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Anam Zafar

Anam Zafar is a multi-award-winning translator from Arabic and French to English. She appears on the 100 Inspiring Muslims: Next Generation Edition list (Emerald Network/Aziz Foundation). Her co-translation with Nadiyah Abdullatif of Yoghurt and Jam, Or How My Mother Became Lebanese, Lena Merhej’s graphic memoir, won a PEN Translates Award and was longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. Her co-translation of Josephine Baker’s memoir Fearless and Free, with Sophie Lewis, comes out in 2025 with Vintage Classics/Tiny Reparations. She has also won the Gulf Coast Prize in Translation and the Stinging Fly New Translator’s Bursary.  

Twitter: @anam_translates
Website: www.anamzafar.com

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