Peer-reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• Abdalla, F. & Mahfoudhi, A. (2025). Awareness of intellectual disability and intervention beliefs among teachers and university students in Kuwait. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 50(2), 235-248.
• Al-Sulaihim, N., Abdalla, F., Mahfoudhi, A. & Shaalan, S. (2024). Development of derivational morphology in Kuwaiti Arabicspeaking children. First Language, 44(5), 449-473.
• Abdalla, F., Mahfoudhi, A., Shaalan, S, Almarri, R., Aldosari, M. & Alsedeqi, H. (2024). Lexical development in Kuwaiti Arabic using CDI in typically-developing children and those at risk for language disorder. Journal of Communication Disorders, 110.
• Abdalla, F. & Mahfoudhi, A. (2023). Verb agreement production in Arabic-speaking children with developmental language disorder. Language Acquisition, 1-22.
• Elbeheri, G., Theofanides, F., Al-Muhareb, K., Al-Hamwi, A., Mahfoudhi, A. & Everatt, J. (2023). Learning support provisions for post-secondary students with disabilities in Kuwait. Psychology Research & Practice, 2(1), DOI: 10.37155/2972-3086-0201-3
• Mahfoudhi, A., Abdalla, F., & Al-Sulaihim, N. (2023). The effect of age and task complexity on the microstructure of child Arabic narratives. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 54(3), 952-966.
• Shaalan, S. & Mahfoudhi, A. (2022). Introduction to the special issue: Speech-language therapy services in the Arab World and the Diaspora. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 7(1), 1-11.
• Roshdy, M. & Mahfoudhi, A. (2021). Inclusion standards for institutions that offer services to individuals with learning disabilities (in Arabic). Ataa Journal of Educational Studies (in Arabic), 1, 96-109.
• Mahfoudhi, A., Everatt, J., Elbeheri, G, & Roshdy, M. (2020). Development and standardization of a phonological processing test. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics.
• Abdalla, F., Mahfoudhi, A., & Alhudhainah, S. (2020). Structural development of narratives in Arabic: Task complexity, age and cultural factors. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1-11.
• Boudelaa, S., Norris, D., Mahfoudhi, A., & Kinoshita, S. (2019). Transposed letter priming effects and allographic variation in Arabic: Insights from lexical decision and the same–different task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(6), 729-757.
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• Elbeheri, G., Everatt, J., Theofanides, F., Mahfoudhi, A. & Al Muhareb, K. (2018). Attitudes of academics to special needs accommodations in Kuwait. International Journal of Inclusive Education, DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2018.1508517
• Mahfoudhi, A. & Abdalla, F. (2017). Language development and impairment in Arabic-speaking children: Introduction to the special issue. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2(1), 1-11.
• Everatt, J., Mahfoudhi, A., Al-Manabri, M., & Elbeheri, G. (2015). Dyscalculia in Arabic speaking children: Assessment and intervention practices. In Steve Chinn (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Dyscalculia and Mathematical Learning Difficulties. Routledge.
• Scior, K., Hamid, A., Mahfoudhi, A. & Abdalla, F. (2013). The relationship between awareness of intellectual disability, causal and intervention beliefs and social distance in Kuwait and the UK. Research in Developmental
• Mahfoudhi, A., Everatt, J., & Elbeheri, G. (2011). Introduction to the Special Issue of Reading and Writing: “Litearcy in Arabic”. Reading & Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 24(9), 1011- 1018. (Journal Impact Factor: 1.44)
• Mahfoudhi, A., Elbeheri, G., Everatt, J., & Al-Rashidi, M. (2010). The role of morphological awareness in reading comprehension among typical and Learning Disabled native Arabic speakers. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 43, 500-514. (Journal Impact Factor: 1.77)
• Elbeheri, G., Mahfoudhi, A. & Everatt, J. (2009). Dyslexia in the Arab world. Perspectives on Language and Literacy: The International Dyslexia Association, 35(1), 9-12.
• Mahfoudhi, A. & Haynes, C. (2009). Teaching phonological awareness: General issues. In Gavin Reid et al. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Dyslexia (pp. 139-156). Routledge.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2007a). Roots and patterns in Arabic lexical processing. In Elabbas Benmamoun (Ed.), Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX (123-150). Amsterdam: Benjamins.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2006). Abstractness in lexical processing: How far could we go? In I. A. Mackay (Ed.) Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa/Ottawa Papers in Linguistics. A Special Issue: Psycholinguistic Shorts, 34, 75-85.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2005). Moraic syllable structure and edge effects in Arabic. In Alhawary, Mohammad T. and Elabbas
  Benmamoun (Eds.), Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XVII- XVIII (27-48). Amsterdam: Benjamins.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2004). Reading Semitic languages: Are some letters/phonemes “more equal” than others? Languages and Linguistics, 13, 1-21.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2003). Writing processes of EFL students in argumentative essays: A case study. I.T.L. Review of Applied Linguistics, 139-140, 153-190. (Journal Impact Factor: 0.21)
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2002). Agreement lost, Agreement regained: A minimalist account of word order and agreement variation in Arabic. California Linguistic Notes, 27 (2), 1-28.
• Mustafawi, E. & Mahfoudhi, A. (2002). The development of binding principles: New findings. Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa, 30, 119-138.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2001b). ESL/EFL writing: Towards an integrative approach. Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 27(2), 149-166.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2001a). Teaching EFL writing: Students’ hidden agenda. Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa, 29, 19-49.

Books and Tests

• Mahfoudhi, A., Al-Manabri, Everatt, J. & Elbeheri, G. (forthcoming 2022). “I Am Part of the Equation!” An individualized, structured, multisensory teaching program for students with dyscalculia or mathematical difficulties. CCET.
• Abdalla, F., Mahfoudhi, A. & Shaalan, S. (2021). Communicative Development Inventory-Kuwaiti Arabic (CDI- KA), http://139.59.41.85/asll/clinical-tools.
• Shaalan, S., Abdalla, F., Mahfoudhi, A., Al-Sulaihim, N. & Khater, M. (2021). Test of Arabic Morphosyntax-Receptive (TAM-R) (digital version) http://139.59.41.85/asll/clinical-tools.
• Al-Sulaihim, N., Abdalla, F., Mahfoudhi, A. & Shaalan,S. (2021). Test of Arabic Morphosyntax-Expressive (TAM-E) (digital version). http://139.59.41.85/asll/clinical-tools
• Mahfoudhi, A., Al-Sharhan, A., Everatt, J., Elwehaib, R., & Elbeheri, G. (2021). An online adult bilingual dyslexia screener (a battery of tests). http://159.89.31.218/
• Mahfoudhi, A., Elbeheri, G., ElMorsi, M.R., & Everatt, J. (2020). A Test of Reading & Spelling for Middle School Children (in Arabic). Kuwait: Centre for Child Evaluation & Teaching.
• Mahfoudhi, A., Everatt, J., Elbeheri, G., Roshdy, M., & Haynes, C. (2019). Test of Phonological Processing for Middle School Children (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait.
• Mahfoudhi, A. (in press). Sounds and Letters (أصوات وحروف): A preventive program to teach phonological awareness and early decoding skills (two volumes in Arabic + electronic games). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait.
• Mahfoudhi, A., Al-Manabri, Everatt, J. & Elbeheri, G. (forthcoming). “I Am Part of the Equation!” An individualized, structured, multisensory teaching program for students with dyscalculia or mathematical difficulties. CCET.
• Abu-Diar, M., Elbeheri, G., Everatt, J. & Mahfoudhi, A. (2015). Test of Working Memory for Children. Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait.
• Elbeheri, G., Abu-Diar, M., Mahfoudhi, A., & Everatt, J. (2013). Test of Reading and Spelling for Children (in Arabic – Standardized in Kuwait). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait (92 pages)
• Mahfoudhi, A., Elbeheri, G., Abu-Diar, M., & Everatt, J. (2013). Test of Morphology and Orthography for Children (in Arabic – Standardized in Kuwait). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait (72 pages)
• Abu-Diar, M., Elbeheri, G, Taibah, N., Mahfoudhi, A. & Everatt, J. (2012). Phonological processing and reading and writing difficulties (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait (112 pages)
• Abu-Diar, M., Elbeheri, G. & Mahfoudhi, A. (2011). A glossary of the common terms in learning disabilities (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait. (274 pages + electronic version)
• Abu-Diar, M., Elbeheri, G., Mahfoudhi, A., & Hattab, S. (2011). A guide to the curriculum-based tests of Arabic (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait. (based on the Kuwaiti Arabic language curricula) (208 pages)
• Mahfoudhi, A. et al. (2010). I read and write! An Arabic multi-sensory structured language program to remedy reading and writing problems (K-9) (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait. (This program contains nine books and a teaching aids box, detailed below.)
• Mahfoudhi, A. (2010). Studies in the Arabic mental lexicon: Implications for theories of morphology and lexical processing. VDM Verlag. (208 pages). [Monograph based on my doctoral dissertation]
• Mahfoudhi, A., Haynes, C., Abu-Diyar, M., & Elbeheri, G. (2010). Orton-Gillingham-based strategies for teaching reading and writing skills (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait. (82 pages).
• Taibah, N., Elbeheri, G., Abu-Diar, M., Mahfoudhi, A., Everatt, J., & Haynes, C. (2010). Test of Phonological Processing for Children (in Arabic – Standardized in Kuwait and Jedda, Saudi Arabia). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait and Prince Salman Center for Disability Research. (87 pages)
• Mahfoudhi, A., Abu-Diar, M., Hattab, S., & Dirdeer, A. (2010). Curriculum-based Arabic tests for Kuwaiti students Grades 1 through 9 (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait.  (70 pages).
• Elbeheri, G., Everatt, J., Mahfoudhi, A. & Abu-Diar, M. (2009).  Dyslexia: A guide for Arab researchers (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait. (223 pages).
• Mahfoudhi, A., Elbeheri, G, & Haynes, C. (2009). A Guide to the most common letters, words and patterns in the Kuwaiti national curriculum from grades 1 to 5 (in Arabic). Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching, Kuwait.  (52 pages).

Edited/co-edited Volumes

• (2022). Special issue of Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics (volume 7 issue 1) entitled Speech-language therapy in the Arab World and the diaspora.
• (2017). Learning and Teaching English in the Arab Context: Challenges and Practical Classroom Applications. Proceedings of the first and second ACK Annual conferences on English as a Second Language and Literacy. The Australian College of Kuwait.
• (2017). Special issue of the Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics on Language Development and Impairment in Arabic-speaking children.
• (2015). Inaugural issue of the Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics on language and literacy in the Arab World–Teaching English as an Additional Language.
• (2011). Special Issue of Reading & Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal on “Literacy in Arabic.” Springer.
• (2005). Volume 33 of Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa/Ottawa Papers in Linguistics (Peer-reviewed Working Papers of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ottawa). ISSN 0315-3967 print and ISSN 1913-4274 online
• (2003). Volume 31 of Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa/Ottawa Papers in Linguistics.
• (2002). Volume 30 of Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa/Ottawa Papers in Linguistics.