Alif 40

Ferial Ghazoul is an Iraqi scholar, critic, and translator. She is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the American University in Cairo and editor of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. She has translated modern Arabic poetry and fiction to English and critical theory from English and French to Arabic. Walid El Hamamsy is Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of English, Cairo University. He is the co-editor of Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook.

Contents
English Section
Editorial
Diversity Mapping in Classical Studies: David Konstan

A Decolonial Turn in the Humanities: Claire Gallien

The Cultural Turn in the Study of Arabic Literature: Antonio Pacifico

Redirecting Postcolonial Theory: Arab-Islamic Reason, Deconstructionism, and the Possibility of Multiple Critique: Youssef Yacoubi

Re-Orienting Modernism: Mapping East-East Exchanges between Arabic and Persian Poetry: Levi Thompson

From Cultural Translation to Untranslatability: Theorizing Translation outside Translation Studies: Brian James Baer

Towards Holistic Medical Humanities: Nadia Hashish

New Directions in Disability Narratives: Cyborgs and Redefining Disability in Young Adult Literature: Yasmine Sweed

English Abstracts of Articles

English Notes on Contributors

Arabic Section
Editorial
Modern Paths in Philosophical Studies: Abdesslam Benabdelali

Arab Feminism: Positions and Practices: Abouelnaga Shereen

From Autobiography to Writing-Life: Trajectories and Intersections across the Humanities and Social Sciences: Hala Kamal

Postcolonialism and Arabic Literature: Rerouting or Re-Rooting: Samia Al Hodathy

Educational Linguistics and the Problem of Language: Science and Mathematics Education in the Arab World: Tamer Amin

“Contemporary” American Poetry American: Reflections: Hassan Hilmy

Arabic Literature and Digital Technology: Hossam Nayel

Game Theory and Literary Analysis: Horizons and Limitations: Naglaa Saad Hassan

Arabic Abstracts of Articles

Arabic Notes on Contributors