# Rula Baalbaki — AUB professor

> Rula Baalbaki teaches 5 courses at American University of Beirut, with 10 student reviews.

Source: https://studiety.com/aub/professor/5909-rula-baalbaki
Retrieved: 2026-09-18

## Teaching in Fall 2026-2027

- [ARAB 251AN — ST: Translation of Poetry](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2384): Lecture 1 (full)
- [ENGL 233 — Introduction to Translation](https://studiety.com/aub/course/869): Lecture 1 (full), Lecture 2 (full)
- [ENGL 262A — Advanced Tp in Translation: Poetry](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2276): Lecture 1 (5 seats left)

## Courses taught

- [ARAB 251A — ARAB 251A](https://studiety.com/aub/course/8736)
- [ARAB 251 — Special Topics in Arabic Language and Literature](https://studiety.com/aub/course/839)
- [ARAB 251AN — ST: Translation of Poetry](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2384)
- [ENGL 233 — Introduction to Translation](https://studiety.com/aub/course/869)
- [ENGL 262A — Advanced Tp in Translation: Poetry](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2276)

## Student ratings

- Overall: 4.8/5 from 5 ratings

## What students said

Reviews are shown without their authors' names.

- **ENGL 233 · 5/5 · 2022-11** — Rula's ENGL 233 is the easiest course and very interesting; most work is done in pairs so the load is light, and an A is achievable.

- **ENGL 233 · 4/5 · 2022-11** — Rula Baalbaki's ENGL 233 (Introduction to Translation) is a nice course for those interested in translation; it's not too difficult to get good grades if you follow her explanations and remarks, and she is a sweet, helpful professor.

- **ARAB 251A · 5/5 · 2022-04** — Rula Baalbaki's ARAB 251AN is an easy course where 90s are attainable with dedication, especially if you're good at Arabic and enjoy Arabic poetry; the course covers poetry translation, split between English-Arabic translation work and a paper on translation theory.

- **ARAB 251A · 5/5 · 2022-04** — Rula's ARAB 251 AN section is highly recommended: it has high grades, low workload, and students enjoy the course, making it the top pick among the Arabic options discussed.

- **ARAB 251 · 5/5 · 2022-04** — ARAB 251 section AN with Rula is a top pick: high grades, low workload and an enjoyable course. One student said they would choose it over the other Arabic options with their eyes closed.

- **ENGL 233 · 2022-07** — the kindest professor to ever exist. she made the course super easy for us and its not hard at all, just do the assignments and participate a bit you'll get high 80s, and if you put in a bit more effort you'll get 90s.

- **ENGL 108 · 2020-08** — Great instructor. interesting and easy course

- **ENGL 108 · 2020-08** — Great instructor. highly recommended

- **ENGL 233 · 2020-04** — She puts you into groups and reduces a lot of pressure on you translating alone. You can get high 90s

- **ENGL 233 · 2020-04** — I recommend her for that course. Good grades

## See also

- [All AUB professors](https://studiety.com/aub/professors.md)

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