Mounawar Abbouchi

Mounawar Abbouchi (she/her) is a PhD candidate focusing on late medieval literature. Mounawar is from Beirut, Lebanon where she did her undergraduate studies in English literature. She came to UGA in 2013 on a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue an MA in Comparative Literature. Her thesis was an edition and translation of "Yde et Olive", an Old French poem from the 14th century. This was the first translation of the poem into English and was published in Medieval Feminist Forum in 2018. She returned to UGA to begin a PhD program in 2021, specializing in Middle English literature. 

Mounawar has a decade of teaching experience. She teaches literature, college composition, ESL, and elementary French. She also works at the Willis Center for Writing as a Writing Consultant, and with the UGA at Oxford Program as a Graduate Administrator.

When she is not busy looking at old books or stuck in an airport, she is probably cooking/baking, taking a nature walk, or practicing martial arts.