User:Karen McNeil

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هذا المستخدم يستطيع المساهمة بالعربية بمستوى ممتاز.

PhDThis user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Arabic.

About Me

I have a Ph.D. in Arabic Linguistics from Georgetown University. My research focus is the sociolinguistics of Tunisian Arabic, and I'm also interested in the syntax and description of Tunisian Arabic. I'm also a translator; I did the English translation of Shukri Mabkhout's novel The Italian, along with my co-translator, Miled Faiza. and we working on Amira Ghnayim's novel Calamity, which will be published in 2024. I am also interested in lexicography and was lead reviewing editor of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary.

My goal in editing Wikipedia is to improve the publicly-available knowledge on subjects that I care about.

Current editing interests

• Tunisian Arabic
• Tunisian Arabic (Derja) authors
• Tunisian women writers
• Tunisian authors who write in Arabic
• Arab women writers

To-do

Tunisian Arabic (Derja) writers

Pri	Name	Page	Photo	Bio	Works	Prizes	Task1	Task2	Task3
3	Bousselmi, Dhia – translator
4	Charfeddine, Amira – novelist
1	Fazaâ, Faten – novelist
2	Ezzine, Anis – novelist
5	Mastoura, Majd, actor and translator						add § derja writing
2	Youssef Chahed (writer)
1	Derja Association (draft)

Tunisian women writers

Priority	Name	Page	Photo	Bio	Works	Prizes	Task1	Task2	Task3
1	Alia Tabaï / ‘Alyā’ al-Tābi‘ī, novelist
1	Amel Mokhtar / Āmāl Mukhtār, novelist
1	Messaouda Boubaker (1954- ), novelist and short story writer	-	-
1	Fethia Hechmi / Fatḥiyya al-Hāshimī (b. 1955)
	Amel Moussa, poet and journalist
	Rachida el-Charni (1967- ), novelist and short story writer
	Lamia Makaddam, poet
	Ḥafīẓa Qārah Bībān (b. 1951) / bint al-Bahr
	Āmna al-Ramīlī al-Waslātī (b. 1958)
	Ines Abassi (1982- ), poet
	Faouzia Aloui (1958- ), poet and short story writer
	Hind Azouz (1926-2015), writer
	Hélé Béji (1948– ), novelist and essayist in French
	Fatma Ben Mahmoud, poet and fiction writer
	Noura Bensaad, novelist and short story writer
	Fadela Echebbi (1946- ), poet
	Houyem Ferchichi, literary journalist and short story writer
	Reem Gomri, poet
	Sophie el Goulli (1932– ), novelist and art historian
	Gisèle Halimi (1927– ), lawyer, feminist activist and essayist
	Sabiha Al Khemir (1959- ), writer and illustrator
	Laïla Koubaa
	Besma Maroueni, poet
	Jamila Mejri (1951– ), poet
	Samar Samir Mezghanni
	Amina Saïd (1953– ), poet
	Fawzia Zouari, writer and journalist

Arab women writers

Pri	Name	Page	Photo	Bio	Works	Task1	Task2	Task3
	Inaya Jaber (1948- ), poet, short story writer and journalist
	Hanan al-Shaykh, novelist	-	-	-	-	improve sourcing	works formatting

Modern Tunisian writers

Pri	Name	Page	Photo	Bio	Works	Prizes	Task1	Task2	Task3
1	Moncef Ouahibi (1949- ), poet
1	Albert Memmi (1920- ), writer and essayist	-		-	-	-	clean up sources
1	Ali Douagi						sources	c/e
1	Taht Essour (Under the Wall Group)	-
1	'Izz al-Dīn al-Madanī (1938- ), playwright and short story writer
1	Abdelaziz El Aroui						trans Ar
1	Kamel Riahi, novelist and critic						sources	c/e
1	Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983), writer and teacher						trans fr wiki	trans ar wiki
1	Shukri Makhbout (1962– ), novelist and academic	-					add trans info	add § The Italian
1	Mahmud al-Mis'adi (1911– ), novelist and playwright						organize page	add info from Allen	+ srcs
1	Hassouna Mosbahi (1950- ), novelist and short story writer						add info on trans
	Saghir Oulad Ahmed (1955-2016), poet
	Mohamed Aribi, novelist & member of the Under the Wall group
	Hassan Ben Othman (1959- ), novelist and short story writer
	Rafik Ben Salah (1948– ), novelist
	Claude Bénady (1922– ), poet
	Nouredine Betayeb (1967- ), poet and journalist
	Slaheddine Bhiri (1947– ), novelist and poet
	Salah Eddine Boujah
	Saleh al-Dames, novelist and short story writer
	Anis Debeche (1984– ), zoologist, novelist and academic
	Hafedh Djedidi (1953– ), poet and novelist
	Miled Faiza (1974- ), poet and translator
	Mustapha Fersi (1931-2008), novelist and playwright
	Adam Fet’hi, poet and translator
	Salah Garmadi (1933–1982), linguist and poet
	Moncef Ghachem (1946– ), poet
	Muhammad al-Mukhtar Jannat (1930- ), novelist and short story writer
	Muhyi al-Din Khrayyif (1932– ), poet
	Mansour M’henni, poet and journalist
	Fawzi Mellah (1946– ), playwright and novelist
	Moncef Mezghanni (1954- ), poet and children's writer
	Mohamed Moncef Metoui (1943– ), playwright, director and novelist
	Chams Nadir (1949– ), novelist and short story writer
	Ryvel, pseudonym of Raphael Levy (1898–1972), writer and journalist

Other Arabic literature topics

• Zaynab (novel)

Sources

• ArabLit: Four Tunisian Women Writers You Should Know
• Banipal: Modern Tunisian Literature
• The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions
• Words Without Borders: Under a different light: Writing by Tunisian women