​Prof. Dr. Yousef Abu Amrieh is a former dean of the School of Foreign Languages (SFL) at the University of Jordan and a professor of contemporary Arab diasporic literature. His first monograph, The Arab Atlantic: Resistance, Diaspora, and Trans-cultural Dialogue in the Works of Arab British and Arab American Women Writers, is based on his PhD thesis which he completed in 2011 at the University of Manchester. Since then, Prof. Abu Amrieh published several articles that explore a wide range of themes and aspects in the works of Arab writers in diaspora such as cultural translation, identity and multiculturalism. In addition, Prof. Abu Amrieh frequently publishes articles on Arab adaptations and appropriation of Shakespeare. With more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals, Prof. Abu Amrieh is the head of a research group on Arab diasporic literature.