Michael K. Scott Translator-Editor (Arabic, Farsi and French to English) 1500 Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228 1-443-857-4992; (717) 321-5691 ! [email protected] SUMMARY

A versatile multilingual communications professional with extensive international program management, editorial, and publishing experience, working in the English and Arabic languages in North America and !the United Kingdom as well as in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. A precision-oriented writer and discerning editor able to develop and convey complex issues clearly and with nuance and impact, on time, meeting the requirements of peer-reviewed academic journals and the !in-house style guidelines of international development and advocacy organizations A meticulous, accurate, and thorough interpreter, translator, networker and broker of social sciences, environmental, technical, cultural and literary resources in Arabic and English, additionally competent !working with texts in French, Persian, and Urdu. An imaginative and resourceful teacher of Arabic as a Foreign Language in the United States at the K-16 level, reflecting the national standards of foreign language teaching and learning, versed in state-of-the-art innovation in pedagogy in critical languages and second language acquisition methodologies. ! !PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS !Translator-Editor, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 2013-2015 !Visiting Fellow, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia 2012-2013 Literary Translator, Throwing Sparks, Arabic Booker Prize-Winner by Saudi Novelist Abdo Khal, for Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, London, 2014 2011-2012

!Consultant, National Foreign Language Center / STARTALK (College Park, MD) 2010-2011 !Arabic Instructor, Roland Park Country School (Baltimore, MD) 2007-2010 !Arabic Instructor, Washington Latin Public Charter School (Washington, DC) 2009-2010 Consultant, Refugees International, Missions on Stateless Persons !(, , Cyprus, Washington DC) 2008-2009 !Arabic Instructor, McDaniel College (Westminster, MD) 2005-2007 !West Bank and Gaza Country Director, MercyCorps International (Jerusalem, Hebron) 2003-2004 !South / Central Asia Policy Analyst, US Cttee for Refugees and Immigrants (Wash. DC) 2003 Middle East & Central Asia Program Coordinator !Center for Economic and Social Rights (New York, NY) 2002 !Afghanistan Emergency Policy Adviser, Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore, MD) 2001-2002 Program Officer, Maryland Office for New Americans (Baltimore, MD) 2001-2002 ! ! Rehabilitation Policy Advocate, Christian Aid (London / Baltimore) 2000-2001 HIV Prevention Program Manager, Baltimore City Health Department 2001 ! !PRIOR PROFESSIONAL HISTORY !Editor-Translator, Washington DC Representation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 1999-2000 Bilingual Program Officer (Arabic-French), The Johns Hopkins Center for !Communication Programs (Baltimore MD) 1997-1998 Afghanistan Urban Rehabilitation Program Manager, United Nations Centre for Human !Settlements (Nairobi, Islamabad, New York) 1996-1997 !Pakistan Field Director, Save the Children Fund UK (Islamabad/London) 1992-1996 !Editor, Middle East Council of Churches Perspectives (Limassol, Cyprus) 1989-1992 Country Representative, Lebanon and Yemen, Oxfam UK (Beirut, Sana’a, Oxford) 1982-1989 ! !COUNTRY EXPERIENCE (Professional Assignments, Conferences, work residence) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia !Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Syria, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen !PROFESSIONAL WRITING, EDITING and TRANSLATION Novels and excerpts of novels in translation and published in anthologies; short stories, monographs, journal abstracts, conference and briefing papers, backgrounders, reports, speeches, newsletters, appeals, !proposals, brochures, updates, project evaluations, needs assessments, meeting minutes !EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, California B.A., Near Eastern Languages and Cultures 1979, Modern HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts !Graduate Studies in the History of Science 1979-80 !Since August 2012: working on MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, Middlebury College ! !

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