The Art of Arabic Translation: An Interview With Roger Allen
Yale scholar of Arabic language and literature Jonas Elbousty talks to one of the most prolific translators of the Arabic novel of the past 50 years.
Jonas Elbousty
Jonas Elbousty is an academic, writer, and literary critic and translator. He teaches in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University. He is the author or co-author of eight books, including Faces (Georgetown University Press, 2024), Reading Mohamed Choukri’s Narratives (Routledge, 2024), The Screams of War (Seagull Books 2024), Tales of Tangier (Yale University Press 2023), Aswat Mu’asira: Short Stories (Georgetown University Press 2023), Media Arabic (Routledge 2021), Arabic Literary Reader (Routledge 2014), Vitality and Dynamism: Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco’s Literary Tradition (Leiden University Press 2014). His work has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, ArabLit, ArabLit Quarterly, Asheville Poetry Review, Banipal, Prospectus, Sekka, Journal of North African Studies, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Comparative Literature, Journal of New Jersey Poets, World Literature Today, among other publications.