Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul is an Iraqi scholar, critic, and translator. She was educated in Iraq, Lebanon, Britain, France, and the USA. She obtained her PhD in comparative literature from Columbia University in 1978. Currently, she is chair and professor of English and comparative literature at the

American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs ...

Career as a scholar

As a scholar, Ghazoul has a number of significant publications, notably the encyclopaedic ''Arab Women Writing: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999'' (2008) which she co-edited with

Radwa Ashour Radwa Ashour ( ar, رضوى عاشور) (26 May 1946 – 30 November 2014) was an Egyptian novelist. Life Ashour was born in El-Manial to Mustafa Ashour, a lawyer and literature enthusiast, and Mai Azzam, a poet and an artist. She graduate ...

and Hasna Reda-Mekdashi. The book was chosen by ''Choice'' journal as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of the year. Among other works, Ghazoul is the author of ''Nocturnal Poetics: The Arabian Nights in Comparative Context'' ( AUC Press, 1996). Her principal research interests are comparative literature and postcolonial studies, and she has written numerous scholarly articles, book reviews and book chapters on these topics. She is the founding editor of ''Alif: A Journal of Comparative Poetics'', one of the AUC's flagship journals.

Career as a translator

As a literary translator, Ghazoul is a past winner of the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award. Ghazoul and co-translator

John Verlenden John Verlenden is an American academic, writer and award-winning translator of Arabic literature. He obtained a BA in English literature from Rhodes College in 1986 followed by an MFA in Creative Writing from Louisiana State University in 1988. He ...

won the award for their translation of

Muhammad Afifi Matar Muhammad Afifi Matar ( ar, محمد عفيفي مطر; 1935 – 28 June 2010), was an Egyptian poet. He was born in the village of Ramalat al-Anjab in the Menoufia region of the Nile Delta. He went to school in Menouf and afterwards moved to Cairo ...

's volume of poetry ''Rubaiyat al-farah'' (''Quartet of Joy''). The duo have also translated

Edwar al-Kharrat Edwar al-Kharrat ( ar, إدوار الخراط‎; 16 March 1926 – 1 December 2015) was an Egyptian novelist, writer and critic. Early life He was born in Alexandria to a Coptic Christian family. He studied law at Alexandria University and w ...

's classic novel ''Rama and the Dragon'', and in July 2010, they received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to translate the works of the Bahraini poet Qassim Haddad."AUC Professors Receive Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities", AUC News, 21 July 2010
/ref> Besides translating a considerable amount of

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, Ghazoul has translated critical works from English and French into Arabic. Below is a list of the diverse genres and authors that she has translated so far: *Poetry:

, Muhammad Sulayman, Qassim Haddad, Fadwa Tuqan,

Mourid Barghouti Mourid Barghouti ( ar, مريد البرغوثي, ; 8 July 1944 – 14 February 2021) was a Palestinian poet and writer. Biography Barghouti was born in Deir Ghassana, near Ramallah, on the West Bank, in 8 July 1944. He studied English litera ...

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, Sami Mahdi, Adunis, Mahmoud Darwish, Abdel-Moneim Ramadan,

Amal Dunqul Amal Abul-Qassem Dunqul ( ar, أمل دنقل, ; 23 June 1940 – 21 May 1983) was an Egyptian poet. Early life Dunqul was born in El-Qala village in Qift, an administrative division of Qena Governorate on 23 June 1940. His father had gotten h ...

, Ibrahim Nasrallah,

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Nazik al-Mala’ika Nazik al-Malaika ( ar, نازك الملائكة; 23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007) was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse. Early life and career Al-Malaika was born in Baghdad to a cul ...

*Novel:

*Short story: Anita Desai *Autobiography:

*Critical theory: Edward Said,

Abdel-Wahab Meddeb Abdelwahab Meddeb ( aeb, عبد الوهاب المدب; 1946 – 5 November 2014) was a French-language writer and cultural critic, and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre. Biography and career Meddeb was ...

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, Paul Ricoeur, Charles Sanders Peirce, Michael Riffaterre *Essays:

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, ...

Ahlam Mosteghanemi Ahlem Mosteghanemi ( ar, أحلام مستغانمي), alternatively written Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953) is an Algerian writer who has been called "''probably the world's best-known Arabophone woman novelist''". She was the first Algerian wom ...

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, Saadi Youssef *Interview: Edward Said

Selected works

As author

* ''Nocturnal Poetics: The Arabian Nights in Comparative Context'' * ''The Arabian Nights: A Structural Analysis''

As editor

* ''Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999'' (co-edited with

and Hasna Reda-Mekdashi) * ''Edward Said and Critical Decolonization'' (editor) * ''The View from Within: Writers and Critics on Contemporary Arabic Literature'' (co-edited with Barbara Harlow) * ''Alif: Journal of Contemporary Poetics'' (founding editor)

As translator

* ''Quartet of Joy'' by

(co-translated with

) * ''Rama and the Dragon'' by

(co-translated with John Verlenden) * ''Solomon Rex'' by Muhammad Sulayman

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghazoul, Ferial Iraqi scholars Iraqi critics Iraqi translators Iraqi writers Arabic–English translators Living people Columbia University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)