Shir Alon is assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her work on modern Arabic and Hebrew literatures and cultures has appeared in boundary 2, Comparative Literature, Arab Studies Journal, and other venues.
Shir Alon
Articles
The Ongoing Nakba and the Grammar of History
Shir Alon considers what Adania Shibli's "Minor Detail" and the work of Saidiya Hartman share.
The Becoming-Literature of the World: Pheng Cheah’s Case for World Literature
Shir Alon examines the concept of world literature put forward in “What Is a World?” by Pheng Cheah.
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