Jibran Masud

In 1950, Masud graduated from American University of Beirut with a Bachelor of Science degree in Arabic Language and Literature and History with honors, and a Master's degree in Arabic literature, three years later.^[1]

His Arabic lexicon Al-Ra’id was published in 1992, In 2016 he published The Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature: its Eras, Arts and Most Renowned Figures, in eight volumes. Masud compiled artistic characteristics of Arabic literature and its best known figures from the pre-Islamic period to the Abbasid era, and the Andalusian era. The encyclopedia also covers poetry movements including Sufi and chivalric poetry. A section of the encyclopedia covered literary criticism.^[2]

Masud founded the House of Wisdom publishing house (romanized: Bayt Al-Hikmah). He has published articles and researches in the fields of literature, linguistics and history, in Lebanese newspapers.^[3]

His major works include:

• “Red Ashes” (original title: Al-Ramad Al-Ahmar), Lebanon, 1948.^{[citation needed]}
• "Al-Ra’id" extensive, linguistic lexicon (original title: Al-Ra’id Mu’jam Lughawi w-‘Asri), Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, Beirut, Lebanon, 1992.^[4]
• "The Standard Arabic: An Endless Flame” (original title: Al-‘Arabiya Al-Fus-ha Shu’la La Tantafi’), House of Wisdom, Beirut, Lebanon, 2001.^[5]
• "My Grandmother" (original title: Jidaty), Hachette Antoine, Beirut, Lebanon, 2010.^[6]
• "Angry Groans" (original title: Anin Al-Ghadab), Naufal Publishers, Beirut, Lebanon, 2012.^[7]
• "The Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature: its Eras, Arts and Most Renowned Figures" (original title: Mawsoo’at Al-Adab Al-‘Arabi: Fununoh wa-Usuroh wa-Ash-har A’lamuh), House of Wisdom, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016.^[8]