Dr.Amal Alleithy

Amal Alleithy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Ain Shams University and a TESL-Canada certified teacher of English as a Second Language. She specializes in English drama, translation, and writing. She is a member of the Egyptian Society of Comparative Literature, the TESL Canada Federation, and the British Columbia Association for Teachers of English as an Additional Language. Dr. Alleithy has received multiple awards from the College of Al-Alsun (Modern Languages) at Ain Shams University and has an extensive list of academic publications. Her works include: “Orientalism and Occidentalism” (2004), “The Defects of Machine Translation” (2005), and “What Female Readers Dislike about Mahfouz’s Novels” (2006). She also published “A Moral Reading of Fountain and Tomb” (2007), and a book chapter titled “Stereotyping Islam: A Study of Terror in John Updike’s Terrorist” in the volume Terror (2008). Further notable publications include “An Impossible Bond: A Feminist Reading of Karen Sunde’s How His Bride Came to Abraham” (2009), “Trauma and After: Race, Color, Gender, and Religion in Rehana Mirza’s Barriers” (2013), and “A Study of the Red Motif in Bina Sharif’s Afghan Woman” (2015). She has also co-translated classical and contemporary Arabic texts into English, such as Imam Qortubi’s The Reminder in the Affairs of the Dead and Doomsday, and contributed to translations of works on Islamic finance and social issues. Additionally, she has written articles for the Calgary Herald focusing on community and charitable activities.