Krishna Sen is a former Professor and Head of English at the University of Calcutta, and was the Leverhulme Visiting Professor of English at the University of Leeds.
Marilyn Booth, the translator, received her DPhil in Arabic literature and modern Middle East history from St Antony’s College, Oxford University. She has translated numerous works of modern Arab
Dr. Siobhan Lambert-Hurley is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Loughborough University, UK. Her publications include Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage: Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam of Bho
Haifa Zangana writes regularly for the Guardian and Al-Ahram Weekly, and is the author of many books, including City of Widows: An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance. She lives in London.<
