Michael Cooperson
Michael Cooperson is an American scholar and translator of Arabic literature.He is currently professor of Arabic at UCLA. He has written two books: Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun and Al-Mamun (Makers Of The Muslim World). He is also the translator of a number of works from Arabic and French. Among these are:
Abdelfattah Kilito's The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture
Khairy Shalaby's The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets
Jurji Zaydan's The Caliph's Heirs — Brothers at War: the Fall of Baghdad
Cooperson has also taught at the Middlebury School of Arabic and Stanford University.
Abdelfattah Kilito's The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture
Khairy Shalaby's The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets
Jurji Zaydan's The Caliph's Heirs — Brothers at War: the Fall of Baghdad
Cooperson has also taught at the Middlebury School of Arabic and Stanford University.
