The "Translating in the Mediterranean Area" network is composed of independent experts and of the project partners is currently being developed. The following persons have already confirmed their participation :

-  M. Mahmoud ABOU HASHHASH, Al Qattan Foundation, Ramallah;

-  M. Henri AWAISS, directeur de l'ETI/University Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth;

-  M. Ahmed El ATTAR, theatre producer, director of Studio Emad Eddin Foundation, Cairo;

-  M. Ali BEN MAKHLOUF, philosopher, Sofia Antipolis University, Nice;

-  M. Omar BERRADA, translator, writer, Paris;

-  Mme Barbara CASSIN, philologist, philosopher,senior research fellow at the CNRS, director of Centre Léon Robin, Paris;

-  M. Abdessalam CHEDDADI, historian, researcher and translator, Institut universitaire de la recherche scientifique, Rabat;

-  Mme Maria DONZELLI, philosopher, director of the Studies Center for Mediterranean Cultures, Orientale University, Naples;

-  M. Martin De HAAN, vice president, European council of Literary Translators' associations, Brussels;

-  M. Gamal AL GHITANY, writer, Cairo;

-  M. Gilles EBOLI, director of the city of Marseille libraries and the Alcazar library, Marseille;

-  Mme Yana GENOVA, director, Next Page Foundation, Sofia;

-  M. Yves GONZALEZ-QUIJANO, professor of Arabic litterature, GREMMO/université Lyon II;

-  Mme Müge GÜRSOY SÖKMEN, director, Metis Publishing, Istanbul;

-  M. Sofiane HADJADJ, writer, co-director Barzakh Publishing House, Alger;

-  M. Richard JACQUEMOND, senior research fellow, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence;

-  M. Ferda KESKIN, philosophy professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul.

-  M. Driss KHROUZ, director, National Library, Rabat;

-  M. Mustapha LAARISSA, philosopher, Cadi Ayad University, Marrakech;

-  M. Tahar LABI, director, Arab Translation Organization, Beyrouth;

-  M. Philippe LE MOINE, Director External relation, Avignon Festival;

-  Mme Elisabeth LONGUENESSE, director of Contemporary Studies, Institut français du Proche-Orient;

-  M. Ali MAHER, Ambassador, The Bibliotheca Alexandrina;

-  M. Franck MERMIER, anthropologist, Beyrouth/Paris;

-  M. Taïeb OULD AROUSSI, director of the Arab World Institue Library, Paris;

-  M. Luis Miguel PEREZ CAÑADA, director, Escuela de Traductores, Tolède;

-  M. Emmanuel PONSART, director, Centre international de poésie de Marseille, Marseille;

-  M. Mohammed SGHIR JANJAR, Deputy Director, King Abdul Aziz Foundation, Casablanca;

-  M. Nadim TARAZI, Director, La Maison du livre, Beyrouth;

-  M. Aydin UGUR, Dean of the Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul;

-  Mme Françoise WUILLMART, director, CETL and CTLS, Bruxelles.

Other institutions and experts will join the follow-up group in the coming months.