William Taggart

William Taggart is an anthropologist, artist, and translator whose work focuses on social change, violence, and new media in the contemporary Middle East. He recently published (with Nadine Sinno) a translation of Huda Hamed's novel, I Saw Her in My Dreams (2023, University of Texas Press). Since 2014, he has carried out fieldwork in Beirut, documenting street art and graffiti in the city. He teaches courses in Arab Culture and Civilization, Arab Cinema, War and Arab Culture, and Research in Arab Culture at Virginia Tech.