Michael Cooperson
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Michael Cooperson is an American scholar and translator of Arabic literature
Arabic literature
Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment....

. He is currently associate professor of Arabic at UCLA. He has written two book: Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun and Al-Mamun (Makers Of The Muslim World). He is also the translator of a number of works from the Arabic literary canon. Among these are:
  • Abdelfattah Kilito
    Abdelfattah Kilito
    Abdelfattah Kilito is a well known Moroccan writer. He was born in Rabat in 1945. He is the author of several books in Arabic and in French. He has also written articles for magazines like Poétique and Studia Islamica...

    's The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture
  • Khairy Shalaby
    Khairy Shalaby
    Khairy Shalaby was an Egyptian novelist and writer. He wrote some 70 books, including twenty novels, critical studies, historical tales, plays and short story collections...

    's The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets
  • Jurji Zaydan
    Jurji Zaydan
    Jurji Zaydan was a prolific Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher most noted for his creation of the journal al-Hilal, which he used to serialize his 23 historical novels.His primary goal as a writer and intellectual during the Nahda was to imbue the common...

    's The Caliph's Heirs — Brothers at War: the Fall of Baghdad


Cooperson has also taught at Middlebury College
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...

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