Zeina Halabi is a writer, editor and scholar of modern Arabic literature. Her research explores the contemporary legacy of 20th century emancipatory traditions, texts and figures, with a regional focus on Egypt and the Levant. She is the author of The Unmaking of the Arab Intellectual: Prophecy, Exile, and the Nation (2017). She has published work with online platforms on contemporary Arabic literature and visual culture. She is currently a research associate at the Orient Institute in Beirut and the Arabic editor of Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal.