Bio note

Hayri Hamdan translates into and from Arabic/Bulgarian. He is also a published writer and a poet, writing both in Arabic and in Bulgarian.

Residency goals

Hamdan's residency in Sofia is within the Translation Collider project that includes participation at the Sofia Forum on Translations, as well as in the collective residency work on translating contemporary Balkan authors into Arabic. His translation project is an Arabic translation of a short story by the Bulgarian author Miglena Nikolchina.

Public events with his participation

• 3-4 June | Sofia Forum on Translations 
• 10 June | Peroto Literary Club I Arabic Translation Slam

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