Elliott Colla is associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at Georgetown University. He is author of Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity, and essays on modern Arab literature, culture, and politics. Read More He has translated works of contemporary Arabic literature, including Ibrahim Aslan’s novel The Heron, Idris Ali’s Poor, Ibrahim al-Koni’s Gold Dust, and Raba’i al-Madhoun’s The Lady from Tel Aviv.