Dr. Lama Autabashi is an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Language Unit at Beirut Arab University. She holds a PhD in English Literature and specializes in comparative and transnational literary studies, identity, displacement, otherness, and gender theory. Her professional experience includes academic teaching, translation, and subtitling. She is committed to language education, intercultural communication, and community engagement, having established initiatives such as the Young Readers’ Book Club and the annual Language Triathlon for high-school students.

Comparative and Transnational Literary Studies Postcolonial Literature Identity Construction, Displacement, and Exile Otherness, Marginality, and Belonging Feminist Literary Criticism and Gender Theory Migration, Memory, and Cultural Identity Translation and Audiovisual Translation

• PhD in English Literature Beirut Arab University (BAU) 2022 • Master’s Degree in English Literature Beirut Arab University (BAU) 2013 • Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature Beirut Arab University (BAU) 2008

English, American, and World Literature Contemporary and Modern Literature Postcolonial Literature Comparative Literature Gender and Feminist Literary Studies Translation and Audiovisual Translation

• Jamal Abdul Nasser Award for Academic Distinction (2008) • Ministry of Environment Recognition – Children’s Story Writing (2005) • First Prize – Nsouli & Bohsouli Public Speaking Competitions (2001–2003)