I am an Assistant Professor in Arabic Language, Literature, and Translation Studies at IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon. I completed my degree from International Islamic Call College Tripoli-Libya, Masters degree in Literary Translation from the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Civilization, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University in Bandar Seri Begawan-Brunei Darussalam. Apart from being in the academic field, I am also active as a Arabic-Indonesian-Arabic book translator and became a young member of the Indonesian Translator Association (Himpunan Penerjemah Indonesia/HPI). Previously, I worked as a translator for 4 years at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia translating diplomatic notes, court decisions, translating directly in court, and assisting problematic Indonesian expatriates in Saudi Arabia.