CURRENT MISSION

I want to translate Tutunamayanlar into Balaibalan

ABOUT ME

I am a Turkish and Arabic translator and PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies in Austin, Texas.

PHILOSOPHY

18th Brumaire

Interests

Late-Ottoman empire intellectual history
Seljuk Empire
historical linguistics
Contemporary Arabic fiction
Marxist Geography
Middle Eastern Languages
workers movements

• literature
• geography
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Koufax, Plastique Bertrand, Roberto Bolano, Sonallah Ibrahim, David Harvey, Beach House, Orhan Pamuk, Leyla Erbil, Orhan Kemal, Jameson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a few weeks chewing Qat with my Yemeni friend Bashir in his mufraj in Yemen

Teach, Learn, Share

Arabic and Turkish literature

What I Can Share with Hosts

my poğaça recipe

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belize, Bulgaria, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Mexico, Turkey, United States

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