Canceled Memories

Nazik Saba Yared is an acclaimed Lebanese writer and critic. She is the author of numerous books, including the novels Improvisations of a Mission String, translated by Stuart A. Hancox, and Al-Aqni`a (The Masks).

Nadine Sinno is an associate professor of Arabic and director of the Arabic program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at Virginia Tech. She also translated Rashid al-Daif's novel Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep? with Paula Haydar.