Selected talks
“Let It Be Too Much: Grief in Translation,” keynote lecture of the 2025 Translation Symposium
Oberlin College, April 2025
A conversation with Damion Searls around the publication of his book The Philosophy of Translation
Strand Books, New York, 29 October 2024
A song of praise for Marcia Lynx Qualey on her receiving the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature
Cosmopolitan Club, New York, 4 June 2024
“Art as Social Action,” a conversation with Peter Sellars
American Library in Paris, 25 January 2024
“The Times of Our Lives,” a conversation with Kate Briggs
American Library in Paris, 7 June 2023
A conversation with Izzy Finkel
Kiraathane Edebiyat Evi, Istanbul, March 2022
A conversation with Daniel Medin
American University of Paris, February 2022
A conversation with S. A. Chakraborty, Paulo Lemos Horta, Elias Muhanna
LIVE from NYPL, January 2022
“The Pillow Talk and Its Outcome,” a talk for the Comparative Literature Luncheon
Penn State, November 2021
A discussion on the work of Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, October 2021
“The Cosmic Library,” a podcast on books of the night hosted by Adam Colman
Lithub, October 2021
“Music to Stir the Soul,” an online discussion on the multilingual love songs of Al-Andalus
British Museum, August 2021
A week-long workshop of poetry and translation
Tamaas, July 2021
A reading at the book launch for We Wrote in Symbols, ed. Selma Dabbagh
Arab British Centre, April 2021
A recorded conversation with the artist Emily Jacir
Alchemy Fim & Arts, April 2021
A conversation with Marcia Lynx Qualey and Ursula Lindsey
Bulaq podcast, December 2020
Wild Irreverence: a conversation about Arabic translation with Veronica Esposito
World Literature Today, August 2020
“The Global Influence of the 1001 Nights,” a webinar with Marina Warner and Richard van Leeuwen
The Bookseller, July 2020
A talk for the BEAUTY & GOODNESS symposium organised by Victoria Holbrook
Istanbul, July 2020
“Her Own Devices: Language & Craft in the 1001 Nights,” a public lecture
SOAS, December 2019
“The Poetics of the Tale,” a workshop with Robert Irwin, organised by Marina Warner & Wen-chin Ouyang
SOAS, December 2019
Rethinking Translation: a seminar organised by Sandra Naddaff & Stephanie Sandler
Harvard, November 2019
A lecture on the 1001 Nights organised by Ayesha Ramachandran & Shawkat Toorawa
Yale, November 2019
A conversation on Aladdin with Clare Conville
Curious Arts Festival, Summer 2019