Amira Nowaira is an Egyptian

Egyptians

Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...

 academic, translator, columnist and author. She gained her doctorate in English literature from Birmingham University. She has served as chair of the English department at Alexandria University

Alexandria University

Alexandria University is a university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fuad University , becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University until the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria...

, and is currently a professor there. She has published a number scholarly books and journal articles. More recently, she has contributed journalistic pieces to the Guardian

Guardian

-In the United Kingdom:* The Guardian, founded in 1821 as the Manchester Guardian and renamed in 1959* The Guardian , founded in 1713 and running only briefly...

. Apart from her own books, Nowaira has also done translations, both from Arabic to English (Ali Bader

Ali Bader

Ali Bader is an award winning Arabic novelist And a Film producer, author of eleven works of fiction, and several works of non-fiction, he has also worked as war correspondent covering the Middle East. He rose to prominence in the Arab world in the last decade. In addition to his work as an...

, Taha Hussein et al) and from English to Arabic (Susan Bassnett

Susan Bassnett

Susan Bassnett is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature. She served as pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Warwick for ten years and taught in its Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies, which closed in 2009...

, Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah is an Australian-born writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage.-Personal life:Randa Abdel-Fattah is an Australian-born writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage. Abdel-Fattah grew up in Melbourne but now lives in Sydney where she is a lawyer. She lives with her husband...

 et al).

As author/editor

• Islam, Gender and Modernity (author)
• Growing Up Feminist in a Muslim Land (author)
• Women Writing Africa: The Northern Region (co-editor)

As translator

• Zeina by Nawal El Saadawi
  Nawal El Saadawi
  Nawal El Saadawi , born October 27, 1931, is an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation in her society....
  
   (Arabic to English)
• Zubaida's Window by Iqbal Qazwini (co-translator with Azza El Kholy; Arabic to English)
• The Tobacco Keeper by Ali Bader
  Ali Bader
  Ali Bader is an award winning Arabic novelist And a Film producer, author of eleven works of fiction, and several works of non-fiction, he has also worked as war correspondent covering the Middle East. He rose to prominence in the Arab world in the last decade. In addition to his work as an...
  
   (Arabic to English)
• The Future of Culture in Egypt
  The Future of Culture in Egypt
  The Future of Culture in Egypt is a 1938 book by the Egyptian writer Taha Hussein.The book is a work of Egyptian nationalism advocating both independence and the adoption of various European modes of behaviour and institutions such as a strong military...
  
  by Taha Hussein (Arabic to English)
• Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction by Susan Bassnett
  Susan Bassnett
  Susan Bassnett is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature. She served as pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Warwick for ten years and taught in its Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies, which closed in 2009...
  
   (English to Arabic)
• Where the Streets Had a Name
  Where the streets had a name
  Where the Streets Had a Name is a young adult novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah. It was published in April 2008, shortly after the death of the author's grandmother. It is the only book of Abdel-Fattah's to contain a dedication. It is as follows:...
  
  by Randa Abdel Fattah (co-translator with Nabil Nowaira; English to Arabic)