Christopher Tingley is an English academic and translator of

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...

. He was born in Brighton and read

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at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

( MPhil 1973) and at

Leeds University , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, for many years lecturing in English and

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at various African universities: the University of Constantine (

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); the

National University of Rwanda The National University of Rwanda (NUR; rw, Kaminuza nkuru y’u Rwanda, french: Université nationale du Rwanda, UNR) was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government i ...

; and the

University of Ouagadougou Founded in 1974, the University of Ouagadougou (UO; french: Université de Ouagadougou) is in the area of Dagnöen Nord (pronounced dag-no-en noor) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Profes ...

(

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

). Tingley is noted as a translator of classic and modern Arabic literature. He has helped to translate book-length works by writers such as Zayd Mutee Dammaj,

Ibrahim al-Koni Ibrāhīm al-Kōnī (sometimes translated as Ibrāhīm Kūnī) ( ar, ابراهيم الكوني) is a Libyan writer and is considered to be one of the most prolific Arab novelists. Biography Born in 1948 in the Fezzan Region, Ghadamis City, ...

, Yahya Yakhlif and Yusuf al-Qa'id. His frequent collaborators include

Salma Khadra Jayyusi Salma Khadra Jayyusi ( ar, سلمى الخضراء الجيوسي; born 1926 or 1927) is a Palestinian poet, writer, translator and anthologist. She is the founder and director of the Project of Translation from Arabic (PROTA), which aims to provi ...

, May Jayyusi and Dina Bosio. He has served as style editor of PROTA, the Project of Translation from Arabic established by Khadra Jayyusi in 1980. He has also contributed to numerous anthologies of

in English, many of them published by PROTA.

Book-length translations

* ''A Balcony Over the Fakihani: Three Novellas'' by Liyana Badr (co-translator: Peter Clark) * ''A Lake Beyond the Wind'' by Yahya Yakhlif (co-translator: May Jayyusi) * ''A Woman of Five Seasons'' by

Leila al-Atrash Laila al-Atrash (Arabic: ليلى الأطرش; died 17 October 2021) was a Palestinian and Jordanian writer and journalist. She was the author of half a dozen novels, one of which (''A Woman of Five Seasons'') was translated into English by Nura ...

(co-translator:

Nora Nweihid Halwani Nora, NORA, or Norah may refer to: * Nora (name), a feminine given name People with the surname * Arlind Nora (born 1980), Albanian footballer * Pierre Nora (born 1931), French historian Places Australia * Norah Head, New South Wales, headlan ...

) * ''Abu Jmeel's Daughter & Other Stories: Arab Folk Tales from Palestine and Lebanon'' (narrator: Jamal Sleem Nuweihed) * ''Homes of the Heart: A Ramallah Chronicle'' by Farouq Wadi (co-translator: Dina Bosio) * ''Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor'' (co-translators: Matthew Sorenson, Faisal Khadra) * ''The Bleeding of the Stone'' by

Ibrahim Al-Koni Ibrāhīm al-Kōnī (sometimes translated as Ibrāhīm Kūnī) ( ar, ابراهيم الكوني) is a Libyan writer and is considered to be one of the most prolific Arab novelists. Biography Born in 1948 in the Fezzan Region, Ghadamis City, ...

(co-translator: May Jayyusi) * ''The Hostage'' by

Zayd Mutee' Dammaj Zayd Mutee' Dammaj (Arabic:زيد مطيع دماج), (1943 - March 20, 2000) was a Yemeni author and politician. He is best known for his short novel '' The Hostage'' which was selected by the Arab Writers Union as one of the top 100 Arabic novels ...

(co-translator: May Jayyusi) * ''The Tree and Other Stories'' by Abdallah Al-Nasser (co-translator: Dina Bosio) * ''

War in the Land of Egypt ''War in the Land of Egypt'' or ''The Egyptian Citizen'' ( ar, المواطن مصري, translit.Al-Moaten Masry) is a 1991 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif, and starting Omar Sharif. It is based on the 1978 novel of the same nam ...

'' (1974) by Yusuf al-Qa'id (co-translators: Olive Kenny, Lorne Kenny) (first English edition in 2004)

Also contributed to

* ''Beyond the Dunes: an anthology of modern Saudi literature'' (editors: Salma Khadra Jayyusi et al.) * ''Classical Arabic Stories: an anthology'' (editor: Salma Khadra Jayyusi) * ''Short Arabic Plays: an anthology'' (editor: Salma Khadra Jayyusi) * ''The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction'' (editor: Denys Johnson-Davies) * ''The Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan: an Arab folk epic'' (translator: Lena Jayyusi) * ''Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry'' by Salma Khadra Jayyusi

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Book-length translations

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