Amira Nowaira

Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author.

Amira Nowaira (Arabic: أميرة نويرة) is an Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author.^[1] She gained her doctorate in English literature from Birmingham University. She has served as chair of the English department at Alexandria University, and is currently a professor there. She has published a number scholarly books and journal articles. More recently, she has contributed journalistic pieces to The Guardian.^[2] Apart from her own books, Nowaira has also done translations, both from Arabic to English (Ali Bader, Taha Hussein et al.) and from English to Arabic (Susan Bassnett, Randa Abdel-Fattah et al.).

Books

As author/editor

Islam, Gender and Modernity (author)
Growing Up Feminist in a Muslim Land (author)
Women Writing Africa: The Northern Region (co-editor)

As translator

Zeina by Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic to English)
Zubaida's Window by Iqbal Qazwini (co-translator with Azza El Kholy; Arabic to English)
The Tobacco Keeper by Ali Bader (Arabic to English)
The Future of Culture in Egypt by Taha Hussein (Arabic to English)
Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction by Susan Bassnett (English to Arabic)
Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel Fattah (co-translator with Nabil Nowaira; English to Arabic)