Samira Kawar

Samira Kawar is a Jerusalem-born journalist and Arabic-to-English literary translator. Her published translations include Liana Badr's novel Eye of the Mirror and Abdul Rahman Munif's autobiographical work, Story of a City: A Childhood in Amman . She is a regular contributor to Banipal, the Magazine of Arab Literature , and served as a member of the judging panel for the 2015 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.

Samira Kawar is a Jerusalem-born journalist and Arabic-to-English literary translator. Her published translations include Liana Badr's novel Eye of the Mirror and Abdul Rahman Munif's autobiographical work, Story of a City: A Childhood in Amman . She is a regular contributor to Banipal, the Magazine of Arab Literature , and served as a member of the judging panel for the 2015 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. See less