Dr. Mariam Albadi works as an assistant professor at the University of Nizwa, Oman. She teaches literary criticism and Arabic literature. Dr. Mariam holds a Ph.D. (Sultan Qaboos University) in narrative, a master’s degree (University of Leeds) in linguistics, and a second master’s degree in literary criticism (University of Nizwa). Her areas of interest are narrative theory; especially point of view, ideology and characterization.