Catherine Cobham

Who is Catherine Cobham?

Catherine Cobham is a scholar and translator of Arabic literature. She obtained a BA from Leeds University and an MA from Manchester University and presently teaches at the University of St Andrews. She has translated numerous literary works from Arabic to English, including several by the Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh.

Adunis - An Introduction to Arab Poetics

Fuad al-Takarli - The Long Way Back

Hanan al-Shaykh - Beirut Blues

Hanan al-Shaykh - I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops

Hanan al-Shaykh - Only in London

Hanan al-Shaykh - Women of Sand and Myrrh

Hasan Abdallah al-Qurashi - Spectres of Exile and Other Poems

Mahmoud Darwish - A River Dies of Thirst

Naguib Mahfouz - The Harafish

Nawal El Saadawi - Memoirs of a Woman Doctor

Yusuf Idris - Rings of Burnished Brass

A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories

Jasmine, Lady of the Arabs