Hisham Hamad is a lecturer in Arabic and a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen, where he is affiliated with the Middle Eastern Studies programme. He studied Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (Arabic) and Translation Studies. His research focuses on the history of scientific translations from French into Arabic in nineteenth-century Egypt. He has experience as a literary translator, including contributions to Read My World. Hisham Hamad is a member of the jury for the Cultuurfonds Martinus Nijhoff Translation Prize.