Amira Nowaira

Amira Nowaira obtained her Ph. D. in English from Birmingham University, UK. She is former Chairperson of the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt, and is currently Professor of English Literature in the same Department. She has published extensively in various fields including English, Arabic and comparative literature, Arab women’s writing and translation. She translated into Arabic Susan Bassnett’s book Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction (1999) and into English (with Azza El Kholy) Iqbal Qazwini’s novel Zubaida’s Window (2008). She is also co-editor of The Feminist Press's Women Writing Africa: The Northern Region (Feb 2009).