Elliott Colla is an American scholar of the Middle East, specializing in Arabic literature and culture. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. Career Colla received a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley in 1989 and his Ph.D. in Comparative literature as from Berkeley in 2000. His translation of Gold Dust was runner-up for the Banipal Prize in 2009. He is a co-editor of the e-zine, Jadaliyya. His novel Baghdad Central was adapted into a television series of the same name in 2020. Books Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. Baghdad Central London: Bitter Lemon Press, 2014. Translations Ibrahim Aslan - The Heron Idris Ali - Poor Ibrahim al-Koni - Gold Dust Rabai Madhoun - The Lady from Tel Aviv'' Further reading Looking for the Three of Diamonds MERIP. The Poetry of Revolt jadaliyya e-zine. The People Want MERIP. The Persistence of Jokes jadaliyya e-zine. Walls jadaliyya e-zine. "The Poetry of Revolt” in the New Egypt Radio Open Source. See also List of Arabic-English translators References External links author webpage Georgetown University Biography Banipal Biography Middle Eastern studies scholars American translators Arabic–English translators Living people UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Georgetown University faculty Year of birth missing (living people)