I translate fiction and non-fiction for adults and children.
I translate the voices that tell their stories on their own terms. So that those often termed ‘underrepresented’, ‘misrepresented’, or ‘sensationalised’ can step away from being described that way. I’m especially interested in well-informed stories involving migration and nuanced Muslim characters.
I translate the voices that tell their stories on their own terms. So that those often termed ‘underrepresented’, ‘misrepresented’, or ‘sensationalised’ can step away from being described that way. I’m especially interested in well-informed stories involving migration and nuanced Muslim characters.
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SEEKING A PUBLISHER
Full pitch packs available on request ME, MY FRIEND AND THE DONKEY, Mahmoud Shukair Young adult novel (Arabic, Palestine)
IN THE TENDERNESS OF WAR, Najat Abdel Samad Creative non fiction collection (Arabic, Syria) My translation sample won the 2021 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation and was longlisted for the 2021 John Dryden Translation Competition
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PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS
See also the published samples mentioned to the left HOW TO HIDE IN LEBANON AS A WESTERN FOREIGNER (extract from Murabba wa Laban/Jam and Yoghurt), Lena Merhej, The Markaz Review, 2021. HOW FOOTBALL IS LIKE WRITING AND WRITING IS LIKE FOOTBALL, curated by Huda al-Daghfaq, ArabLit Quarterly, Autumn 2021. OVER THE LINE, Najwa Bin Shatwan, SpLitera Cultural Association, 2021 HOME AND COUNTRY, THEN AND NOW, Elsayeed Shendy The Scribe magazine -- University of Leeds, 2020 |
RELATED ACTIVITIES
- ALTA Conference 2021 Virtual Travel Fellow
- National and regional judge (French submissions), Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, July 2021
- Visible Communities translator in residence, National Centre for Writing, May 2021
- Emerging Translators Mentee, National Centre for Writing, 2020-21
- Social Media Administrator, World Kid Lit
- Delivering creative translation workshops in schools in collaboration with the Stephen Spender Trust
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