Salma Jayyusi

Background

Salma Khadra Jayyusi was born in Safed to a Palestinian father, the Arab nationalist Subhi al-Khadra, and a Lebanese mother.

Education

Attending secondary school in Jerusalem, she studied Arabic and English literature at the American University of Beirut. In 1970, she received her Doctor of Philosophy on Arabic literature from the University of London.

Career

In 1960, she published her first poetry collection, Return from the Dreamy Fountain. She taught at the University of Khartoum from 1970 to 1973 and at the universities of Algiers and Constantine from 1973 to 1975. In 1973, she was invited by The Middle East Studies Association of North America (Mining Enforcement And Safety Administration) invited her for a lecture tour of Canada and the United States, on a Ford Foundation Fellowship, in 1973.

In 1975, the University of Utah invited her to return as a visiting professor of Arabic literature, and since then she has been based at various universities in the United States.

To encourage the wider dissemination of Arabic literature and culture, Jayyusi founded the Project of Translation from Arabic in 1980, and later founded East-West Nexus.

Achievements

• She is the founder and director of the Project of Translation from Arabic (PROTA), which aims to provide translation of Arabic literature into English.

Works

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  • Human Rights in Arab Thought: A Reader (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)

    ( While the notion of ""human rights"" is sometimes thoug...)

  • The Legacy of Muslim Spain, Volume 2
  • (Short Arabic Plays: An Anthology) Author: Salma Khadra Jayyusi published on (April, 2003)
  • Human Rights in Arab Thought: A Reader (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) by Salma K. Jayyusi (2008-12-15)
  • The Legacy of Muslim Spain (2 vols) (Handbook of Oriental Studies) by Salma Khadra Jayyusi (2012-06-20)
  • (Modern Arabic Drama: An Anthology) Author: Salma Khadra Jayyusi published on (December, 1995)