Workshops/Mentoring

  • Instructor, New Writing North and University of Newcastle 02/2024-
    Led multiple masterclasses on literary translation as a profession
  • Instructor, Yiddish Book Center 05/2022-
    Led multiple workshops on how to pitch to publishers
  • Instructor, Arabic Prose Workshop, BCLT Summer School 2026 07/2026
    Led week-long workshop focusing on a novel by Omaima al-Khamis 
  • Instructor, Oxford Translates 2026 07/2026
    Led week-long workshop on Arabic-to-English literary translation
  • Instructor, Oxford Translation Day 2026 06/2026
    Led workshop on YA Arabic-to-English literary translation
  • Instructor, European Parliament 10/2024
    Led Workshop on Inclusion and Diversity in Literary Translation for CEATL conference
  • Instructor, University of East Anglia 11/2023-2024
    Led multiple young adult literature translation workshops
  • Instructor, American Literary Translation Association 2023-2024
    Led multiple multilingual prose translation workshops
  • Instructor, University of Liverpool 04/2024
    Led masterclass on literary translation as a profession
  • Instructor, Bristol Translates 2023-2025
    Led week-long workshops on Arabic-to-English literary translation each year
  • Instructor, Multilingual Prose Workshop, BCLT Summer School 2024 07/2024
    Led week-long workshop on literary translation of prose
  • Curator, BCLT Summer School 2023 01-04/2023
    Curated plenary programme of panels and lectures for the summer school
  • Instructor, Two Lines Press and The Center for the Art of Translation 02/2023
    Led three-day workshop on how to pitch to publishers for Kiswahili translators
  • Instructor, Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 02/2023
    Led workshop on The Practicalities of Literary Translation
  • Mentor, National Centre for Writing 10/2021-
    Mentored more than 10 emerging Arabic-English and other language pair translators
  • Mentor for Emerging Translators Programme – National Centre for Writing 2022-2023
    Mentored an emerging Arabic-English translator
  • Pitching Translations to Publishers, Center for the Art of Translation, 2023
    Leading a three-day workshop on how to pitch to publishers
  • Humour in Arabic Literature, British Library 10/2021
    Led a three-week workshop on translating humour in Arabic literature
  • Translation Clinic, International Translation Day, ENGLISH PEN, 09/2021
    Led a multilingual clinic addressing specific issues raised by translators
  • Pitching Translations to Publishers Workshop, National Centre for Writing, 08/2021
    Led a three-part workshop for translators of colour on pitching translations
  • Mentor for New Writing North Programme 2021
    Mentored an emerging Arabic translator
  • Mentor for Visible Communities Programme – National Centre for Writing 2021
    Mentoring an emerging translator 
  • Translating Humor in Contemporary Arabic Literature Workshop 09/2021
    Leading a one-day workshop at Catapult Press online
  • Translating Comic Strips from North Africa British Library, 07/2019
    Co-led comic translation workshop at Africa Writes Literary Festival
  • Translating Egyptian Graphic Novels School of Oriental and African Studies, 07/2019
    Co-led graphic novel translation workshop at Shubbak Literary Festival
  • Translating Comic Strips from the Arab World Shadow Heroes, 2019
    Co-led comic translation workshops at several secondary schools in the UK