Rehab Bassam

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Rehab Bassam
Born May 10, 1977(1977-05-10)
Occupation Short story writer, blogger, editor and translator
Nationality Egyptian

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.

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[edit] Biography

A graduate of Faculty of Arts (Kolleyyat al Aadaab) with a major in English [1], Bassam 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 everyday 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. [3]

Bassam had a career in market research, copywriting[citation needed], editing[citation needed], and translation and publishing of children books [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10].

[edit] Blog

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"[11], "spontaneous", exhibiting "high literary powers" [12], written "in a fine style" [13], "well-written", "expressive" [14], and "marvelous" [15].

[edit] Works

  • Rice Pudding for Two (2008) أرز باللبن لشخصين

[edit] See also

  • Rice Pudding for Two

[edit] References

  1. ^ ثلاث مدونات مصرية..تحقق أعلي المبيعات في معرض الكتاب
  2. ^ YouTube - رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3
  3. ^ YouTube - رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3
  4. ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
  5. ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
  6. ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
  7. ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
  8. ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
  9. ^ Dar El Shorouk' books
  10. ^ Daily News Egypt - Full Article
  11. ^ Yallabina - Pink-clad Blogger-Writer Shares her Recipe
  12. ^ YouTube - رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3
  13. ^ ثلاث مدونات مصرية..تحقق أعلي المبيعات في معرض الكتاب
  14. ^ Daily News Egypt - Full Article
  15. ^ جريدة الأهرام - أعمدة ـ صندوق الدنيا بقلم : أحمد بهجت‏

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