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Bushra Sherif Galaleldin Hashem is a Doctoral Research Fellow in Middle East Studies at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. Her research focuses on Arabic literary texts from East Africa, exploring cultural, historical, and political dynamics through critical analysis. She holds a PhD in progress (2023–present), preceded by a Graduate Diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies (2020–2023) and an MA in English and Comparative Literature (2018–2022), both from The American University in Cairo (AUC), and a BA in English Language and Literature from the Arab Open University (2014–2018).
Professional experience includes roles as an Academic Writing Coach at AUC’s Mohamed Taymour Writing Center (2020–2023), Graduate Teaching Assistant at AUC’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (2019–2022), and Editorial Assistant at Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (2019–2020). She also taught English and Arabic as a Foreign Language (2016–2018).
Her research interests emphasize the liminal space of Afro-Arab cultures, particularly through Arabic literary narratives from East Africa. She has received the Tewfik Doss Pasha Award (2023) for her MA thesis on memory in African American and Nubian Egyptian literature. Current work includes a 2024 publication on academic boycotts and liberation in FETT - Feminist Journal.
While no grants or labs are explicitly listed, her interdisciplinary approach bridges cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and literary analysis. Her contributions highlight underrepresented voices in Arabic literature from East Africa, fostering cross-cultural scholarly dialogue.
