Mona Mikhail
Who Is She
Personal information
Professor of Arabic Literature
Mona Mikhail
Contact information / Private
Languages
Arabic
English
French
Contact information / Work
American University in Cairo
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room 2164
Cairo
Egypt
Phone:
+2 0226151779
Education
PhD, Arabic Literature, University of Michigan, 1972
Competences
Arabic Literature
The Arab East and North Africa
Gender Studies
Literature of the Arab Diaspora
Mass Media in the Arab World
Work history
Jobs:
Professor of Arabic Literature, Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, American University in Cairo.
Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University.
Honorary office and memberships:
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
Productions and works:
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.
Awards
Distinctions:
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
