Hala Halim is an Egyptian academic and translator.
Halim has written extensively about literature and culture, covering subjects as diverse as Youssef Chahine, EM Forster and Constantine Cavafy.
an assistant professor in the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies department of New York University.
Halim has translated Mohamed El-Bisatie's novel Clamor of the Lake.
The translation won an Egyptian State Incentive Award[2] and was runner-up for the Banipal Prize in 2006.