Lecturer in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, published The Woman from Tantoura: A Palestinian Novel, a translation of a novel by Radwa Ashour (American University in Cairo, 2014).

(pen name Farouk Abdel Wahab), the Ibn Rushd Professorial Lecturer in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, posthumously published Rain Over Baghdad: An Egyptian Novel, a translation of a novel by Hala El Badry (American University in Cairo, 2014).

University Professor in Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, edited Intersections, Interferences, Interdisciplines: Literature with Other Arts (Peter Lang, 2014).