Qalam Editing Ltd
Professional Member| Location | Birmingham/Oxford |
| Office | +44 (0)121 286 5876 |
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| Website | www.qalamediting.com |
| Qalam Editing |
Qalam Editing, specialists in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, bring together 30 years of professional experience in books and journal production management, copy-editing, proofreading, consultancy, project management, and translation services in the academic, trade, and educational publishing industry. We range from managing multi-million-dollar publishing portfolios for clients in the Middle East and South Asia and prestigious university presses worldwide, to copy-editing and proofreading for academic publishers and self-publishers across a wide array of subject areas.
Skills
Copy-editing, proofreading, project management, consultancy (editorial), anglicizing, americanizing, dictionary editing/lexicography, plain/clear English, editing non-native English, translating (Arabic to English), foreign language proofreading (Arabic), foreign language copy-editing (Arabic), Arabic script and transliteration.
Media
Books, journals, multi-contributor volumes, dictionaries, online materials.
Experience
Freelance since 2008; Senior Editorial Project Manager, Newgen KnowledgeWorks UK, 2016–18; Editorial and Production Manager, Kalam Research and Media, 2014–16; Production Editor (Science and Medicine), Oxford University Press, 2010–14.
Clients
Brill Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Cengage Learning, Edinburgh University Press, Fadaat Media, Hodder & Stoughton, Inspiral Design, The Islamic Texts Society, Little Brown, Manchester University Press, Ministry of Education (Egypt), National Geographic Learning, Oxford University Press, Routledge (Taylor & Francis), Tabah Research, Turath Publishing
Subjects
biology (marine, human, popular)
country studies (Middle East, South-east Asia)
English literature (early/medieval, general, Victorian)
fitness/health
Islamic studies (classical Arabic, hagiography, Islamophobia/current Muslim affairs, jurisprudence, literature, poetry, prophetic life and traditions, Qur'anic studies, Sufism, theology)
language (American English, English language: grammar, usage, Arabic, linguistics)
literary studies (comparative literature, critical editions, literary criticism, literary theory)
Middle Eastern and North African studies (current affairs, history, politics, religion)
medicine (academic/research, popular, psychology)
music (religious/worship)
philosophy (epistemology, language, of religion)
politics/government (current affairs, international relations)
religious studies/theology (Islam, Sufism)
Qualifications
BA English Language and Literature, First Class Honours, Birmingham City University
BA Classical Arabic, Qasid Arabic Institute, Jordan
Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), University of Cambridge