A lecturer in literary translation and the Allston Burr Resident Dean of Mather House at Harvard College. He has translated ten works of Arabic literature into English. A two-time recipient of the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation―for The President’s Gardens by Muhsin Al-Ramli (2018) and Mister N by Najwa Barakat (2023)―he was awarded the Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize (Translators Category) in 2025.