Maha El Hissy is an independent researcher who lives in Berlin. She has taught modern German literature in Cairo, Munich, and London. Her book Getürkte Türken. Karnevaleske Stilmittel im Theater, Kabarett und Film deutsch-türkischer Künstlerinnen und Künstler was published in 2012. Her most recent publication is an edited volume on Literature and Art on Immigration in Postwar Germany. In the spring term of 2025, Maha was a Max Kade Visiting Professor in the German Department at Columbia University in New York.