Hisham M. Ali
List of John Benjamins publications for which Hisham M. Ali plays a role.
Articles
2024 Bourdieu’s trajectory concept as an approach to microhistorical research in translation Translation in Society 3:2, pp. 133–155 | Article
This article explores the potential of Bourdieu’s trajectory concept as an approach to microhistorical research, using the life history of Egypt’s late Minister of Culture Tharwat Okasha as a case study. The focus throughout is on Okasha’s multipositionality throughout his trajectory as a… read more
2023 Power dynamics in Egypt’s censorship of Gibran’s The Prophet Babel 69:5, pp. 581–597 | Article
After more than seventy years, when Kahlil Gibran’s 1923 masterpiece The Prophet had circulated freely in Egypt, censorship authorities banned the book in 1999 and 2011. This article explores the sociopolitical context surrounding the censorship of The Prophet and its Arabic translations, with a… read more