+ (202) 37613484
+ (202) 37613484
Senior Instructor of Rhetoric and Composition
The American University in Cairo
Rhetoric and Composition
Egypt
ymotawy@aucegypt.edu
PhD, English Literature, Cairo University, 2012.
MA, English and Comparative Literature, American University in Cairo, 2003.
BA, English and Comparative Literature, American University in Cairo, 2000.
Arabic
English
French
Children’s literature and Creative Writing for Children.
Arab YA and picturebooks.
Speculative fiction.
Service learning.
Critical discourse analysis.
Senior Instructor of Rhetoric and Composition, The American University in Cairo, 2006-present.
Freelance Children’s Publications Consultant, Translator and Editor, 2008-present.
Editorial Assistant, Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, The American University in Cairo, 2005- 2006.
Strategic Alliances Manager and Website Editor, EuroServices International, Surrey, UK, 2001-2003.
Jury member, Hans Christian Andersen Award, 2016-2018.
IBBY Egypt board member and Bookbird correspondent, August 2012-present.
She has 8 books review, 3 online articles, 2 book chapters and 4 peer-reviewed articles.
She has 15 Arabic to English book translations, and 6 English to Arabic book translations.
Tewfick Doss Award for the best thesis, The American University in Cairo, 2003.
Writing Center Fellowship, Department of English and Comparative Literature, 2001-2003.
