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Becki Maddock
Becki Maddock is a translator and researcher living in London. She translates from Arabic, Persian and Spanish into English. She has a first class BA in Arabic and Spanish (Exeter University) and an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS, University of London.
She is now taking Kurdish language classes, also at SOAS.
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Banipal 59 - The Longlist (Summer 2017)
Banipal 62 - A Literary Journey through Arab Cinema (2018)
Banipal 57 - Syria in the Heart (Autumn/Winter 2016)
Banipal 64 - A Rebel named Hanan al-Shaykh (2019)
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Banipal 60 - Alaa al-Deeb, A Writer Apart (Autumn/Winter 2017)
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