Dr. Ghada Alatrash is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Georgetown University in Qatar. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Research: Languages and Diversity from the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Oklahoma. Her pedagogy and research are grounded in anti-orientalist, anti-colonial, and anti-racism frameworks that interrogate and challenge Western hegemonic narratives through an intersectional, transnational, post-colonial lens.
She was a guest co-editor and translated 12 articles for the Spring 2026 special issue “Syria: Fall of Eternity,” in ArabLit Quarterly, a wide-ranging, 300-page, full-color exploration of Syrian literature, and in 2025 her research was published in Syria Studies, Druze Studies Journal, and Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement. Her translation of the Syrian novel Huddud’s House was recognized as Best Fiction in Translation of 2024 and received a starred review by Kirkus Reviews.