Upcoming Events
April 29, 2025
NYPL & NBF Presents: Translating the World
New York Public Library
World Literature & Arts Festival
May 8, 2025
Translating Your Work
ONWARDS Workshop
Virtual
May 21, 2025
The Future of Publishing & Literature in Translation
Bridges Creative Summit
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
May 22, 2025
In conversation with Aleksandar Hemon
Bridges Creative Summit
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
May 22, 2025
Translation Slam
Bridges Creative Summit
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
NYPL & NBF Presents: Translating the World
New York Public Library
World Literature & Arts Festival
May 8, 2025
Translating Your Work
ONWARDS Workshop
Virtual
May 21, 2025
The Future of Publishing & Literature in Translation
Bridges Creative Summit
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
May 22, 2025
In conversation with Aleksandar Hemon
Bridges Creative Summit
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
May 22, 2025
Translation Slam
Bridges Creative Summit
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
Past Events
October 30, 2024
Words Without Borders Annual Gala
Edison Ballroom
NYC
September 28, 2024
Reading from Massachusetts Review: “The View from Gaza”
Association of Postcolonial Thought Symposium, UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA
September 26, 2024
Day of Translation
Center for Fiction
Brooklyn, NY
December 11, 2023
The Frightened Ones
Howard Community College Faculty Colloquium
May 18, 2022
Growing a Literary Landscape
Narrating the Middle East | The DC Arab Literature Festival
September 21, 2021
Festival of Languages: A Reading Featuring Literary Translation
The Poetry Center
Tucson, AZ
November 26, 2020
Reading from Thirteen Months of Sunrise
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Award Ceremony
(watch here)
November 10, 2020
National Book Awards Finalists Reading
Hosted by The New School
(watch here)
October 29, 2020
Borderless Book Club: Minor Detail
(hosted by Peirene Press: learn more here)
October 12, 2020
A Cedilla Bestiary
ALTA Conference
(online)
October 4, 2020
Arabic Translation: A Hands-On Workshop
ALTA Conference
August 31, 2020
A reading from 'Edges' by Rania Mamoun
Translators Aloud
(Watch here)
August 7, 2020
Translating Violence: a conversation with Annie McDermott
Small Presses do Women in Translation Month
(view video on Instagram Live)
July 29, 2020
Banipal Book Club: The Frightened Ones
(online)
July 8, 2020
"A Substitute's Diary (Part Two)" of Four by Four
Two Month Review
(video available here)
June 15, 2020 (CANCELLED)
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
June 5, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Antigone Bookstore
Tucson, AZ
April 23, 2020
Borderless Book Club: Thirteen Months of Sunrise
(hosted by Peirene Press: podcast available here)
April 23, 2020
The Frightened Ones: A Conversation with M. Lynx Qualey
Sant Jordi NYC Festival (video available here)
April 2020 (CANCELLED)
Visiting Translator at the University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
April 8, 2020 (CANCELLED)
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
March 23, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Festival of Languages: Literature in Translation
The Poetry Center
Tucson, AZ
March 7, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Try This, You Might Like It: A First Taste of Translation
AWP Conference
San Antonio, TX
February 12-16, 2020
Tarjem: Arabic-English Translation Workshop
Sharjah, UAE
November 10, 2019
Everything You Wanted to Know About Being a Professional Literary Translator (But Were Too Afraid to Ask)
ALTA Conference
Rochester, NY
November 9, 2019
LitCrawl Bonus Stop with Çedilla & Co.
PopROC
Rochester, NY
November 9, 2019
Arabic Translation Workshop
ALTA Conference
Rochester, NY
October 14, 2019
The Politics of Translation: Arabic Literature in Europe
Hosted by KfW Foundation & Commonwealth Writers
Frankfurt, Germany
October 3, 2019
The Future of Translation with Çedilla & Co.
Green Apple Books on the Park
San Francisco, CA
August 7-September 11, 2019
In residence at the Jan Michalski Foundation
Montricher, Switzerland
July 17, 2019
University of Arizona Poetry Center's Whitman Summer Social: Show and Tell with the American Literary Translators
Hotel Congress
Tucson, AZ
June 4, 2019
From Pitching to Publishing and Beyond
Bread Loaf Translators' Conference
Ripton, VT
June 1, 2019
Reading with John Elder, Claire Vaye Watkins, Edward Gauvin
Bread Loaf Translators' Conference
Ripton, VT
March 28, 2019
Getting Beyond 3%: International Literature and US Literary Culture
AWP Conference
Portland, OR
March 28, 2019
Literary Citizens of the World: The Practical Side of Writing Abroad
AWP Conference
Portland, OR
November 2, 2018
A Lunchtime Reading with Çedilla & Co.
Monroe County Public Library
Bloomington, IN
November 2, 2018
Sub/Missions
ALTA Conference
Bloomington, IN
September 27, 2018
Day of Translation with the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
May 31, 2018
Literature in Translation on the Rise
BookExpo America
NYC
May 31, 2018
Translated Literature Today: A Decade of Growth
New York Rights Fair
NYC
May 16, 2018
Creative at the Cannery: Prose Reading
Dock Street Brewery
Philadelphia, PA
May 3, 2018
The Apartment in Bab el-Louk
Green Apple Books on the Park
San Francisco, CA
April 26, 2018
The Common Issue 15 Launch
Housing Works Bookstore
NYC
April 25, 2018
A Writer in Egypt
In conversation with Basma Abdel Aziz
Bennington, VT
April 21, 2018
Multilingual Exquisite Corpse
Lit Crawl, hosted by Words without Borders & SLICE
NYC
March 10, 2018
Translation and/as Exile
AWP Conference
Tampa, FL
March 8, 2018
Instructions Not Included: A Roundtable on Collaborative Translation
AWP Conference
Tampa, FL
November 30, 2017
Imagining Arabic Literature Beyond Politics
Bennington Translates
Bennington, VT
October 8, 2017
Thriving Financially as a Freelance Literary Translator
ALTA Conference
Minneapolis, MN
October 6, 2017
A Nightcap with Cedilla & Co.
Milkweed Books
Minneapolis, MN
August 17, 2017
Women in Translation Month: A Reading and Discussion
Presented by the PEN America Translation Committee
WORD Bookstore
Brooklyn, NY
July 16, 2017
The Waking Nightmare: Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Dystopias
Panel Chair, Shubbak Festival
London, UK
(Audio available here)
July 15, 2017
The Seven of Cups
Performance of work by Rasha Abbas in translation
Shubbak Festival
London, UK
April 2, 2017
An Evening with Cedilla & Co.
Reading sponsored by the PEN America Translation Committee
KGB Bar
NYC
February 15, 2017
A Word For Love
In conversation with Emily Robbins
Head House Books
Philadelphia, PA
February 9, 2017
Translation and/as Advocacy
Panel discussion hosted by PEN America
AWP Conference
Washington, D.C.
Words Without Borders Annual Gala
Edison Ballroom
NYC
September 28, 2024
Reading from Massachusetts Review: “The View from Gaza”
Association of Postcolonial Thought Symposium, UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA
September 26, 2024
Day of Translation
Center for Fiction
Brooklyn, NY
December 11, 2023
The Frightened Ones
Howard Community College Faculty Colloquium
May 18, 2022
Growing a Literary Landscape
Narrating the Middle East | The DC Arab Literature Festival
September 21, 2021
Festival of Languages: A Reading Featuring Literary Translation
The Poetry Center
Tucson, AZ
November 26, 2020
Reading from Thirteen Months of Sunrise
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Award Ceremony
(watch here)
November 10, 2020
National Book Awards Finalists Reading
Hosted by The New School
(watch here)
October 29, 2020
Borderless Book Club: Minor Detail
(hosted by Peirene Press: learn more here)
October 12, 2020
A Cedilla Bestiary
ALTA Conference
(online)
October 4, 2020
Arabic Translation: A Hands-On Workshop
ALTA Conference
August 31, 2020
A reading from 'Edges' by Rania Mamoun
Translators Aloud
(Watch here)
August 7, 2020
Translating Violence: a conversation with Annie McDermott
Small Presses do Women in Translation Month
(view video on Instagram Live)
July 29, 2020
Banipal Book Club: The Frightened Ones
(online)
July 8, 2020
"A Substitute's Diary (Part Two)" of Four by Four
Two Month Review
(video available here)
June 15, 2020 (CANCELLED)
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
June 5, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Antigone Bookstore
Tucson, AZ
April 23, 2020
Borderless Book Club: Thirteen Months of Sunrise
(hosted by Peirene Press: podcast available here)
April 23, 2020
The Frightened Ones: A Conversation with M. Lynx Qualey
Sant Jordi NYC Festival (video available here)
April 2020 (CANCELLED)
Visiting Translator at the University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
April 8, 2020 (CANCELLED)
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
March 23, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Festival of Languages: Literature in Translation
The Poetry Center
Tucson, AZ
March 7, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Try This, You Might Like It: A First Taste of Translation
AWP Conference
San Antonio, TX
February 12-16, 2020
Tarjem: Arabic-English Translation Workshop
Sharjah, UAE
November 10, 2019
Everything You Wanted to Know About Being a Professional Literary Translator (But Were Too Afraid to Ask)
ALTA Conference
Rochester, NY
November 9, 2019
LitCrawl Bonus Stop with Çedilla & Co.
PopROC
Rochester, NY
November 9, 2019
Arabic Translation Workshop
ALTA Conference
Rochester, NY
October 14, 2019
The Politics of Translation: Arabic Literature in Europe
Hosted by KfW Foundation & Commonwealth Writers
Frankfurt, Germany
October 3, 2019
The Future of Translation with Çedilla & Co.
Green Apple Books on the Park
San Francisco, CA
August 7-September 11, 2019
In residence at the Jan Michalski Foundation
Montricher, Switzerland
July 17, 2019
University of Arizona Poetry Center's Whitman Summer Social: Show and Tell with the American Literary Translators
Hotel Congress
Tucson, AZ
June 4, 2019
From Pitching to Publishing and Beyond
Bread Loaf Translators' Conference
Ripton, VT
June 1, 2019
Reading with John Elder, Claire Vaye Watkins, Edward Gauvin
Bread Loaf Translators' Conference
Ripton, VT
March 28, 2019
Getting Beyond 3%: International Literature and US Literary Culture
AWP Conference
Portland, OR
March 28, 2019
Literary Citizens of the World: The Practical Side of Writing Abroad
AWP Conference
Portland, OR
November 2, 2018
A Lunchtime Reading with Çedilla & Co.
Monroe County Public Library
Bloomington, IN
November 2, 2018
Sub/Missions
ALTA Conference
Bloomington, IN
September 27, 2018
Day of Translation with the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
May 31, 2018
Literature in Translation on the Rise
BookExpo America
NYC
May 31, 2018
Translated Literature Today: A Decade of Growth
New York Rights Fair
NYC
May 16, 2018
Creative at the Cannery: Prose Reading
Dock Street Brewery
Philadelphia, PA
May 3, 2018
The Apartment in Bab el-Louk
Green Apple Books on the Park
San Francisco, CA
April 26, 2018
The Common Issue 15 Launch
Housing Works Bookstore
NYC
April 25, 2018
A Writer in Egypt
In conversation with Basma Abdel Aziz
Bennington, VT
April 21, 2018
Multilingual Exquisite Corpse
Lit Crawl, hosted by Words without Borders & SLICE
NYC
March 10, 2018
Translation and/as Exile
AWP Conference
Tampa, FL
March 8, 2018
Instructions Not Included: A Roundtable on Collaborative Translation
AWP Conference
Tampa, FL
November 30, 2017
Imagining Arabic Literature Beyond Politics
Bennington Translates
Bennington, VT
October 8, 2017
Thriving Financially as a Freelance Literary Translator
ALTA Conference
Minneapolis, MN
October 6, 2017
A Nightcap with Cedilla & Co.
Milkweed Books
Minneapolis, MN
August 17, 2017
Women in Translation Month: A Reading and Discussion
Presented by the PEN America Translation Committee
WORD Bookstore
Brooklyn, NY
July 16, 2017
The Waking Nightmare: Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Dystopias
Panel Chair, Shubbak Festival
London, UK
(Audio available here)
July 15, 2017
The Seven of Cups
Performance of work by Rasha Abbas in translation
Shubbak Festival
London, UK
April 2, 2017
An Evening with Cedilla & Co.
Reading sponsored by the PEN America Translation Committee
KGB Bar
NYC
February 15, 2017
A Word For Love
In conversation with Emily Robbins
Head House Books
Philadelphia, PA
February 9, 2017
Translation and/as Advocacy
Panel discussion hosted by PEN America
AWP Conference
Washington, D.C.
