Wikipedia has an entry about Professor Ammiel Alcalay.
How cool is that?
It says that he is ‘…an American, scholar, critic, translator, and prose stylist. Born and raised in Boston, he is a first-generation American, son of Sephardic Jews from São Tomé and Príncipe. His work often examines how poetry and politics affect the way we see ourselves and the way Americans think about the Middle East.’
He is also the author of one of the most amazing books I have read in the last decade – Memories of Our Future. Details »
