Nadiyah Abdullatif

Nadiyah Abdullatif is a freelance translator of Arabic, French and Spanish. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of St Andrews in Modern Languages (Arabic and Spanish) and International Relations and a Masters in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Edinburgh.

Anam Zafar is a multi-award-winning translator from Arabic and French to English. She appears on the 100 Inspiring Muslims: Next Generation Edition list (Emerald Network/Aziz Foundation). Her co-translation of Josephine Baker’s memoir Fearless and Free, with Sophie Lewis, is out now with Vintage Classics/Tiny Reparations. Her co-translation with Nadiyah Abdullatif of Yoghurt and Jam, Or How My Mother Became Lebanese, Lena Merhej’s graphic memoir, won a PEN Translates Award, was shortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Prize and was longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. She has also won the Gulf Coast Prize in Translation and the Stinging Fly New Translator’s Bursary, and has numerous shorter pieces published online and in print.