I am a literary translator, editor, and writer based in Queens, New York, with roots in Khartoum and London. I work between Arabic and English.

My translations have won the inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize grant and the English PEN Translates Award, and I was awarded the McDowell Fellowship. My work appears in Dolce Stil Criollo, The Common, Words Without Borders, A Perfect Vacuum, and Willows House in South Sudan.

I am the managing editor at 52 Walker, a David Zwirner gallery. Previously I worked with Tilted Axis Press and Bloomsbury Publishing (BQFP).

I am represented by Yasmine Jraissati at RAYA Agency. 

Get in touch: mayada.ibrahim89 [at] gmail [dot] com