Lisa J. White
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Lisa J. White is a teacher and translator of Arabic. She was born in Philadelphia and obtained her BA from Penn State University and her MA from Harvard University
. She currently teaches Arabic at the American University in Cairo
. She won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award
for her translation of Little Songs in the Shade of Tamaara by the poet Mohammed Afifi.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. She currently teaches Arabic at the American University in Cairo
American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo is an independent, non-profit, apolitical, secular institution of higher learning located in Cairo, Egypt...
. She won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award
Arkansas Arabic Translation Award
The Arkansas Arabic Translation Award is a prize given for a notable English translation of a book-length literary work originally written in the Arabic language. The award is administered by the King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at the University of Arkansas...
for her translation of Little Songs in the Shade of Tamaara by the poet Mohammed Afifi.