Her focus is Contemporary Arabic literature on two distinct and related themes:ĭesert narrative in the context of social tribal taboos. She also has published nine refereed book chapters in English. Her professional contributions include four academic books published in Arabic, nine refereed articles published in international peer-reviewed journals. She earned her doctorate from Cairo University in Arabic language and literature.

She was also an international visiting scholar in the Department of Foreign Languages, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC the Middlebury College Intensive Language Program, Middlebury VT the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA and the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures (MESALC), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Mahgoub al-Tahawy was a Fulbright International Scholar at Columbia University, and was awarded a two-year postdoctoral research and teaching fellowship at New York University (NYU). Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Miral Mahgoub al-Tahawy is an associate professor of Modern Arabic literature, an award-winning Egyptian novelist and short story writer, and an affiliated member of the Virginia G.

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