Safa Jubran

Safa Jubran is a Lebanese university lecturer and academic, born in Marja’youn, southern Lebanon, in 1962 and living in Brazil. She teaches Arabic Language and Modern Literature at the University of San Paolo, where she was Head of the Department of Eastern Languages for four years. She is the author of many academic papers and articles on linguistics, the history of sciences, Arabic manuscripts and translation. She translates from Arabic into Portuguese and her translations include Miramar by Naguib Mahfouz, Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury, Sunset Call by Gamal Al-Ghitani, The Night Mail by Hoda Barakat, and Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi. She has also translated Brazilian literature into Arabic, such as Two Brothers (Dois Irmãos) by Milton Hatoum and From Exile to Homeland (selections from Brazilian literature). She won the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation in 2019.