• Ph.D. (candidate) in Translation Studies, Binghamton University, expected in 2019.
  • M.A. in Translation and Interpreting, American University of Sharjah, 2012.
  • B.B.A., American University in Dubai, 2009.
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dec 10 2018 +
  • Arabic, Standard and Gulf (native)
  • English (native)
  • Spanish (reading, with dictionary)
  • Syriac (reading, with dictionary)
  • French (reading, with dictionary)
  • Persian (elementary)
  • Urdu (elementary)
  • Ancient Greek (elementary)
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apr 21 2019 +
  • Appointments at Binghamton University (2013-2019)
    • Graduate Assistant of the Translation Research and Instruction Program (Fall 2018-Spring 2019) and Arabic (Spring 2019)
    • Adjunct Lecturer of Arabic (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
    • Teaching Assistant of Arabic (Spring 2017)
    • Language Resources Specialist at Languages Across the Curriculum (Spring 2017)
    • Adjunct Lecturer of Arabic (Fall 2013-2016)
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mar 17 2019 +
  • Arabic at Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels.
  • Translating Race and Gender (co-taught)
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dec 15 2018 +

Peer Reviewed Academic Publications:

  • “Identities of a Single Root: The Triad of the Khunthā, Mukhannath, and Khanīth.” Women & Language , vol. 40, no. 1, October 2018, pp. 97–109.
  • “‘You have made her a man among men’: Translating the Khuntha’s Anatomy in Fatimid Jurisprudence.” TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly , vol. 3, no. 3–4, Nov. 2016, pp. 578–586. doi:10.1215/23289252-3545251. https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-...

Academic Translations:

Other Publications:

  • “Translating is Incarnating.” Syntax Freezone , ed. Rahel Aima and Ahmad Makia. Dubai: The State. 2015, pp. 65-74.
dec 10 2018 ∞
feb 23 2019 +
  • Dissertation research on Abd al-Rahim al-Isnawi's Idah al-Mushkil fi Ahkham al-Khunhta al-Mushkil (a legal manual on the khuntha):
    • A critical edition of the Idah, compiled through 4 extant manuscripts.
    • Selected translations of sections of the Idah.
    • Commentaries on the Idah's framework on sex, its relation to intersexuality, the community's relationship, and the internal tensions of the framework with other models of sex.
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