Vice president of Mutah University, Jordan, 1998-2002Associate editor of Paideuma, University of Maine, 1967-till nowEditor-in-chief of Mu'tah for Research, 1998-2002Literary editor of Dirasat, the University of Jordan research journal, 1985-1991Editor-in-chief of Al-Majallah Al-Thaqafiyyah, University of Jordan, 2008-till nowMemberships, fellowships and scholarships
Member of the Higher Curricula Committee, the Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan, 1991-1993Member of the Executive Committee of the International Comparative Literature Association, 1985-till nowBritish Council Scholarship, 1969-1973Fulbright Scholarship, (Summer of 1979)Beirut University, DAAD scholarship, 1982University of Oxford, associate fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, 1983 till nowAmerican research fellowships in Humanities (1987)University of Bonn (1995)DAAD-Bochum University (1998)The Modern Arabic Short Story: Shahrazad Returns. Palgrave Macmillan, 2 edition (February 22, 2003), ISBN 0-333-64136-1, 304 pagesGeorge Meredith: A reappraisal of the Novels. Macmillan Press: London 1981Selected Letters of George Meredith. Macmillan Press: LondonE.M. Forster and the Politics of Imperialism, Palgrave Macmillan (August 12, 2004), ISBN 0-333-74136-6, 256 pagesAlmond Blossoms and Beyond (translation). Interlink Publishing 2009Articles publish
George Meredith's Early Life: Ordeal and Reticence: The Modern Language Review April 1982 Vol. 77The Reception of Pound in Arabic: Immature response of Gibran and Bayyati: Paideuma, Vol 34The Arabian Nights in English Literature (book review): The Yearbook of English Studies, Vol 22Pickthall: New Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, Clarenden Press, 2004On Meredith's Letters: American Notes and Queries, Yale 1974Forster on Proust: Times Literary Supplement, London 1974Tayeb Salih and Conrad: Comparative Literature Studies, University of Illinois, 1985T.L. Lawrence and Pound: Paideuma, 1988The Manuscript of Meredith's Last Novel: Notes and Queries, Oxford 1975Meredith Letter to Stephen: Notes and Queries, Oxford 1978Some Unpublished Hardy Letters to Gosse: Notes and Queries, Oxford 1980Two New Meredith Letters to Gosse: Notes and Queries, Oxford, 1980 
