Magda al-Nowaihi
Magda M. al-Nowaihi (died June 4, 2002) was a literary critic, Associate Professor of Arabic Literature at Columbia University.[1] In 2000 she was characterized as "the keenest voice in Arab literary criticism in the United States today."[2]
Al-Nowaihi studied as an undergraduate at the American University in Cairo. She gained her PhD from Harvard University with a thesis, directed by Wolfhart Heinrichs,[3] on the poetry of Ibn Khafājah,[4] revised and published in 1992.
She died of cancer aged 44. A book of essays was published in her honor in 2008.[3]
Works[edit]
- Death and the meaningfulness of life in a poem by Ibn Khaf-ajah, 1990.
- The poetry of Ibn Khafajah: a literary analysis, 1992
References[edit]
- ^ Kelley Remole, MEALAC Prof. al-Nowaihi Remembered, Columbia Spectator, July 31, 2002.
- ^ Robert Vitals, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies News, May 2000.
- ^ a b Marlé Hammond; Dana Sajdi (2008). Transforming Loss Into Beauty: Essays on Arabic Literature and Culture in Honor of Magda Al-Nowaihi. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. xvii–xviii. ISBN 978-977-416-102-5.
- ^ Magda M. al-Nowaihi, A literary analysis of Ibn Khafājah's Dīwān, PhD, Harvard University, 1987.