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Kay Heikkinen
Kay Heikkinen is a translator and academic who holds a PhD from Harvard University. She was previously Ibn Rushd Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. Among other books, she has translated Naguib Mahfouz’s In the Time of Love, Radwa Ashour’s The Woman From Tantoura, and Huzama Habayeb’s Velvet, for which she was awarded the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. She was also the runner-up of the 2025 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her translation of Granada: The Complete Trilogy by Radwa Ashour, published by Hoopoe Fiction, an imprint of AUC Press. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
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Arabic Literature in Global Context
The journey of Arabic literature toward global readers, navigating awards and cultural sensitivities. Discussed with Kay Heikkinen, Sarah Enany, and Dr Shahla Ujayli.
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