Fields of interest

My fields of interest include Arabic literature and culture, language, and translation. My research specialization lies in Modern and contemporary Egyptian novels and short-stories. Most of my work focuses on the evolution of urban structures in modern and contemporary Cairo and its influence on literary texts. Other research interests include women Palestinian writers and National liberation movement, as well as representation of social protest and revolutionary changes in Egyptian literature. My work is mostly based on a close reading of texts and combines narratology and sociological analysis, thus keeping in mind the socio-political context.

Teaching

·     Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic
·     Arabic Literature
·     Modern Arabic Literature (MA Courses)
·     Introduction in the literature of the Middle East
·     Uitvoerende Kunsten in het Midden-Oosten

Key publications

2011
“Reshaping urban imaginary: Cairo malls in two contemporary Egyptian novels”, in Arabica, Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, forthcoming.

« Femmes de lettre et mouvement national palestinien », in Dictionnaire des créatrices, Editions des Femmes, Paris (forthcoming). 

Entries about 18 Palestinian women writers in Dictionnaire des créatrices, Editions des Femmes, Paris (forthcoming).

2008
Cosmopolitan Alexandria, from Durrell to Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, in Wighat Nazar, August 2008, (Arabic).

2007
Cairo in modern and contemporary Egyptian literature, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo, Egypt, (Arabic, publication and translation of my PHD thesis).

2006
« Le Caire traque ses amants » in La Pensée de Midi n°17, 2004, Actes Sud, 16-22

2005 
« De la Ville Vertige à la Mégapole Fragmentée », in Lettre de l'OUCC n°6/7 (2005), CEDEJ, 60-66

2003-2004
« Le Vertige de la Ville », in Qantara n°50-51, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 53-55.

2002
“al-Rīf wal madīna fil adab” [Countryside and City in Literature], Amkina n°4, 147-160.

2001
“Imbāba Madīna Maftūḥa” [Imbaba is an Open City], Amkina n°3, 95-114.