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Elliott Colla
Elliott Colla is the translator of a number of works of fiction, including Ibrahim Aslan’s The Heron , Idris Ali’s Poor, and Rabai al-Madhoun’s The Lady from Tel Aviv. His translat...view moreElliott Colla is the translator of a number of works of fiction, including Ibrahim Aslan’s The Heron , Idris Ali’s Poor, and Rabai al-Madhoun’s The Lady from Tel Aviv. His translation of Gold Dust was a runner-up for the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, and his novel, Baghdad Central, was adapted as a television series by Channel 4 (UK). He teaches modern Arabic literature at Georgetown University.view less