Nancy N. Roberts is an award-winning translator of Arabic literature

Arabic literature

Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment....

. Among her literary translations to date are:

• Beirut ’75 by Ghada Samman
• Beirut Nightmares by Ghada Samman
• The Night of the First Billion by Ghada Samman
• Muntaha by Hala El-Badry
• Time of White Horses by Ibrahim Nasrallah
  Ibrahim Nasrallah
  Ibrahim Nasrallah is a Jordanian-Palestinian poet, novelist, professor, painter and photographer.He studied in the UN agency for Palestine Refugees schools and at the UNRWA Teacher Training College in Amman. He taught in Saudi Arabia for 2 years in the Qunfudha region and worked as a journalist...
  
  
• Over the Bridge by Mohamed el-Bisatie
• Love in the Rain by Naguib Mahfouz
  Naguib Mahfouz
  Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie...
  
  
• The Mirage by Naguib Mahfouz
  Naguib Mahfouz
  Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie...
  
  
• The Man from Bashmour by Salwa Bakr
  Salwa Bakr
  Salwa Bakr is an Egyptian critic, novelist and author. She was born in the Matariyya district in Cairo in 1949. Her father was a railway worker. She studied business at Ain Shams University, gaining a BA degree in 1972. She went on to earn another BA in literary criticism in 1976, before embarking...
  
  

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 Ghada Samman's Beirut '75. She also received a commendation from the judges of the 2008 Banipal Prize for her translation of Salwa Bakr's The Man from Bashmour.

Roberts has also translated works on Islamic history, jurisprudence and Sufism

Sufism

Sufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...

. These include:

• Islamic Jurisprudence According to the Four Sunni Schools, Volume I: Modes of Islamic Worship by Abd al-Rahman al-Jaziri
• Fiqh us-Seerah an-Nabawiyyah by Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti
  Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti
  Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti born in Jilka, Turkey is a prominent Syrian professor and Islamic scholar specializing in Islamic theology and Islamic law. He has authored of numerous books, some of which have been translated to English....