Professional Experience
• 2024– Arabic Language Instructor & Coordinator, Cultural Center of the Embassy of Egypt in Greece
• 2024 – Adjunct Lecturer, “Islamic Mysticism and Political Islam,” Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• 2020–Present – Arabic Language Instructor, Modern Greek Language Teaching Centre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
• Jan–Oct 2017 – Multilingual Digital Platform Manager (Arabic, Greek, English), Hellenic Open University, Athens
Education
• 2021 – Ph.D. (Distinction), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dissertation: The Image of the Other in Contemporary Greek and Arabic Prose (Comparative Literature)
• 2016 – M.A. (Distinction), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Thesis: The Myth of Pygmalion in Modern Greek and Arabic Theatre
• 2010 – B.A. in Foreign Languages and Translation (Distinction), Al-Azhar University, Cairo
Translation Work
• Books (Arabic Translations):
o Brandy Sour by Konstantia Soteriou (Al-Arabi, Cairo, 2026)
o Galanos Family in Alexandria by Michalis Peridis (Al-Arabi, 2026)
o Aneforos by Nikos Kazantzakis (National Translation Foundation, Egypt, 2025)
o Can All of Antiquity Fit in an Elevator? by Theodoros Papakostas (Al-Arabi, 2024)
o The Diver by Minos Efstathiadis (Al-Arabi, 2023)
o The Museum and Library of the Ptolemies in Alexandria by Konstantinos Sp. Staikos (Collective translation, Athens, 2022)
o Useful Dictionary of Modern Greek, ed. Ch. Charalambakis, Academy of Athens (forthcoming)
o Shoo Sadness! by Marietta Kontou (Metaixmio, 2017)
o The Adventures of Samurai Nogasika-San by Eva Lianou Petropoulou (Ocelotos, 2017)
o When the Mermaid Met Alexander by Elisavet Tari (Vivliodiaplous, 2017)
• Literary Translations for Al-Arabi Magazine:
o Tailored Words by Pambos Kouzalis (2018)
o One by Pambos Kouzalis (2019)
o Almost by Pambos Kouzalis (2019)
o Return by Dimitris Galanis (2019)
o In His Eyes by Lily Michailidis (2019)
o Towards a Utopia by Lily Michailidis (2019)
Publications & Conferences
• 2023 – The Human Tragedy in Arabic Poetry: Mahmoud Darwish, Glosso-graphies, NKUA
• 2021 – Women in Arabic Poetry: The Case of Nizar Qabbani, SPEAK DATE – NKUA
• 2020 – Satirical Exaggeration in Sunalla Ibrahim’s The Committee, Efimerida ton Syntakton
• 2018 – The Female Figure in Nikos Kazantzakis’ Captain Michalis, Al-Azhar Doctoral Candidates Conference
• 2017 – The Arab World in Travel Literature, Al-Azhar University
• 2015 – The Representation of the Arab in the Works of K. Ouranis, 8th NKUA Postgraduate Conference