Ferial Ghazoul

Ferial Ghazoul is a Professor at the American University in Cairo in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. She serves as editor of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, an annual multidisciplinary publication.

Education:

• PhD in Comparative Literature (1978) from Columbia University
• Studied in Iraq, Lebanon, UK, France, and the US

Research Interests:

• Medieval Literature (European and Middle Eastern)
• Gender Studies
• Arabic, African, and French Literatures
• Postcolonial Theory

Advisory and Editorial Roles: She has been a judge for the Naguib Mahfouz Medal and Cavafy Award, and serves on the advisory boards of Thaqafat, Fusul, Kitab-fi-jarida, and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.