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Avihai Shivtiel was born in Palestine (Israel). He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he read Arabic language and literature, Islamic studies and Hebrew language and linguistics, towards the degrees of B.A. and M.A (1971). In addition he taught Arabic at the Hebrew University and Bar Ilan University. Between 1972-1978 he taught Hebrew and Arabic at Cambridge University where he also obtained his Ph.D. in Arabic linguistics. In 1979 he moved to Leeds University where he taught Semitic languages, literatures and cultures and served as the head of the Department of Semitic Studies and later Arabic studies. Concurrently, he also worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Taylor-Shechter Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University until his full retirement in 2007. His publications include over 150 books, articles, reviews and entries for the three Encyclopaedias of Islam, Language and Linguistics and Arabic Language and Linguistics.