Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

A. W. Mustafa
Ibn Rushd Professorial Lecturer in Modern Arabic Language, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Associate Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Pen name: Farouk Abdel Wahab

Farouk Mustafa was born in Tanta, Egypt, and grew up there and in Cairo. He received his B.A. from the University of Cairo, and continued his studies there, taking the M.A. in English Literature from the University of Cairo in 1969. Thereupon he moved to the United States to pursue graduate study at the University of Minnesota, from which he received the Ph.D. in Comparative Literature in 1977. He specializes in Arabic literature, particularly the Arabic theater, in comparative literature, and in popular culture and modern intellectual history.

Education & Teaching Experience

Degrees

1962 B.A., Faculty of Arts, University of Cairo, Egypt
1969 M.A., (with distinction) English Literature, University of Cairo, Egypt
1977 Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota

Areas of Specialization

Arabic literature, popular culture and modern intellectual history; comparative literature; theater

Teaching experience

Taught English language and literature at Cairo University; Arabic language and literature at the University of Minnesota and the University of Chicago; had a brief visiting appointment in Comparative literature at Northwestern University; directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, "Literature of the Islamic Middle East in Translation: The Living Tradition" at the University of Chicago; gave an intensive, two-week course on Arabic literature to an NEH Summer Seminar for Faculty of the English Department at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, GA; lectured extensively on Arabic literature and gave poetry readings at universities, learned societies and civic and religious organizations.

Recent Publications

Translations:

• Love in Exile, a novel by Bahaa Tahir, Cairo, American University in Cairo Press, April, 2002
• No One Sleeps in Alexandria, a novel by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid. Cairo: American University in Cairo (AUC) Press, 1999
• The Other Place, a novel by Egyptian author Ibrahim Abdel Meguid. Cairo: American University in Cairo (AUC) Press. 1997. (Won the first Naguib Mahfouz Prize in Literature.)
• Mikhail Roman, Al-A'mal al-Kamila (Complete Works) (Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Vols. 7-8. in press) Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO). 1998-99
• Zayni Barakat, a novel by Egyptian writer Gamal Al-Ghitani, translated with an introduction. Viking/Penguin
• Translations into Arabic of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV. GEBO. Cairo, Egypt.

Books Authored:

• Drama as Metaphor: Varieties of Theatrical Experience. General Egyptian Book Organization. Cairo, Egypt.
• Dirasat fi al-Masrah al-Misri. "Studies on Egyptian Theater" (in Arabic). GEBO. Cairo, Egypt.
• Modern Egyptian Drama. Bibliotheca Islamica, Minneapolis, MN.

Membership in Professional, Cultural and Civic Organizations

• Member, Middle East Studies Association
• Founding member and member of the Executive Committee of The Arab Cultural Council of America
• Member, The City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Arab Affairs (1991-1997)
• Appointed, Commissioner, Board of Commissioners, City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations. 1997-
• Elected, Chairman, City of Chicago Advisory Council on Arab Affairs. 1997-2000.