I specialise in teaching Arabic literary and cultural Studies,Translation Studies, Modern Languages (MFL) and have worked with organisations, educational, health and cultural, that create platforms of expression for under-represented groups. My work on Iraqi women’s literature was inspired by community work in the UK and living in the Middle East.

In my current initiative titled Landscapes of Future Memory: creatives, literatures and cultures of Middle East North Africa (MENA), I explore and work to raise appreciation of MENA literatures moving across languages from spaces which may be literally disappearing or risk being overlooked.

My research interests include Iraqi and Arab women’s writing, Palestinian and other exilic literatures, postcolonial literary studies and intersectional feminist translation theories. I am co-editor for New Voices in Translation Studies, which is sponsored by International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)/Chula University, Thailand.

• MEST10092 Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
• MEST10711 History and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa (lectures on cinema and cultural production)
• MEST20352 Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa
• MEST31111 Community, Memory, Identity: Reading Contemporary Arabic Literature in English Translation
• MEST30000 Dissertation (Final year AMES dissertation supervision)

• International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)
• British Association for Teachers of Arabic
• Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy
• Chartered College of Teaching

* ‘Landscapes of Future Memory – Creatives, Literatures and Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa’ - initiative which documents, researches and platforms MENA creatives, literatures and cultures at risk of disappearance - UoM events supported by Awards for Social Responsibility.

* Promoting the teaching of Arabic in local communities

- Teacher of Arabic to parents and alumni of Falinge Park High School (parent/community wing of the school)

- GCSE examiner of Arabic for candidates in schools based in Rochdale

* Researchers in School Alumni, The Brilliant Club (widening university access to under-represented groups)

*Supporting the promotion of health and well-being in Salford (local area)

The Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) at the University of Manchester invites applications from students looking to pursue a PhD in Arabic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies, which often overlap other areas of research in innovative ways.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss a PhD research project proposal which aligns with my areas of expertise and interest: Arabic literature; Arabic cultural studies; translation studies; feminist translation studies

Tuesdays, 2pm-3pm; Wednesdays 12pm-1pm

Other dates and times can be arranged by appointment.

Email contact:

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