​Dr. Hanan Al-Shareef participated in the “Insights into Applied English and Translation Studies in the AI Era” conference, where she presented a paper titled "Tracing Affective Dimensions: Trauma, Silence, and Identity in Layla AlAmmar's Silence is a Sense." Her work examines how narratives of trauma and displacement construct emotional geographies that map the lived experiences of refugees and marginalized voices. By analyzing silence, affect, and fragmented identity, the paper highlights how contemporary literature creates its own form of “literary mapping,” charting psychological and spatial disorientation. In the context of the AI era, her research also gestures toward how digital technologies reshape our engagement with such narratives, offering new avenues for representing, visualizing, and interpreting complex affective terrains.