The GMU Arabic program welcomes literary scholar and translator Alexa Firat

Thursday, November 11, 2021 9:30 AM EST
Online Location

On November 11, at 9:30am, Professor Alexa Firat will speak with students in Professor Greenberg's class Methods in Arabic-English Translation (ARAB 390). Dr. Firat is Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies at Temple University where she teaches language, literature, and cinema courses. She is the co-editor of the volume Generations of Dissent in MENA Literary and Cinematic Productions and is currently working on a manuscript tentatively titled “The Historical Imaginary in Syrian Fiction.” Dr. Firat's translations of Arabic literature have appeared in the collections The Book of Gaza, Beirut 39, and New Voices of Saudi Arabia as well as the journal Words without Borders. In 2012, she published the first translation of Syrian author Khalil Sweileh’s award-winning novel Writing Love.

Dr. Firat will share tips on how to create a successful literary translation and discuss the importance of original translation to literature and cinema studies in Arabic. The talk will be conducted live over Zoom and is open to the public.