Bio
Nancy Roberts is an award-winning translator of a number of Arabic novels including Salwa Bakr's The Man from Bashmour (AUC Press, 2007), for which she received a commendation in the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Translation, and Ibrahim Nasrallah's Time of White Horses (Hoopoe, 2016), The Lanterns of the King of Galilee (AUC Press, 2014), and Gaza Weddings (Hoopoe, 2017), for which she was awarded the 2018 Sheikh Hamad Prize for Translation and International Understanding. She received a commendation from the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation for her translation of The Man from Bashmour by Salwa Bakr. She has translated Ahlem Mostaghanemi, Naguib Mahfouz, Ezzet Kamhawi, Ghada Samman, and others. She lives in Wheaton, Illinois.Nancy Roberts Books
The Night Will Have Its Say
Ibrahim al-KoniHaunted Houses
Nancy RobertsThe Slave Yards
Najwa Bin ShatwanGhosts of the Southern Mountains and Appalachia
Nancy RobertsNorth Carolina Ghosts and Legends
Nancy RobertsThe Haunted South
Nancy RobertsSouth Carolina Ghosts
Nancy RobertsGhosts of the Carolinas
Nancy RobertsCivil War Ghost Stories & Legends
Nancy RobertsGaza Weddings
Ibrahim NasrallahTime of White Horses
Ibrahim NasrallahThe Lanterns of the King of Galilee
Ibrahim NasrallahFrom My Heart to Yours
Nancy RobertsHouse of the Wolf
Ezzat El KamhawiThe Gold Seekers
Nancy RobertsEarth Weeps, Saturn Laughs
Abdulaziz Al FarsiGhosts of the Wild West
Nancy RobertsLove in the Rain
Naguib MahfouzThe Man from Bashmour
Salwa Bakr