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Prof. Dr. Randa Aboubakr
Professor of English and comparative literature at Cairo University, and founder and principal coordinator of Forum for the Study of Popular Culture (FSPC). Her research interests include English literature, Egyptian colloquial poetry, sub-Saharan African literature, comparative literature, cultural theory, and translation. Among her publications are The Conflict of Voices in the Poetry of Dennis Brutus and Mahmud Darwish (Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2004). Among her latest work is “The Role of New Media in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011: Visuality as an Agent of Change,” in Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook (New York, Routledge, 2013), and "New Directions of Internet Activism in Egypt," in Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research Vol. 38, Issue 3 (2013). She has translated a book of poetry from Arabic into English, Laila: The Honey of Solitude, published by Zaweil Publishers in Egypt, 1999, and Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, published by Azminah Publishing House in Amman, Jordan in 2006. She has also translated a number of books on Islamic feminism, and is currently translating Tariq Ali's Protocols of the Elders of Sodom. Has been visiting researcher at University of Texas, Austin, USA, University of Leiden, the Netherlands, University of Florence, Italy, and Zentrum Moderner Orient- Berlin, Germany. Has been research fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin, Germany, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Has been visiting professor at Freie Universitaet Berlin and the Jagiellonian University of Krakow.