Rehab Bassam (Arabic: رحاب بسام), is an Egyptian blogger who rose to fame in 2008 when Dar al Shorouk, one of the most prominent Egyptian publishing houses, published a collection of her blog posts in book form. She is an active blogger since November 2004.
Rehab Bassam | |
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| Born | May 10, 1977 |
| Occupation | Short story writer, blogger, editor and translator |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
Biography edit
A graduate of Faculty of Arts (Kolleyyat al Aadaab) with a major in English,[1] Rehab started to blog back in 2004, taking it "as a challenge", in her own words, when a friend of hers teased her online for not having a blog. Having a look at his, she realized that a blog is where an individual writes about his or her daily routine, and she said to herself "It's no big deal, I too can do that". That very day she created a blog.[2]
As an Anglophone, Bassam's early posts were in English, but simultaneously and "overnight", she found herself writing in Arabic by September 2004.[2]
Bassam had a career in market research, copywriting,[citation needed] editing,[citation needed] and translation and publishing of children books.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Blog edit
In 2004, Bassam came into the Egyptian blogosphere, a then nascent community, through her blog Hawadeet (Egyptian colloquialism for "tales"), writing under the nickname Hadouta (Egyptian colloquialism for "a tale"), which soon gained a growing popularity. Her blog writing, stories as well as diary, is described by local reviewers as "gripping, funny, full of echoes from a wide range of influences",[10] "spontaneous", exhibiting "high literary powers",[2] written "in a fine style",[1] "well-written", "expressive",[9] and "marvelous".[11]
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References edit
- ^ a b ثلاث مدونات مصرية..تحقق أعلي المبيعات في معرض الكتاب
- ^ a b c Mohammed Sameer (2008-02-13), رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3, retrieved 2018-03-18
- ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
- ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
- ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
- ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
- ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
- ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
- ^ a b Daily News Egypt – Full Article
- ^ Yallabina – Pink-clad Blogger-Writer Shares her Recipe
- ^ جريدة الأهرام – أعمدة ـ صندوق الدنيا بقلم : أحمد بهجت
- Rehab Bassam, Orz bel Laban le Shakhsain (2008), ISBN 978-977-09-2304-7
External links edit
- Hawadeet Rehab Bassam's blog
- Yallabina "Pink-clad Writer-Blogger Shares her Recipe" A book discussion listing
- Masrawy "Three Egyptian Blogs are Bestsellers in CIBF"
- Daily Star Egypt "Female bloggers invade Egypt’s literary scene"
- Boss wu Toll "Blog Girls Sign their Books"
- "Rice Pudding for Two", Al Ahram Ahmad Bahgat's column
- The book profile page on the publisher's website
- Global Voices Online, From Blogs to Books
- YouTube An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's Al 'Ashera Masa'an (Ten PM) program, 1 of 3
- YouTube An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's Al 'Ashera Masa'an (Ten PM) program, 2 of 3
- YouTube An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's Al 'Ashera Masa'an (Ten PM) program, 3 of 3
- Short biography from the Berlin International Literature Festival