is a translator and writer, working mainly from French and Spanish with a particular interest in North African literature.

She has translated Mahi Binebine’s Welcome to Paradise (Granta), and Mounsi’s The Demented Dance (BlackAmber), and with Ros Schwartz The Belly of the Atlantic by Fatou Diome (2006), The Star of Algiers by Aziz Chouaki (2006) and Paris Noir (2008), all three published by Serpent’s Tail.




Contributor's Issues
Banipal No 32 Summer 2008
Banipal No 34 The World of Arab Fiction
Banipal No 44 12 Women Writers
Banipal No 39 Modern Tunisian Literature


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