Mohammed Albakry

Mohammed A. Albakry is an Egyptian-American academic and translator of contemporary Arabic literature. He is currently a professor at Middle Tennessee State University. His translations of Arabic fiction appeared in various publications, and some of his translations of Egyptian drama have been performed in major U.S cities including theaters in New York, Boston, Nashville, and Chicago. He occasionally contributes journalistic pieces to The Tennessean newspaper, and other print and online periodicals.

External links

• Faculty profile in MTSU website: http://www.mtsu.edu/english/Profiles/albakrym.php

• Short interview on “Out of the Blue”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHIzwaIGyk

• Summer Scholars: National Endowment for the Humanities: University of Illinois: http://nehsummerinstitute.translation.illinois.edu/people/scholar

• An interview in Arabic (about 23 min) with Nile TV: http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=c4-feed-u&v=jTMPlmn77RE

• National Endowment of the Arts profile—Writers’ Corner: http://arts.gov/writers-corner/bio/mohammed-albakry

See also

• List of Arabic-English translators