I am attracted to texts that work as prisms for disentangling and analyzing the complexities of systems of domination. The modern Arabic Bible is one such prismatic text.
Rana Issa
Rana Issa works at the balancing point between public humanities, activist engagements, and academic curiosity. She writes in a variety of genres and languages and has occupied leadership roles in various aspects of cultural production. She is currently writing a bilingual (Norwegian, Arabic) queer memoir on motherhood, with support from the Norwegian Union for Non-Fiction Writers and Translators, The Free Word Foundation, and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. She is co-recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts award for her ongoing translation of nineteenth-century author, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq’s travelogue to Europe, Tickets to London and Paris by the Remarkable Ahmad Fares. Her book The Modern Arabic Bible was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2023.