Nirvana Tanoukhi

Nirvana Tanoukhi is Assistant Professor in Dartmouth's Department of English and Creative Writing, specializing in 20th-21st century global literatures. Her research examines world literature frameworks, postcolonial theory, and Arabic literary translation.

She translated award-winning Arabic novels including Alawiya Sobh's 'Maryam, Keeper of Stories' and Rashid al-Daif's 'Passage to Dusk', bringing Lebanese literature to English audiences. Teaches courses on postcolonial bildungsroman, ghetto representations, and novel theory.