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

• 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. (pp. 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. (pp. 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). (pp. 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.
• Some Egyptian travellers to Europe
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Some Egyptian travellers to Europe. In P. Starkey & J. Starkey (Eds.), Travellers to Egypt [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 280-286). London, IB Tauris.
• The Egyptian Encounter with Europe in the Nineteenth Century
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). The Egyptian Encounter with Europe in the Nineteenth Century. In Europe, its Borders and the Others [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 107-120). Napoli: ESI.
• The four ages of Husayn Tawfīq: love and sexuality in the novels of Tawfīq al-Hakīm
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). 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 [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 56-64). London: Saqi.
• Arabic Literary Translingualism
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Arabic Literary Translingualism. In S. Kellman & N. Lvovich (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism [Contracted by publisher]. Routledge.
• Joun Encounter: Alexander William Kinglake meets Lady Hester Stanhope
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). 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 [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 273-282). Archaeopress.
• Ibn Jubayr’s Riḥla reconsidered
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Ibn Jubayr’s Riḥla reconsidered. In P. Starkey & J. Starkey (Eds.), Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists [Contracted by publisher]. Archaeopress.
• Tawfīq al-Hakīm
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Tawfīq al-Hakīm. In African Writers [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 291-302). New York: Scribner’s.
• Resurrecting the caliphate: Youssef Rakha and the collapse of the Ottoman state
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Resurrecting the caliphate: Youssef Rakha and the collapse of the Ottoman state. In S. Guth & T. Pepe (Eds.), Arabic literature in a posthuman world [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 53-60). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
• Faris Al-Shidyaq and Britain
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Faris Al-Shidyaq and Britain. In The Arabs and Britain: changes and exchanges: Proceedings of a conference held in Cairo 23–25 March 1998 [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 393-401). Cairo: British Council.
• Romances of History: Jurji Zaydan and the rise of the historical novel’
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). 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 [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 342-364). EUP.
• Lifting the Lid on a Culture that’s Hid’: Kashf al-Mukhabbaʾ in Literary and Historical Context
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). 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 [Contracted by publisher]. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
• Meet at Rustam Pasha
  
  Starkey, P. G., & Starkey, J. (n.d.). Meet at Rustam Pasha. In B. Rogerson (Ed.), Tales from the life of Bruce Wannell: Adventurer, Linguist, Orientalist [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 160-163). London: Eland.
• Modern Egyptian Culture in the Arab World
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). 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 [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 394-426). Cambridge University Press.
• The cedars of Lebanon in literature and art
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). 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 [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 251-274). Archaeopress.
• Library Provision for Central Asian Studies in the University of Durham
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Library Provision for Central Asian Studies in the University of Durham. In Central Asia: Tradition & Change: Library and Museum Surveys [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 11-13). London: SOAS.
• Strange Incidents from History: Youssef Rakha and his Sultan’s Seal
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). 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 [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 159-177). Edinburgh: EUP.
• Voyages of Self-Definition: the case of [Ahmad] Fāris al-Shidyāq
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Voyages of Self-Definition: the case of [Ahmad] Fāris al-Shidyāq. In R. Ostle (Ed.), Sensibilities of the Islamic Mediterranean [Contracted by publisher] (pp. 118-132). London: I.B. Tauris.
• Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti’, ‘Tawfiq Yusuf ‘Awwad’ and ‘Nasif al-Yaziji
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti’, ‘Tawfiq Yusuf ‘Awwad’ and ‘Nasif al-Yaziji. In R. Allen (Ed.), Essays in Arabic Literary Biography 1850–1950 [Contracted by publisher]. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Edited book

• 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.
• Natural resources and cultural connections of the Red Sea
  
  Starkey, P. G., Starkey, J., & Wilkinson, T. J. (Eds.). (n.d.). Natural resources and cultural connections of the Red Sea [Contracted by publisher]. 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.). (n.d.). Minnena: L’Egitto, l’Europa e la ricerca dopo l’assassinio di Giulio Regeni [Contracted by publisher]. Messina: Mesogea.
• Travellers in Ottoman Lands: the botanical legacy
  
  Starkey, P. G., Aščerić-Todd, I., Knees, S., & Starkey, J. (Eds.). (n.d.). Travellers in Ottoman Lands: the botanical legacy [Contracted by publisher]. Archaeopress.
• Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists
  
  Starkey, P. G., & Starkey, J. (Eds.). (n.d.). Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists [Contracted by publisher]. Archaeopress.
• Intertextuality in modern Arabic literature since 1967. Durham Modern Languages Series 2
  
  Starkey, P. G., Deheuvels, L., & Michalak-Pikulska, B. (Eds.). (n.d.). Intertextuality in modern Arabic literature since 1967. Durham Modern Languages Series 2 [Contracted by publisher]. Durham: MLAC; repr. Manchester University Press, 2010.

Journal Article

• Tawfīq al-Hakīm: leading playwright of the Arab world
  
  Starkey, P. (in press). Tawfīq al-Hakīm: leading playwright of the Arab world. Theater Three, 6, 21-30.
• Fractured destinies: a novel by Rabaʻī Madʹhūn
  
  Starkey, P. G. (in press). Fractured destinies: a novel by Rabaʻī Madʹhūn.
• Narrative structure in al-Tayyib Sālih’s Mawsim al-Hijra ilā al-Shimāl
  
  Starkey, P. G. (in press). Narrative structure in al-Tayyib Sālih’s Mawsim al-Hijra ilā al-Shimāl. Edebiyât, 10(1), 33-42.
• Quest for freedom: the case of the Tunisian ‘Izz al-Dīn al-Madanī
  
  Starkey, P. G. (in press). Quest for freedom: the case of the Tunisian ‘Izz al-Dīn al-Madanī. Journal of Arabic Literature, 26, 67-79.
• Reimagining the Sufi tradition in modern Arabic literature
  
  Starkey, P. G. (2019). Reimagining the Sufi tradition in modern Arabic literature. Al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/29497841-04004101023
• '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. (n.d.). East Winds, West Winds, by Isa Mahdi Saqr [Contracted by publisher].
• Saladin and the Assassins, by Jurji Zaidan
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Saladin and the Assassins, by Jurji Zaidan [Contracted by publisher].
• The Drowning (translation of the Arabic novel by Hammour Ziada
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). The Drowning (translation of the Arabic novel by Hammour Ziada [Contracted by publisher].
• Sarajevo Firewood (translation of the Arabic novel Hatab Sarajevo by Said Khatibi
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Sarajevo Firewood (translation of the Arabic novel Hatab Sarajevo by Said Khatibi [Contracted by publisher].
• Shumaisi by Turki Al-Hamad
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Shumaisi by Turki Al-Hamad [Contracted by publisher].
• Dear Mr Kawabata by Rashid al-Daif
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Dear Mr Kawabata by Rashid al-Daif [Contracted by publisher].
• Maryam’s Maze, by Mansoura Ez Eldin
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). Maryam’s Maze, by Mansoura Ez Eldin [Contracted by publisher].
• We are all equally far from love, by Adania Shibli
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). We are all equally far from love, by Adania Shibli [Contracted by publisher].
• The Shell: memoirs of a hidden observer by Mustafa Khalifa
  
  Starkey, P. G. (n.d.). The Shell: memoirs of a hidden observer by Mustafa Khalifa [Contracted by publisher].