Lisa J. White is a teacher and translator of Arabic. She was born in Philadelphia and obtained her BA from

Penn State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State became ...

and her MA from Harvard University.Faculty Register, American University in Cairo
/ref> She currently teaches Arabic 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 ...

. She won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award for her translation of '' Little Songs in the Shade of Tamaara'' by the poet

Mohammed Afifi Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...

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