Elliott Colla is an American scholar of the Middle East, specializing in Arabic literature and culture.

[1] He is an associate professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University.

[2] His translation of Gold Dust was runner-up for the Banipal Prize in 2009.

[4] In addition to translations and academic works, he has published a novel Baghdad Central (2014).

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