Samia Mehrez

Samia Mehrez is a professor of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo. Her work focuses on the fields of modern Arabic literature, postcolonial literature, translation stud

Translating Egypt’s revolution: introducing an anthology of essays

The forthcoming volume, Translating Egypt's Revolution, draws on the interdisciplinary nature of the field of translation studies today as it seeks to describe and explain the myriad ways in which the Egyptian people wrested back control of their public space and public culture in 2011. Come and d

By Samia Mehrez

/ 13 Mar 2012

The Tahrir Square meme: a series of events at the University of East London

openDemocracy in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus. All the events are free and the public is encouraged to attend.

By Mohamed ElDeeb, The Narcicyst, Ibn Thabit, Samia Mehrez and Laura Gribbon

/ 25 Jan 2012