The Journal of the Union of Arab Lebanese Scholars (a peer-reviewed academic journal) has published an in-depth critical study entitled:
“From Generation-Making to Experimentation: A Reading in the Critical Achievements of Prof. Dr. Saeed Hameed Kazem Al-Wannas”,
faculty member at the College of Islamic Sciences, University of Karbala. The study was authored by Prof. Dr. Hanan Abdul ‘Ali from an Algerian university.

Emerging from Algeria within the field of “Criticism of Criticism”, the paper highlights Dr. Al-Wannas’s critical contributions as one of Iraq’s most prominent contemporary academics and researchers, with significant input in the field of literary criticism. It offers an analytical and evaluative reading of his major works addressing the transformations of modern Iraqi literature—both poetry and prose—while focusing on central concepts and terms such as generation-making, experimentation, renewal, and modernity.

A substantial section of the study was dedicated to two of his most important books:

• “Generation-Making in Iraqi Poetic Writing Between Theory and Practice: A Study of the Nineties’ Generation” (2013)
• “Experimentation in Iraqi Women’s Novels After 2003” (2016)

The study commended Dr. Al-Wannas’s methodological approach in blending theory and application, as well as his ability to move beyond superficial readings to delve deeply into the structures and transformations of literary texts. It also highlighted his academic stature and role in advancing Arab critical discourse, noting his active presence as a faculty member at the College of Islamic Sciences, University of Karbala, his membership in the International Association of the Arabic Language, and his recognized contributions to refereed academic journals such as al-Aqlam, al-‘Ameed, and Adab al-Mustansiriya.

In this context, Algerian critic Youssef Waghlissi described Dr. Al-Wannas as:

“An Iraqi critic unlike others of his generation, knowledgeable about Iraq’s literary generations, passionate about the concept of ‘generation-making’ and uncovering the stylistic particularities of each, especially the Nineties’ poetic generation and, to a lesser degree, the post-2003 women’s narrative generation. His studies are characterized by originality—neither embalmed nor stereotyped.”

This study stands as an Arab acknowledgment of Dr. Saeed Hameed Kazem Al-Wannas’s critical project, a valuable academic documentation of the achievements of faculty at the University of Karbala’s College of Islamic Sciences, and a testament to active Arab scholarly exchange in the fields of criticism and literature.