Mahmoud Al-Batal, Ph.D and Martha Schulte-Nafeh, Ph.D. Mahmoud Al-Batal Ph.D., coauthor of the Al-Kitaab textbook series and Martha Schulte-Nafeh Ph.D. conduct a teacher workshop focused on developing reading strategies for college students of Arabic. This workshop was part of the 2007 NCLRC Arabic Teacher Training Institutes.