Staff profile

• Arabic literature
• Arabic/English translation
• Middle Eastern travellers to Europe and vice versa

• 2019:

  to present Chair, Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE)

  : to present Chair, Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE)
• 2017:

  1^st place (tied) Sheikh Hamad translation award (Arabic into English)

  : 1^st place (tied) Sheikh Hamad translation award (Arabic into English)
• 2015:

  Winner, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation

  : Winner, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
• 2012:

  to 2018 Vice-President, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)

  : to 2018 Vice-President, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
• 2008:

  Member of Judges’ Panel, International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the ‘Arabic Booker’)

  : Member of Judges’ Panel, International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the ‘Arabic Booker’)
• 2004:

  Chair, BANIPAL Trust for Modern Arabic Literature

  : Chair, BANIPAL Trust for Modern Arabic Literature
• 2001:

  Panel member, Research Assessment Exercise, UoA 46; 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Sub-Panel 48

  : Panel member, Research Assessment Exercise, UoA 46; 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Sub-Panel 48
• 2000:

  to 2003 General Secretary, Member, EMTAR / EURAMAL (European Meeting of Teachers of Arabic Literature / European Association for Modern Arabic Literature)

  : to 2003 General Secretary, Member, EMTAR / EURAMAL (European Meeting of Teachers of Arabic Literature / European Association for Modern Arabic Literature)
• 1997:

  -2000 Chair, Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE)

  : -2000 Chair, Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE)
• 1990:

  to 1996 Editor BRISMES Bulletin / British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

  : to 1996 Editor BRISMES Bulletin / British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

Authored book

• Sonallah Ibrahim: Rebel with a Pen
  Starkey, P. G. (2016). Sonallah Ibrahim: Rebel with a Pen. Edinburgh University Press
• Modern Arabic Literature
  Starkey, P. G. (2006). Modern Arabic Literature. Edinburgh University Press
• From the Ivory Tower: a critical study of Tawfīq al-Hakīm
  Starkey, P. G. (1987). From the Ivory Tower: a critical study of Tawfīq al-Hakīm. London: Ithaca Press/Garnet Publishing

Chapter in book

• Some Egyptian travellers to Europe
  Starkey, P. G. Some Egyptian travellers to Europe. In P. Starkey, & J. Starkey (Eds.), Travellers to Egypt (280-286). London, IB Tauris
• The Egyptian Encounter with Europe in the Nineteenth Century
  Starkey, P. G. The Egyptian Encounter with Europe in the Nineteenth Century. In Europe, its Borders and the Others (107-120). Napoli: ESI
• The four ages of Husayn Tawfīq: love and sexuality in the novels of Tawfīq al-Hakīm
  Starkey, P. G. The four ages of Husayn Tawfīq: love and sexuality in the novels of Tawfīq al-Hakīm. In R. Allen, H. Kilpatrick, & E. de Moor (Eds.), Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature (56-64). London: Saqi
• Arabic Literary Translingualism
  Starkey, P. G. Arabic Literary Translingualism. In S. Kellman, & N. Lvovich (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism. Routledge
• Joun Encounter: Alexander William Kinglake meets Lady Hester Stanhope
  Starkey, P. G. Joun Encounter: Alexander William Kinglake meets Lady Hester Stanhope. In N. Cooke, & V. Daubney (Eds.), Lost and Now Found: Explorers, Diplomats and Artists in Egypt and the Near East (273-282). Archaeopress
• Ibn Jubayr’s Riḥla reconsidered
  Starkey, P. G. Ibn Jubayr’s Riḥla reconsidered. In P. Starkey, & J. Starkey (Eds.), Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists. Archaeopress
• Tawfīq al-Hakīm
  Starkey, P. G. Tawfīq al-Hakīm. In African Writers (291-302). New York: Scribner’s
• Resurrecting the caliphate: Youssef Rakha and the collapse of the Ottoman state
  Starkey, P. G. Resurrecting the caliphate: Youssef Rakha and the collapse of the Ottoman state. In S. Guth, & T. Pepe (Eds.), Arabic literature in a posthuman world (53-60). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz
• Faris Al-Shidyaq and Britain
  Starkey, P. G. Faris Al-Shidyaq and Britain. In The Arabs and Britain: changes and exchanges: Proceedings of a conference held in Cairo 23–25 March 1998 (393-401). Cairo: British Council
• Romances of History: Jurji Zaydan and the rise of the historical novel’
  Starkey, P. G. Romances of History: Jurji Zaydan and the rise of the historical novel’. In M. Booth, & A. Gorman (Eds.), The Long 1890s: Colonial Quiescence, Subterranean Resistance (342-364). EUP
• Lifting the Lid on a Culture that’s Hid’: Kashf al-Mukhabbaʾ in Literary and Historical Context
  Starkey, P. G. Lifting the Lid on a Culture that’s Hid’: Kashf al-Mukhabbaʾ in Literary and Historical Context. In B. Winckler (Ed.), A Life in Praise of Words: Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq and the Nineteenth Century. Wiesbaden: Reichert
• Meet at Rustam Pasha
  Starkey, P. G., & Starkey, J. Meet at Rustam Pasha. In B. Rogerson (Ed.), Tales from the life of Bruce Wannell: Adventurer, Linguist, Orientalist (160-163). London: Eland
• Modern Egyptian Culture in the Arab World
  Starkey, P. G. Modern Egyptian Culture in the Arab World. In M. Daly, & C. F. Petry (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Egypt. II: Modern Egypt from 1517 to the End of the Twentieth Century (394-426). Cambridge University Press
• The cedars of Lebanon in literature and art
  Starkey, P. G. The cedars of Lebanon in literature and art. In P. Starkey, I. Aščerić-Todd, S. Knees, & J. Starkey (Eds.), Travellers in Ottoman Lands: the botanical legacy (251-274). Archaeopress
• Library Provision for Central Asian Studies in the University of Durham
  Starkey, P. G. Library Provision for Central Asian Studies in the University of Durham. In Central Asia: Tradition & Change: Library and Museum Surveys (11-13). London: SOAS
• Strange Incidents from History: Youssef Rakha and his Sultan’s Seal
  Starkey, P. G. Strange Incidents from History: Youssef Rakha and his Sultan’s Seal. In R. Allen, & R. Ostle (Eds.), Studying Modern Arabic Literature: Essays in Honour of Mustafa Badawi (159-177). Edinburgh: EUP
• Voyages of Self-Definition: the case of [Ahmad] Fāris al-Shidyāq
  Starkey, P. G. Voyages of Self-Definition: the case of [Ahmad] Fāris al-Shidyāq. In R. Ostle (Ed.), Sensibilities of the Islamic Mediterranean (118-132). London: I.B. Tauris
• Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti’, ‘Tawfiq Yusuf ‘Awwad’ and ‘Nasif al-Yaziji
  Starkey, P. G. Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti’, ‘Tawfiq Yusuf ‘Awwad’ and ‘Nasif al-Yaziji. In R. Allen (Ed.), Essays in Arabic Literary Biography 1850–1950. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz
• The Ottoman Empire and Italian Imperial Discourse: How the Italian Literature Represented Ottoman Rule in Albania to Legitimate Its Imperial Ambitions
  Dalmazzo, P. (2024). The Ottoman Empire and Italian Imperial Discourse: How the Italian Literature Represented Ottoman Rule in Albania to Legitimate Its Imperial Ambitions. In I. Asceric-Todd, A. Smajić, J. Starkey, & P. Starkey (Eds.), Travellers in Ottoman Lands: the Balkans, Anatolia and beyond. Archaeopress. https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803278599
• Intertextuality and the Arabic literary tradition in Edwar al-Kharrat's 'Stones of Bobello'
  Starkey, P. G. (2006). Intertextuality and the Arabic literary tradition in Edwar al-Kharrat's 'Stones of Bobello'. In L. Deheuvels, B. Michalak-Pikulska, & P. Starkey (Eds.), Intertextuality in modern Arabic literature since 1967 (149-159). Durham Modern Languages Series
• Crisis and Memory in Rashid al-Daif’s Dear Mr Kawabata: An Essay in Narrative Disorder
  Starkey, P. G. (2003). Crisis and Memory in Rashid al-Daif’s Dear Mr Kawabata: An Essay in Narrative Disorder. In K. Seigneurie (Ed.), Crisis and memory : the representation of space in modern Levantine narrative (115-130). Reichert Verlag
• Fact and Fiction in al-Saq ala al-Saq.
  Starkey, P. G. (2001). Fact and Fiction in al-Saq ala al-Saq. In E. De Moor, R. Ostie, & S. Wild (Eds.), Writing the Self: Autobiographical Writing in Modern Arabic Literature. Saqi Books
• Islamic Egypt in the Modern Egyptian Novel
  Starkey, P. G. (2001). Islamic Egypt in the Modern Egyptian Novel. In H. Kennedy (Ed.), The historiography of Islamic Egypt (c. 950-1800) (251-262). Brill Academic Publishers
• Modern Egyptian Culture in the Arab World.
  Starkey, P. G. (1998). Modern Egyptian Culture in the Arab World. In M. Daly, & C. F. Petry (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Egypt. II: Modern Egypt from 1517 to the End of the Twentieth Century. Cambridge University Press

Edited book

• Natural resources and cultural connections of the Red Sea
  Starkey, P. G., Starkey, J., & Wilkinson, T. J. (Eds.). Natural resources and cultural connections of the Red Sea. Oxford, UK : Archaeopress
• Minnena: L'Egitto, l'Europa e la ricerca dopo l'assassinio di Giulio Regeni
  Starkey, P. G., Casini, L. C., & Melfa, D. (Eds.). Minnena: L'Egitto, l'Europa e la ricerca dopo l'assassinio di Giulio Regeni. Messina: Mesogea
• Travellers in Ottoman Lands: the botanical legacy
  Starkey, P. G., Aščerić-Todd, I., Knees, S., & Starkey, J. (Eds.). Travellers in Ottoman Lands: the botanical legacy. Archaeopress
• Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists
  Starkey, P. G., & Starkey, J. (Eds.). Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists. Archaeopress
• Intertextuality in modern Arabic literature since 1967. Durham Modern Languages Series 2
  Starkey, P. G., Deheuvels, L., & Michalak-Pikulska, B. (Eds.). Intertextuality in modern Arabic literature since 1967. Durham Modern Languages Series 2. Durham: MLAC; repr. Manchester University Press, 2010
• Egypt Through the Eyes of Travellers
  Starkey, P. G., & El Kholy, N. (Eds.). (2002). Egypt Through the Eyes of Travellers. Astene
• Interpreting the Orient: Travellers in Egypt and the Near East: v. 2.
  Starkey, P. G., & Starkey, J. (Eds.). (2001). Interpreting the Orient: Travellers in Egypt and the Near East: v. 2. Ithaca Press
• Unfolding the Orient: Travellers in Egypt and the Near East.
  Starkey, P. G., & Starkey, J. (Eds.). (2001). Unfolding the Orient: Travellers in Egypt and the Near East. Ithaca Press
• Travellers in Egypt.
  Starkey, P. G., & Starkey, J. (Eds.). (1998). Travellers in Egypt. I. B. Tauris
• Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (Two Volumes)
  Starkey, P. G., & Meisami, J. S. (Eds.). (1998). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (Two Volumes). Routledge

Journal Article

• Tawfīq al-Hakīm: leading playwright of the Arab world
  Starkey, P. Tawfīq al-Hakīm: leading playwright of the Arab world
• Fractured destinies: a novel by Rabaʻī Madʹhūn
  Starkey, P. G. Fractured destinies: a novel by Rabaʻī Madʹhūn
• Reimagining the Sufi tradition in modern Arabic literature
  Starkey, P. G. (online). Reimagining the Sufi tradition in modern Arabic literature. Al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature, https://doi.org/10.1163/29497841-04004101023
• Narrative structure in al-Tayyib Sālih’s Mawsim al-Hijra ilā al-Shimāl
  Starkey, P. G. Narrative structure in al-Tayyib Sālih’s Mawsim al-Hijra ilā al-Shimāl
• Quest for freedom: the case of the Tunisian ‘Izz al-Dīn al-Madanī
  Starkey, P. G. Quest for freedom: the case of the Tunisian ‘Izz al-Dīn al-Madanī. Journal of Arabic Literature, 26, 67-79
• 'Heroes' and Characters in the Novels of Sun'allah Ibrahim
  Starkey, P. (2006). 'Heroes' and Characters in the Novels of Sun'allah Ibrahim. Middle Eastern Literatures, 9(2), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/14752620600814228
• On translating Edwar al-Kharrat’s Hijarat Bobello
  Starkey, P. G. (2003). On translating Edwar al-Kharrat’s Hijarat Bobello. Translation Review, 65(Special issue edited by Roger Allen), 54-59
• From Bulletin to Journal and Beyond
  Starkey, P. G. (1998). From Bulletin to Journal and Beyond. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 25(2), 215-216
• Some Aspects of the French Colonial Legacy in the Tunisian Novel of the 1960s and 1970s.
  Starkey, P. G. (1997). Some Aspects of the French Colonial Legacy in the Tunisian Novel of the 1960s and 1970s. Oriente Moderno, XVI(2-3), 151-161
• 'From the City of the Dead to Liberation Square': The Novels of Yūsuf al-Qa‘īd
  Starkey, P. G. (1993). 'From the City of the Dead to Liberation Square': The Novels of Yūsuf al-Qa‘īd. Journal of Arabic Literature, 24(1), 62-74
• Philosophical themes in Tawfīq al-Hakīm’s drama
  Starkey, P. G. (1977). Philosophical themes in Tawfīq al-Hakīm’s drama. Journal of Arabic Literature, 8, 136-152

Monograph

• From the Ivory Tower: Critical Study of Tawfiq Al-Hakim.
  Starkey, P. G. (1987). From the Ivory Tower: Critical Study of Tawfiq Al-Hakim. Garnet Publishing

Scholarly Edition

• East Winds, West Winds, by Isa Mahdi Saqr
  Starkey, P. G. East Winds, West Winds, by Isa Mahdi Saqr
• Saladin and the Assassins, by Jurji Zaidan
  Starkey, P. G. Saladin and the Assassins, by Jurji Zaidan
• The Drowning (translation of the Arabic novel by Hammour Ziada
  Starkey, P. G. The Drowning (translation of the Arabic novel by Hammour Ziada
• Sarajevo Firewood (translation of the Arabic novel Hatab Sarajevo by Said Khatibi
  Starkey, P. G. Sarajevo Firewood (translation of the Arabic novel Hatab Sarajevo by Said Khatibi
• Shumaisi by Turki Al-Hamad
  Starkey, P. G. Shumaisi by Turki Al-Hamad
• Dear Mr Kawabata by Rashid al-Daif
  Starkey, P. G. Dear Mr Kawabata by Rashid al-Daif
• Maryam’s Maze, by Mansoura Ez Eldin
  Starkey, P. G. Maryam’s Maze, by Mansoura Ez Eldin
• We are all equally far from love, by Adania Shibli
  Starkey, P. G. We are all equally far from love, by Adania Shibli
• The Shell: memoirs of a hidden observer by Mustafa Khalifa
  Starkey, P. G. The Shell: memoirs of a hidden observer by Mustafa Khalifa