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568: 113:. Through her participation in international conferences and workshops, she is active in mentoring literary translators and in developing the field of literary translation in general. She has been a lecturer and guest speaker at numerous literary events, including the Shubbak Festival of Contemporary Arab Culture in London. Among other literary organizations, the 84:
is a writer and translator of contemporary Arabic literature into English, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She is known for her award-winning translations, as lecturer and speaker on the field of literary translation and for her contributions to contemporary Arabic literature in English-language
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Bait Al Ghasham Foundation and London-based Dar Arab publishers. During a conference on the occasion of the 2024 award ceremony, she said that for most Western publishers, Arabic literature still evokes expectations of "desert scenes with palm trees" and similar stereotypes.
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entitled "The Reality of Translating Children's Literature from Arabic to Other Languages". The webinar featured Hussain and Robert Morgan, publisher and director of Canadian publishing house Bookland Press, and was moderated by Porter Anderson, editor-in-chief of
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of the "Bait Al Ghasham - Dar Arab International Award" for translating Arabic literature into English, organized in cooperation by the
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Castañeda, Ricardo Chavez; Magallanes, Alejandro; Schimel, Lawrence; Morani, Djamila; Hussain, Sawad; Yu, Pei-Yun (2024-03-27).
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Center for Middle Eastern Studies/University of Texas Press, 2021, ISBN 9781477322284.
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written in Arabic, for example from Sudan or by Eritrean-born writer
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have commended her work. Further, Hussain served as one of the
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2023 shortlisted by the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
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Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
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Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
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Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
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ArabLit’s Monthly Newsletter for Publishing Professionals
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University of Texas Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1477318522.
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British translator of Arabic literature into English
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Dedalus Books, 2023, ISBN 978 1 915568 13 7. 292: 285:Fatima Sharafeddine and Samar Mahfouz Barraj. 372:Neem Tree Press, 2024, ISBN 978-1911107859. 238: 187:In September 2020, the American magazine 279: 435:(On resources for editing translations) 846: 401:Kirkus Feature Articles and Interviews 222:Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 99:School of Oriental and African Studies 40:School of Oriental and African Studies 757: 755: 730: 728: 207: 490: 488: 486: 466:"Search Results for "Sawad Hussain"" 874:Alumni of SOAS University of London 424: 13: 763:"PEN Translates winners announced" 752: 725: 669:GHADY & RAWAN | Kirkus Reviews 212:In 2023, Hussain's translation of 88: 14: 890: 879:Writers of young adult literature 832: 483: 274: 253:2023 English PEN Translates grant 864:21st-century British translators 93:Hussain graduated with an MA in 804: 791:ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY 779: 700: 684:"About Sheikh Zayed Book Award" 676: 647:ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY 594:"June: Arab African Literature" 470:ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY 258:Christopher G. 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What Have You Left Behind? 7: 439: 388: 365:, 2023, ISBN 9781542034036. 136:Hussain is a member of the 10: 895: 869:Arabic–English translators 520:"Behind 'The Slave Yards'" 218:What Have You Left Behind? 341:, ISBN 978 1 912868 72 8. 117:writers association, the 72: 67: 52: 44: 36: 28: 21: 549:National Book Foundation 427:"The End of a Residency" 220:was shortlisted for the 131:Translator's Association 95:Modern Arabic literature 816:www.banipaltrust.org.uk 712:جائزة الشيخ زايد للكتاب 688:sheikh zayed book award 575:(in Arabic). 2024-02-26 524:Shubbak Festival London 256:2023 longlisted by the 239:Awards and distinctions 202:Publishing Perspectives 193:Sheikh Zayed Book Award 189:Publishing Perspectives 158:novels for young adults 133:in the United Kingdom. 859:British women writers 418:Words Without Borders 280:Literary translations 180:, co-translated with 123:Palestine Book Awards 298:Passage to the Plaza 216:'s non-fiction work 191:and the prestigious 178:Samar Mahfouz Barraj 172:by Lebanese authors 103:University of London 382:Woman of the Rivers 233:Woman of the Rivers 174:Fatima Sharafeddine 164:by Algerian writer 119:Anglo-Omani Society 431:www.newwriting.net 370:The Djinn's Apple. 208:Critical reception 182:Marcia Lynx Qualey 150:African literature 111:Asymptote magazine 363:Amazon Publishing 313:Bushra al-Maqtari 300:. 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Official website
Modern Arabic literature
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
ArabLit
Asymptote magazine
English PEN
Anglo-Omani Society
Palestine Book Awards
Chair
Translator's Association
board of trustees
Omani
African literature
Haji Jaber
novels for young adults
Djamila Morani
Fatima Sharafeddine
Samar Mahfouz Barraj
Marcia Lynx Qualey
Sheikh Zayed Book Award
webinar
Bushra al-Maqtari
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
Ishraga Mustafa
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Christopher G. Moore Foundation
Human Rights
Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
Sahar Khalifeh

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