Dina Heshmat
- Position: Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Arabic Literature
- Department: Sheikh Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations
- Email: [email protected]
Brief Biography
Dina Heshmat joined the Sheikh Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations in 2013, where she teaches modern and contemporary Arabic literature. Her research focuses on the relationship between urban and historical contexts and literary and cinematic narratives. Before joining The American University in Cairo (AUC), she taught Arabic language and literature at Leiden University (2009 - 2013). She was a fellow of the Nantes Institute for Advanced Study in 2022-2023.
Research Interest
- Literature and History
- Literature and Urban Space
- Literature and Cinema
- Gender Studies