Ferial GhazoulFerial Ghazoul is an Iraqi scholar, critic, and translator. She is professor of English and comparative literature at the American University in Cairo and editor of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. She has translated modern Arabic poetry and ficion to English and critical theory from English and French to Arabic. Walid El Hamamsy is assistant professor of cultural studies in the Department of English, Cairo University. He is the co-editor of Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook. Read More Read Less