Othello

Author's name: Shakespeare

Dar Al-Karma is proud to present to the Arabic library the complete translation of Shakespeare's immortal masterpiece, Othello. The translation, by the great translator Dr. Mohamed Anani, is the finest, most beautiful, and most accurate Arabic text, closest to the original spirit of this great work. It is a translation that is knowledgeable in Shakespeare's language and poetic arts, capable of conveying them in a smooth and powerful Arabic language, and in a text that is faithful to the original in meaning, imagery, and rhythm.

In addition to the complete translation, neither abridged nor simplified, this edition contains a detailed analytical and critical introduction and comprehensive footnotes, providing the most important information the Arab reader should know about this remarkable text and enhancing their appreciation of this brilliant author.

A book for every reader, and an edition that no library is complete without.

About the translator
Dr. Mohamed Anani (1939–2023), the "Dean of Translators," was born in Beheira Governorate. He is an Egyptian translator, writer, playwright, critic, and academic. He holds a BA in English Language and Literature from Cairo University, an MA from the University of London, and a PhD from the University of Reading.

He has held many positions, including: Head of the English Department at Cairo University, General Editor of the Contemporary Literature Series (a series of Arabic literary works translated into English) at the Egyptian General Book Organization, Head of the “Second Thousand Books” Series at the Egyptian General Book Organization, and Expert at the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo.

He has published more than 130 works, including books on criticism and language, in both Arabic and English, plays, literary biographies, and poetry in Arabic, and numerous translations from English, most notably his translations of Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, and Lord Byron.

He has won numerous awards, most notably: the State Award for Translation for his translation of Milton's Paradise Lost, the First Class Order of Science and Arts, the Ben Turki Award for Excellence in Translation into English, the State Award for Literature, the Distinguished Performance Award in Playwriting from the Higher Institute of Theatre, the State Award for Excellence in Literature, the King Abdullah International Award for Translation, the Arab League Organization Award for Science and Culture in Translation into English, the Rifa'a al-Tahtawi Award for Translation into Arabic, and the Nile Award for Literature.