Raymond Stock is an American

United States

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 academic, writer and translator. He has a BA in Mass Media/Foreign Affairs from Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University is a public liberal arts university located in Allendale, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1960, and its main campus is situated on approximately west of Grand Rapids...

 (1980), and an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (1983). He completed his PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 in 2008.

Stock moved to Cairo

Cairo

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 in 1990 where he lived principally for the next 20 years. He has translated a number of books by the Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

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-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie...

, including Khufu's Wisdom

Khufu's Wisdom

Khufu's Wisdom is an early novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in Arabic in 1939. An English translation by Raymond Stock appeared in 2003. The novel is one of several that Mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career, with Pharaonic Egypt as their setting...

. He is currently writing the first full-length biography of Mahfouz to appear in any language, under contract from Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.

Stock served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies at Drew University

Drew University

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 in 2010-11. He has written widely on Egypt

Egypt

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 and the Middle East

Middle East

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, and his articles and translations have appeared in numerous publications including the Financial Times

Financial Times

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, Foreign Policy magazine, Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine

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, International Herald Tribune

International Herald Tribune

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, and London Magazine

London Magazine

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