Margaret Litvin
margaretlitvin.bsky.social
Margaret Litvin
@margaretlitvin.bsky.social
Assoc prof of Arabic, comp lit, & literary translation at Boston University. Historian of Arabic literature's global entanglements, esp Arab-Soviet cultural ties. Co-founder, Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff.
Original interview here. arablit.org/2022/01/31/s... It was amazing to watch him go through his archive to find his Soviet film school fellowship certificate, excavating his personal history. He knew where everything was.
August 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Thanks, Akhbar al-Adab, for republishing my 2022 conversation with Tugrul Mende about the great but humble Sonallah Ibrahim (RIP), whose novels add up to an alternative global history of postcolonial Egypt.
شكراً لتغرل مندي وللأصدقاء في جريدة أخبار الأدب. في ذكرى صنع الله ابراهيم، رحمه الله
August 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My own journey to his legendary sixth-floor walkup (many thanks to @tmende.bsky.social for the good interview): arablit.org/2022/01/31/s...
August 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We will keep trying to offer our expertise as long as there is hope of keeping the Trumpist/ADL playbook out of our beloved Massachusetts.
August 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
They also added a gratuitous, unprofessional swipe at @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social Yes, in a public doc from a state consultative body appointed by @massgovernor.bsky.social and our state legislature.
August 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM