Rana Seif: The Translator Bringing Japanese Women’s Lit, Manga, and More to Middle East Readers

Rana Seif in a Cairo café. (© Menna El-Azzamy)

© Menna El-Azzamy

Clockwise from top left: At the entrance to the Cairo International Book Fair; lively crowds inside the venue; works including Diary of a Void and The Woman in the Purple Skirt lined up on bookshelves; a woman looking at manga translations, including those by Rana Seif. (© Menna El-Azzamy)

Seif holding her translation of Old Boy. (© Menna El-Azzamy)

© Menna El-Azzamy