Peter Clark

lived in the Middle East for many years working for the British Council.

He has translated and published several contemporary Arab writers including short stories by Muhammad al-Murr and altogether eight novels, including Sabriya and Grandfather’s Tale, both by Ulfat Idilbi, The Woman of the Flask by Iraqi author Selim Matar (AUC 2005). He edited, with Emma Nicholson, The Iraqi Marshlands – A Human & Environmental Study (Politico’s 2003), and The Lefties Guide to Britain (Politico’s 2005).

He is a freelance translator and consultant and a contributing editor of Banipal.