Amira Nowaira

Amira Nowaira (Arabic: أميرة نويرة) is an Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author.^[1] She earned her doctorate in English literature from the University of Birmingham. 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.).