Nay Hannawi is a Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 translator. She obtained a bachelor's degree at the American University in Beirut and an MFA

MFA

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 in translation at the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

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. Since 2002, she has been teaching English language and literature at the Arab Open University

Arab Open University

Arab Open University is a non-profit private Pan-Arab university founded in 2002 in Kuwait, Jordan, and Lebanon. One year later it opened in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman. The AOU is affiliated with the UK Open University...

 in Kuwait

Kuwait

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Hannawi is a past winner of the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award

Arkansas Arabic Translation Award

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 for her translation of Jabbour Douaihy

Jabbour Douaihy

Jabbour Douaihy is a Lebanese writer. He was born in Zghorta in 1949, a member of the city's prominent El Douaihy family. He obtained a PhD in comparative literature from the New Sorbonne University and is currently a professor of French literature at the Lebanese University in Beirut...

's novel Autumn Equinox. Her poetry has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review.