Elisabeth has written for a variety of publications on literature and translation, and on art, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
On Translation
On Thirteen Months of Sunrise. PEN America blog. (7 September 2017).
A Dictionary of the Revolution: An Interview with Amira Hanafi. In Other Words, Issue #48 (Winter 2016)
Anatomy of a (Translated) Page: Basma Abdel Aziz’s The Queue MobyLives (30 May 2016)
And the Prize for Women in Arabic Translation Goes to… No One? ArabLit (8 March 2016)
Between Enchantment and Delirium: Approaching Multilingualism in Translation. In Other Words, Issue #45 (Summer 2015)
Me and the BCLT My BCLT: Celebrating 25 years of the British Centre for Literary Translation (January 2015)
International Translation Day 2014. In Other Words, Issue #44: Translation in the Digital Age (November 2014)
Cairo’s First Translation Slam: Communicating by Sound, Relationship, or Force? ArabLit (24 June 2013)
A Dictionary of the Revolution: An Interview with Amira Hanafi. In Other Words, Issue #48 (Winter 2016)
Anatomy of a (Translated) Page: Basma Abdel Aziz’s The Queue MobyLives (30 May 2016)
And the Prize for Women in Arabic Translation Goes to… No One? ArabLit (8 March 2016)
Between Enchantment and Delirium: Approaching Multilingualism in Translation. In Other Words, Issue #45 (Summer 2015)
Me and the BCLT My BCLT: Celebrating 25 years of the British Centre for Literary Translation (January 2015)
International Translation Day 2014. In Other Words, Issue #44: Translation in the Digital Age (November 2014)
Cairo’s First Translation Slam: Communicating by Sound, Relationship, or Force? ArabLit (24 June 2013)
Book Reviews
The Emissary by Yoko Tawada. ALTA Blog (31 August 2018)
Land of No Rain by Amjad Nasser. Nour Festival Blog (31 October 2014)
The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz. Mada Masr (7 July 2013)
The Literary Atlas of Cairo ed. Samia Mehrez. Arab Review / Cairobserver (16 April 2013)
Taxi by Khaled al-Khamissi. Full Stop Magazine (1 April 2013)
Land of No Rain by Amjad Nasser. Nour Festival Blog (31 October 2014)
The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz. Mada Masr (7 July 2013)
The Literary Atlas of Cairo ed. Samia Mehrez. Arab Review / Cairobserver (16 April 2013)
Taxi by Khaled al-Khamissi. Full Stop Magazine (1 April 2013)
Literature, Art, Film
Breaking Knees, Taboos, and the Borders of Language Free Word Centre Blog (February 2016)
The “Arab Spring,” Five Years On, co-written with Nariman Youssef. Words Without Borders (January 2016)
Introduction to Apple, a poem by Omar Hazek. Index on Censorship Magazine (December 2015)
Amjad Nasser: ‘Without the Other, There Is No Self’ Nour Festival Blog (25 November 2014)
Aswaat in Lebanon: Mixtape #1 Nour Festival Blog (11 November 2014)
Aswaat in Lebanon: Mixtape #2 Nour Festival Blog (21 November 2014)
Aswaat in Lebanon: Mixtape #3 Nour Festival Blog (1 December 2014)
Introducing ASCII Foundation for Contemporary Art Cairo Art Blog (5 November 2013)
Profile of Haytham Nawar Cairo Art Blog (29 October 2013)
A Fraction of Experience: in conversation with Omar Robert Hamilton Ibraaz (29 July 2013)
Medrar at the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival Cairo Art Blog (15 July 2013)
Nile Sunset Annex: An Artist-Run Gallery Space in Cairo Ibraaz (28 February 2013)
Regarding the Torture of Others in "Zero Dark Thirty" Jadaliyya (2 February 2013)
Formerly Banned Graphic Novel ‘Metro’ Now Available in Cairo ArabLit (28 January 2013)
Salwa Bakr on ‘Women and Arabic Literature’ ArabLit (18 November 2012)
The “Arab Spring,” Five Years On, co-written with Nariman Youssef. Words Without Borders (January 2016)
Introduction to Apple, a poem by Omar Hazek. Index on Censorship Magazine (December 2015)
Amjad Nasser: ‘Without the Other, There Is No Self’ Nour Festival Blog (25 November 2014)
Aswaat in Lebanon: Mixtape #1 Nour Festival Blog (11 November 2014)
Aswaat in Lebanon: Mixtape #2 Nour Festival Blog (21 November 2014)
Aswaat in Lebanon: Mixtape #3 Nour Festival Blog (1 December 2014)
Introducing ASCII Foundation for Contemporary Art Cairo Art Blog (5 November 2013)
Profile of Haytham Nawar Cairo Art Blog (29 October 2013)
A Fraction of Experience: in conversation with Omar Robert Hamilton Ibraaz (29 July 2013)
Medrar at the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival Cairo Art Blog (15 July 2013)
Nile Sunset Annex: An Artist-Run Gallery Space in Cairo Ibraaz (28 February 2013)
Regarding the Torture of Others in "Zero Dark Thirty" Jadaliyya (2 February 2013)
Formerly Banned Graphic Novel ‘Metro’ Now Available in Cairo ArabLit (28 January 2013)
Salwa Bakr on ‘Women and Arabic Literature’ ArabLit (18 November 2012)
Culture & Politics
مكان للثقافة، وقت للفن Jadaliyya (6 September 2013)
Taking a Stand for Culture Atlantic Council's EgyptSource (6 June 2013)
Space for Culture, Time for Art Atlantic Council's EgyptSource (30 April 2013)
Magdy El Shafee Arrested and Held at Tora Prison Words Without Borders Dispatches (20 April 2013)
Bassem Youssef and the Tune of Egyptian Nationalism Muftah (9 April 2013)
The Heroes of Tahrir: Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment Muftah (4 February 2013)
Taking a Stand for Culture Atlantic Council's EgyptSource (6 June 2013)
Space for Culture, Time for Art Atlantic Council's EgyptSource (30 April 2013)
Magdy El Shafee Arrested and Held at Tora Prison Words Without Borders Dispatches (20 April 2013)
Bassem Youssef and the Tune of Egyptian Nationalism Muftah (9 April 2013)
The Heroes of Tahrir: Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment Muftah (4 February 2013)
