+ (202) 37613484
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Professor of Arabic Literature
Mona Mikhail
American University in Cairo
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room 2164
Cairo
Egypt
+2 0226151779
monan@aucegypt.edu
PhD, Arabic Literature, University of Michigan, 1972.
Arabic
English
French
Arabic Literature
The Arab East and North Africa
Gender Studies
Literature of the Arab Diaspora
Mass Media in the Arab World
Professor of Arabic Literature, Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, American University in Cairo.
Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University.
Member, Middle East Studies Association.
Member, American Research Center in Egypt.
Member and former President, American Association of Teachers of Arabic.
Former Vice President, Egyptian American Professional Society.
Served on numerous editorial boards including IJMES, Al-Arabiyya, and Ibdaa.
Seen and Heard: A Century of Women in Literature and Culture. Boston: Interlink, 2004.
Dirasat fi al Qissa al Qasira (Studies in the Short Story). Cairo: The Supreme Council for Culture, 2004.
Studies in the Short Fiction of Idris and Mahfouz. New York: NYU Press, 1992.
Recipient of various grants from NEA, Fulbright, and NEH amongst others.
Pegasus Prize for Translation, for "Seeds of Corruption".
P.E.N. Prize for translating stories by Yusuf Idris.
Columbia University Translation Center Prize for the Story of Zuhra.
