Mustafa Al-Slaiman was born in Jordan, in 1960, and currently lives and works in Germany’s capital, Berlin, as a prolific literary translator, conference interpreter and cultural mediator.

Following the completion of his studies, Al-Slaiman went on to work as an interpretation and translation Lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany, Faculty of Applied Linguistic and Cultural Sciences, Germersheim. He has also worked as a staff translator and interpreter at German’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with another role being Arabic language and culture tutor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Passau in Germany. 

Al-Slaiman has translated many literary works from German into Arabic and vice-versa, including an anthology of poetry into German, and has had several articles and essays published by various literary periodicals and newspapers, as well as research papers in various languages. He has also organized readings and other literary events for adults, children and young people across Germany.