Nourhan Tewfik

Nourhan TEWFIK is a culture journalist at Ahram Online, and an MA candidate in Arabic Literature at the department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Upon graduating from AUC with a BA of Arts (major in Political Science) in 2013, Tewfik embarked on a career in cultural journalism, translation and research. As a journalist, Tewfik is interested in tracing how cultural productions speak back and to broader structures of power and renegotiate reality. She is equally interested in exploring how journalism—particularly cultural journalism--can play a role in interrupting, halting, and reversing problematic generalizations and violent processes. In her capacity as a journalist, she has freelanced for Al Ahram Weekly, Rowayat literary journal and the Beirut-based The Outpost magazine. Besides working as a journalist, Tewfik is also a freelance translator and researcher. She assisted with research at AUC’s Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences.