Prof. Khaled Al Jubaili
One of the most important contemporary Arab translators, he is a Syrian translator, born in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and resides in the United States of America. His intellectual production is rich in more than 50 translated works, most of which are novels from the creations of world literature, in addition to some contributions, studies and short stories that have been published on many From websites, he also worked as a translator and reviewer in the Arabic Translation Department at the United Nations in New York.
His growing passion for the English language led him to enroll in the Faculty of Arts, Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Aleppo, and the first work he translated into Arabic was the novel (Animal Farm) by the British writer “George Orwell” when he was a sophomore in college.
He was the first to introduce the Arab reader to the Turkish writer "Elif Shafak", when he first translated her novel (The Bastard of Istanbul) and then her novel (The Forty Rules of Love), which received wide popularity and great interest, as it was translated into more than 30 languages.
He has translated about 60 works between novels, stories, and others.
His most important translated works:
Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Hot Weather Jokes by Alberto Moravia. Issued by Dar Abdel Moneim in 2000 AD.
A novel (Memoirs of a Prisoner's Wife) by Asha Pandele. It was published by Dar Ward in 2003.
Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur’an is a novel by French novelist Eric Emmanuel Schmidt. It was published by Dar Ward in 2004.
(Childhood Days) Memoirs of J.M. Coetzee. It was published by Dar Ward in 2005.
The novel (Intimacy) Hanif Qureshi. It was published by Dar Ward in 2005.
The Novel (Head of the Family) by Ruth Prawer Jhapvala. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2007.
Novel (Secrets) Noureddine Farah. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2007.
The novel (Shanghai Baby) Wei Hui. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2008.
Marriage with Buddha is a novel by Chinese writer Wei Hui. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2008.
"Zorba the Greek" by Nikos Kazantzakis. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2009.
Novel (Sboat: The Rudy Steel 1). Henry Miller. It was published by Dar Ward in 2009.
Novel (The Curl: Pink Steel 2) by Henry Miller. It was published by Dar Ward in 2009.
Novel (Chorus: Pink Steel 2) by Henry Miller. It was published by Dar Ward in 2009.
(Land of Spirits: Tales of the Cuz Tribe) Leo Joachim Frachtenberg. Published by Kalima Project for Translation in 2010.
The novel (Gifts) by the Somali writer Noureddine Farah. It was published by Dar El-Gamal in 2010.
The Novel (Indignation) by Philip Roth. It was published by Dar El-Gamal in 2010.
The novel (Iranian love story under the scissors of the censor) by Iranian writer Shahryar Mandanipour. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2011.
The novel (Love in Jeddah) by the Eritrean writer Suleiman Adonijah. Issued by Dar Al-Jamal.
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2012.
The novel (The Forty Rules of Love) by the Turkish novelist Elif Shafak. Issued by Dar Towa in 2012.
"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2012.
Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2012.
The Piano Teacher is a novel by Austrian writer Alfred Jelinek. Issued by Dar Towa in 2013.
Ora by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2013.
Diary of a Crazy Old Man is a novel by Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki. Issued by Tawa and Al-Jamal Publications in 2013.
The Presidential Chair is a novel by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2013.
A novel (Tales from the Widows' Estate and Chronicles from the Land of Men) by Colombian writer James Canyon. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2013.
The Burning Moon is a novel by Argentine writer Membo Giardinelli. It was published by Dar Towa and Al-Jamal Publications in 2013.
The Novel (The Key) by Junichiro Tanizaki. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2014.
The novel (Al-Rumi: The Fire of Love), Nihal Tajad. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2015.
"When Nietzsche Wept" by Erwin D. Yalom. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2015.
The novel (The Dark Side of Love) by the German/Syrian novelist Rafik Shami. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2015.
Novel (Two Years and Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights) by Salman Rushdie. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2016.
Strangers is a Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada. Issued by the Nineveh House in 2016.
The Narrow Path from the Fools of the North is a novel by Australian writer Richard Flanagan. It was published by Dar Al-Jamal in 2016.
"Valkyrie Girls: An Encounter of Angels" by Paulo Coelho. It was published by Dar Ward in 2016.
Diwan (Hidden Music) by Jalal al-Din Rumi. Issued by Dar Al-Jamal in 2016.
Diwan (The soul does not tire of lovers) Jalal al-Din al-Rumi. Issued by Dar Al-Jamal in 2017.
The novel (Iranian-style passport) by the Iranian novelist Nihal Tajad. Issued by Dar Al-Jamal in 2017.
Novel (The Gospel according to Jesus Christ) by Jose Saramago. Issued by Dar Al-Jamal in 2017.
Novel (The Golden House) Salman Rushdie. Issued by Dar Al-Jamal in 2018.
The Schopenhauer Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom. Issued by Dar Al-Jamal in 2018.
The novel (American Visa) by Juan de Recacogia. Issued by the Nineveh House in 2018.
Novel (A Man's Travel) by Gao Xingyan. Issued by the Nineveh House in 2018.
(The Contemporary Syrians) published by Nineveh House in 2018.
"The Spinoza Problem" by Irvin D. Yalom. It was published by Dar El-Gamal in 2019.
(What is What) by Dave Eggers. It was published by Dar Madarak in 2019.
The Girl Who Burns Novel by Claire Massoud. It was published by a group of words and novels in 2019.
(Educated) Tara Westover. Issued by Dar Madarak in the year 2020.