Caroline Benson

Work Experience

Egypt Independent (Al-Masry Al-Youm)

Mar 2019 - Oct 2019 -7 months

Egypt , Cairo

Job Details:Copyedit English translations of news articles from Al-Masry Al-Youm, published under the sub-publication title Egypt Independent. Select, upload and publish 8-12 Middle East section news wires daily from Reuters, Deutche Welles, CNN, Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse.

Al Kotob Khan for Publishing and Distribution

May 2018 - Dec 2018 -7 months

Job Details:Serviced customers in English and Arabic. Produced English-language media and advertising on new and classic literature. Practiced translation for Arabic literature advertising.

American University in Cairo

May 2018 - Dec 2018 -7 months

Egypt , Cairo

Job Details:Researched documents (fact-finding, locating and scanning manuscripts, generating book content ideas based on archival documents) in the AUC archives at the New Cairo campus in coordination with the staff of the Rare Books and Special Collections Library and the author of the university's centennial book project. Transcribed oral history interviews for the digitalized oral history archive of the university.

National Center for Culture and Arts (NCCA) of the King Hussein Foundation

May 2017 - Aug 2017 -3 months

Jordan , Amman

Job Details:Organized, prepared, orchestrated events of 36th International Arab Youth Congress coordinating with other NCCA faculty in an NGO environment. Recorded and finalized reports on the congress to solicit and maintain funding from international donors. Liaised with UNFPA’s Y-Peer International Youth Network Fellows from Jordan and Egypt to coordinate events on civic engagement and aid in media production for the events of the congress.

Bachelor's Degree in Comparative Literature
Columbia University in the City of New York
Jan 2018

Editor at Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism
Student Activity
Sep 2016 - May 2018 -1 yr, 8 months