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name: Michael Cooperson
about: Michael Cooperson is an American scholar and translator of Arabic literature.He is currently professor of Arabic at UCLA. He has written two books: Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun and Al-Mamun (Makers Of The Muslim World). He is also the translator of a number of works from Arabic and French. Among these are: Abdelfattah Kilito's The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture Khairy Shalaby's The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets Jurji Zaydan's The Caliph's Heirs — Brothers at War: the Fall of BaghdadCooperson has also taught at the Middlebury School of Arabic and Stanford University. Michael Cooperson is an American scholar and translator of Arabic literature.He is currently professor of Arabic at UCLA. He has written two books: Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun and Al-Mamun (Makers Of The Muslim World). He is also the translator of a number of works from Arabic and French. Among these are: Abdelfattah Kilito's The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture Khairy Shalaby's The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets Jurji Zaydan's The Caliph's Heirs — Brothers at War: the Fall of BaghdadCooperson has also taught at the Middlebury School of Arabic and Stanford University. ...more