Professor Salma Khadra Jayyusi

Salma Khadra Jayyusi is the author of the two-volume Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry and the editor of Modern Arabic Fiction: An Anthology ; Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology ; Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature ; The Legacy of Muslim Spain , and general editor of the award-winning The City in the Islamic World . The winner of the Sultan al-Owais Cultural and Scientific Achievement Prize, the Edward Said Award for Career Excellence, the award of the Olive Branch...See more

Salma Khadra Jayyusi is the author of the two-volume Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry and the editor of Modern Arabic Fiction: An Anthology ; Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology ; Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature ; The Legacy of Muslim Spain , and general editor of the award-winning The City in the Islamic World . The winner of the Sultan al-Owais Cultural and Scientific Achievement Prize, the Edward Said Award for Career Excellence, the award of the Olive Branch Organization in Lebanon for "Cultural Accomplishment," and the award of the Ministry of Higher Education in Riyadh for services to Arab civilization, she is the founder and director of PROTA , for the translation of choice selections from Arabic literature classical and modern, and East-West Nexus, dedicated to the study of Arabic civilization and cultural achievements. See less