Salwa Nugali received her BA and MA from Madison, Wisconsin, and earned her Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham, UK in English Studies. She is interested in interdisciplinary crossing between areas of knowledge especially in the arts and humanities. She has been the most sought-after commentator on many Middle Eastern media outlets and TV programs dealing with issues related to women’s status, and the current condition of Arab and Islamic thought and culture. She is currently an Associate Professor at King Saud University and has recently won King Abdulla International Award in Translation for her translation of Peter Stockwell's book, Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction from English into Arabic
This event is sponsored by the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Comparative Studies, the Middle Eastern Studies Center, the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and the Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU (DISCO).
Contact Youssef Yacoubi at yacoubi.1@osu.edu with questions
