2018–

2020

Postdoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) 

Department of History and Cultural Studies – Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies; 

“PalREAD – Reading and Reception of Palestinian Literature Since 1948”, ERC project

2018

PhD, Modern Arabic Literature and Translation Studies

Centre of Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)

Thesis title: “Iraqi women’s stories: reading Iraqi women writers’ Arabic novels in English translation using analytical frameworks of feminist translation.” 

Supervisors: Professor Ursula Tidd and Dr. Anastasia Valassopoulos.  

2018

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy,

School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)

2013

Masters, Translation and Interpreting Studies (Arabic/English – English/Arabic)

Centre of Translation Studies, University of Salford (Salford, UK) 

Thesis title: “Re-writing or re-written: Arab women writers in Arabic-English translation.” 

Supervisor: Professor Myriam Salama-Carr

2004

Masters, Arabic & French Studies (Literature, Language, History and Culture)

University of Cambridge, St. John’s College (Cambridge, UK) 

1997

BA (Honours), Arabic and French Studies (Literature, Language, History and Culture)

University of Cambridge, St. John’s College (Cambridge, UK) 

2018

Guest Lecturer in Advanced French-English Translation, Aston University, UK

2016–2018

Research Assistant (Classical & Modern Arabic), Arabic Discourses on Translation Anthology (University of Manchester, UK) 

Archival Research for forthcoming “Arabic Discourses on Translation Anthology”

2016–2018

Graduate Teaching Instructor: (Undergraduate and Masters level)

Postcolonial Arabic Literature, Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa, Specialised Arabic-English translation (Literary, Commercial & Technical, Transnational NGO)

2015–2016

Academic Activities Coordinator, University of Manchester, UK: 

Centre of Advanced Studies in the Arab World (CASAW), Manchester

2009–

2014

Senior Community Health Development Worker, Salford Health Improvement Team

Salford City Council, Salford, UK.

2008–

2009

Community Development Worker (Salford) 

Refugee Action Manchester, Manchester, UK

2004–

2008

Senior Refugee Case Worker 

Refugee Health Team, Three Boroughs Primary Healthcare Team

Lambeth Primary Trust (covering Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham, London, UK)

1998–

2004

Refugee Health Worker 

Refugee Health Team, Three Boroughs Primary Healthcare Team

Lambeth Primary Trust (covering Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham, London, UK

2015–

present

Editor, New Voices in Translation Studies  (Book Reviews)

International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)

Since–

present

Co-Editor, The Literary Encyclopaedia 

(Middle Eastern and Arab Literatures and Cultures)

2016–

2017

Athena Swan PGR Representative for School of Humanities, Arts and Culture

University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)

2015–

2017

Languages and Intercultural Studies (LIS) PGR Representative,

School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)

2012–

2018

Director on the Board of Trustees (Chair)

Langworthy Cornerstone Association (LCA), Salford, UK.

2014–

2016

Co-Chair, Management Committee

Salford Women’s Umbrella Group (SWUG), Salford, UK.

2014–

2017

Award: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for Postgraduate Research,

North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP)

University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

 2018

70 Years of Nakba: A Programme of Palestinian Shorts

HOME Manchester (In partnership with Sheffield Hallam University)

2018

Translation in the News as Text, Paratext and Paratranslation,

Centre of Translation Studies, University of Leeds.                        

2018

Arab women's literary creativity in transit: the politics of translating gendered activism,            

International Symposium on feminist translation studies, Aston University, UK.

2017

Talking Between the Gaps: Interpreting for Refugees in Mental Health Settings,

School of Education, and Development, University of Manchester.  

2017

The Materiality of Children’s Picture Books in Para/translation 

International Symposium on Travel, Translation and Children's Books,

Department of French Studies, University of Manchester.

2016 & 2017

Research Methodologies for Translation and Interpreting Studies, (Critical Discourse Analysis)

Centre of Translation & Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester, UK.

2016

Feminist Translation: Theory & Praxis (Open Access Lecture)

Theory Intensive Series, University of Manchester, UK.