Dr. Sameh Hanna

Dr. Sameh Hanna is currently a Global Translation Advisor in-training with United Bible Societies. After earning his PhD from University of Manchester/UK, he got an Andrew Mellon postdoctoral scholarship in the Humanities at University College London, followed by two lectureships at University of Salford and University of Leeds where he was the director of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies before joining UBS. His main research is within the area of sociology of translation, with focus on the socio-cultural dynamics of the translation and reception of canonical texts (including Shakespeare’s work and the Bible) in Arab-Islamic settings. Currently, he is an associate editor of Target.