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

I am a recipient of the MacDowell Fellowship, and my translations have won the inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize grant and the English PEN Translates Award. I have published or have forthcoming translations with And Other Stories, Yale University Press, and Willows House in South Sudan, as well as Dolce Stil Criollo, The Common, and A Perfect Vacuum.

I have over a decade of experience in publishing. Currently 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