Jacquemond, Richard

RICHARD JACQUEMOND is associate professor of modern Arabic language and literature at the University of Provence and a researcher at IREMAM (Aix-en-Provence). He has been a resident of Cairo since 1983, as a student, as a researcher, and as a coordinator of the translation program at the French Cultural Mission in Egypt. A specialist in modern Egyptian literature, he has also translated numerous novels and short story collections as well as works by political thinkers in Egypt.