Tom Abi-Samra's translation was published in the journal Meridians. This article is in two parts. The first part provides an overview of the life of the Egyptian feminist Doria Shafik and the second part consists of translations from the Arabic of four editorials that Shafik wrote in her feminist magazine Bint al-Nīl.

Being a Ukrainian abroad and being a Ukrainian at home today represent two different kinds of pain. Iryna Shuvalova '14, a Ukrainian poet and literature scholar, traveled from her native Kyiv to China, where she works as a college counselor, as tanks began to appear on Ukraine's borders.

The associate professor of German studies and Comparative Literature notes in the "Los Angeles Review of Books" that her father was a stained-glass artist in western Ukraine and says mourning the loss of art "is not separate from mourning for the senseless disruption and destruction of human life."

Ayo Coly (African and African American Studies Program) was appointed to the Class of 1925 Professorship, an endowed professorship.

Together, protest and robust international pressure could restore Sudan's democratic transition. Article in The Dartmouth by Tala Majzoub.

Tom Abi Samra reviews Come Take a Gentle Stab by Salim Barakat translated from the Arabic by Huda J. Fakhreddine and Jayson Iwen (Seagull Books, 2021)

Georgina Emerson, '14 Founder & CEO of Teach About Women, was interviewed on the Mission Matters Business Podcast....

Wojciech Z. Drag, University of Wrocław, Poland, gave a lecture on October 20, 2021, The talk aimed to survey a variety of instances of contemporary experimental life-writing (a critical category introduced by Irene Kacandes in 2012).

Comparative Literature MA Graduate student Tom Abi Samra is presenting a paper at the 55th annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, which will be held virtually November 29–December 3, 2021.

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