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Full professor in Arabic Modern Literature at the Department of Oriental Studies – ISO - Sapienza University of Roma – Italy - Member of the International Jury of the “Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture” UNESCO. POSITIONS HELD - Full professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Sapienza University of Rome – Italy (2005-2010); - Member of the Doctorate Committee for post-graduate research students on “Civilization, culture and societies of Asia and Africa” of Sapienza University of Roma – Italy. (2010-2011) AWARDS - Grinzane Cavour Prize, for Translation, 2006 MAIN INTERESTS She specializes in contemporary Arabic literature and has worked with a number of Italian publishing houses to promote Arabic culture in Italy. She has translated from Arabic many works by contemporary writers. Since 1993 she has been Editor in chief of the Contemporary Arab Writers series (“Scrittori Arabi Contemporanei ") of the Jouvence publishing house which has so far published 40 novels by outstanding contemporary Arab authors. Since 1991 she supervise the Arabic section of the collection “l’Altra Riva” of Edizioni Lavoro, Rome. Since 2003 she supervise the Arabic section of the collection “Ilisso contemporanei” of Ilisso Publisher, Nuoro. From 1996 to 2001 supervised the collection “Memorie del Mediterraneo” for the Italian Publisher Jouvence and Edizioni Lavoro. She has collaborated for the diffusion of Arabic culture in Italy with many other publisher houses: (Abramo, Avagliano, Baldini & Castoldi, Bompiani, E/0, Editori Riuniti, Feltrinelli, Frassinelli, Giunti, Mesogea, Mondadori, Ripostes, Sellerio, Sperling & Kupfer, Utet.). She has written about Arabic culture for the Italian press such as: Avvenimenti, Effe, Diario, il manifesto, Il Mattino, Il Messaggero, Il Segnalibro, Il sole 24 ore, Legendaria, l’Unità; Mappamondo, Meridiani, Millelibri, Nigrizia, Paese Sera, Reset, Rinascita, Rivisteria, Tuttestorie. She has collaborated with the Italian Ministry of Culture for the diffusion of Arabic Culture in Italy. She has promoted many meetings on Contemporary Arabic Culture of the Torino book Fair, the Book Fair of Naples (Galassia Gutenberg); The book fair for small and middle publishers in Rome, The Mediterranean Fair in Palermo, Festival of the Literature in Lucera, The Dialogs in Trani e for many Italian institutions:, schools, and libraries and bookshop. She has organized many international conferences on Arab Culture among them: - Sabir: Circolo Mediterraneo di Conversazione (Ragusa, Modica, Scicli 23-24-25 June 2004), as scientific director. PARTICIPATION TO CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES AND LECTURES She has lectured at a number of European and Arab Universities and she has taken part to different meetings about Arabic contemporary literature in European and Arabic universities and institutions: Inalco (Paris); Université de Paris III; Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris; Université de Lyon 2, Université d’Aix-en-Provence ; St. John's College, University of Oxford; SOAS, University of London; Université de Génève, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Escuela de Traductores de Toledo); Universitat de les Illes Balears; Universitat Rovira i Virgili di Tarragona; Université de Beirut; Lebanese American University; Université d’Alger; Université d’Annaba, ‘Ayn Shams University (Cairo); Helwan University (Cairo); Supreme Council of Culture in Cairo; Damascus University; Aleppo Universty; King Saud University (Riad); King Abdulaziz University (Gedda); University of Garyounis, Benghasi; Université de Rabat, University of Sanaa (Yemen). MAIN PUBLICATIONS ON ARABIC LITERATURE Cento anni di cultura palestinese, Roma, Carocci 2007, pp. 263. Lo Yemen raccontato dalle scrittrici e dagli scrittori (edited by), Roma Orientalia Editrice, 2010, pp. 256. Le perle dello Yemen, edited by I. Camera d’Afflitto and Maria Avino, Rome, Jouvence 2009. Le perle degli Emirati, edited by I. Camera d’Afflitto and Maria Avino, Rome, Jouvence 2008. Scrittori Arabi del Novecento, Narratori Arabi del Novecento, Milano, Bompiani, 2002, 2 vols, pp. 657. Translations of short stories of the following authors: ‘Abd al-Salam al-`Ugiayli, ‘Abd al-Hamid Ben Haduqa, ‘Abd al-Rahman Magid al-Ruba’i, ‘Abd al-Rahman Munif, ‘Adi Madanat, ‘Ali al-Du`agi, ‘Izz al-Din al-Madani, ‘Omar Ben Salem, Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih, Baha Taher, Basma Nassur, Edwar al-Kharrat, Emil Habibi, Fu’ad al-Tekerli, Gamal al-Ghitani, George Salem, Ghada Samman, Ghalia Qabbani, Ghassan Kanafani, Gilali Khellas, Halim Barakat, Hanan al-Sheikh, Hanna Mina, Hasib Kayali, Haydar Haydar, Ibrahim Samuel, Ibrahim Zayd, Latifa al-Dalimi, Mahmud Tahir Lashin, Mayy Muzaffar, Mikha'il Nu`ayma, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Magid, Muhammad Barrada, Muhammad Khudayr, Muhammad Makhzangi, Muhammad Shukri, Muhammad Zafzaf, Musa Kredi, Nafla Dhahab, Nagib Mahfuz, Rashid Ben Hagg, Samira ‘Azzam, Shawqi Baghdadi, Sonallah Ibrahim, Suhayl Idris, Tahar Wattar, Tawfiq Yusuf `Awwad, Tayeb Salih, Ulfat al-Idlibi, Walid Ikhlasi, Yahya Haqqi, Yahya Yakhlif, Yusuf al-Khatib, Yusuf al-Sharuni, Yusuf Idris, Zakariyya Tamer). TRANSLATIONS OF NOVELS Ghassan Kanafani, Ritorno a Haifa (‘A’id ila Hayfa), Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 2003 (1991). Ghassan Kanafani, La madre di Saad (Umm Sa‘d), Roma, Ripostes, 1985. Emil Habibi, Il Pessottimista, un arabo d'Israele (al-Mutashà’il), translation with L. Ladikoff, Milano, Bompiani 2002 (Roma, Editori Riuniti, 1990). Emil Habibi, Sestina di sei giorni (Sudasiyyah al-ayyàm al-sittah), in Palestina Tre racconti, Roma, Ripostes, 1984. Nagib Mahfuz, Miramar, translation with I. Rifaat, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 1989, (II ed. Tascabili Feltrinelli, 1999, pp. 190.). Rashid Daif, Mio caro Kawabata (‘Azìz Sayyid Kawabata), Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 1998. ‘Ali al-Duagi, In giro per i caffè del Mediterraneo (Jawlat bayna hanàt al Bahr al-Mutawassit), Catanzaro, Abramo, 1996. Sulayman Fayyad, Voci (Aswat), translation with M. Avino, Palermo, Sellerio, 1994. Tawfiq Fayyad, Selim lo scemo (Selìm al-Bahlùl), in Palestina Tre racconti, Roma, Ripostes, 1984. Latifa al-Zayyat, Carte private (Awràq shakhsiyyah), Roma, Jouvence, 1996. ‘Abd al-Rahman Munif, Gli alberi e l’assassinio di Marzuq (al-Ashjar wa ightiyal Marzuq), translation with M. Avino,Nuoro, Ilisso, 2004. Ibrahim al-Koni, La patria delle visioni celesti e altri racconti del deserto, (collection of short stories) edited by I. Camera d’Afflitto and M. Avino, Roma, E/O, 2007 PREFACES/POSTSCRIPTS OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS AA. VV., Altre voci. Poesie e racconti di autori arabi contemporanei, con testo a fronte, (a cura di P. Viviani, Mohammed Ali Sraydeh), Reggio Emilia, Cgil-Arci. Edizioni Teorama, 1999. ‘Abd al-Rahman Munif, Storia di una città, Roma, Jouvence, 1996. ‘Abd al-Rahman Munif, Gli alberi e l’assassinio di Marzuq (al-Ashjar wa ightiyal Marzuq), Nuoro, Ilisso, 2004. Abdelfattah Kilito, Esplorazioni, a cura di Mirella Cassarono, presentazione di Isabella Camera d’Afflitto, Messina, Mesogea, 2006. ‘Ali al-Duagi, In giro per i caffè del Mediterraneo, Catanzaro, Abramo, 1996. Assia Djebar, Donne d'Algeri nei loro appartamenti, Firenze, Giunti/Astrea, 1988. Assia Djebar, Lontano da Medina, Firenze, Giunti/Astrea, 1993. Emil Habibi, Il Pessottimista, un arabo d'Israele, traduzione in collaborazione con L. Ladikoff, ( Roma, Editori Riuniti, 1990), Bompiani 2002. Emil Habibi, Sestina dei sei giorni, Roma, Ripostes, 1984. Fu’ad al-Takarli, L'altro volto, Roma, Jouvence, 2005. Gamal Ghitani, Al di là della città, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 1999. Ghada Samman, Vedova d’allegria e altri racconti, (Short stories), Catanzaro, Abramo, 1991. Ghassan Kanafani, Ritorno a Haifa, I ed. , Roma, Ripostes, 1985, (II ed., Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 1991). Ghassan Kanafani, Se tu fossi un cavallo e altri racconti, Roma, Jouvence, 1993. Ghassan Kanafani, Uomini sotto il sole, II edizione, Palermo, Sellerio, 1992. Khaled Ziyadeh, Venerdì, domenica, Roma, Jouvence, 1996.Miral al-Tahawi, Blu Melanzana, Milano, Frassinelli, 2004, pp. 141-146. Muhammad al-Busati, Case dietro gli alberi, Milano, Sperling & Kupfer, 1997. Nagib Mahfuz, Miramar, Roma, Ed. Lavoro, 1989. Rashid Daif, Mio caro Kawabata, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 1998. Rashid Daif, E chi se ne frega di Meryl Streep!, Roma, Jouvence, 2002. Shams Nadir, I portici del mare, Roma, Sellerio, 1992. Sulayman Fayyad, Voci, Palermo, Sellerio, 1994.
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