Reem Bassiouney
Reem Bassiouney (born 1973) is an Egyptian author and sociolinguistics professor, currently residing at Georgetown University. She has written several novels and a number of short stories[1] and won the 2009 Sawiris Foundation Literary Prize for Young Writers for her novel Dr. Hanaa.[2] While much of her fiction has yet to be translated into English, her novel The Pistachio Seller was published by Syracuse University Press in 2009.
Bassiouney obtained her doctorate from Oxford University and has written a number of books on Arabic sociolinguistics.
Bibliography
Fiction
- The Pistachio Seller (novel), Syracuse University Press, October 2009.
- Dr. Hanaa (novel), 2008. Winner of the 2009 Sawiris Foundation Literary Prize for Young Writers.
- Eastern Delights (novel), 2007.
- The Smell of the Sea, 2005.
Academic Books
- Arabic and the Media: Linguistic Analyses and Applications, March 2010.
- Arabic Sociolinguistics, Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
- Functions of Code-Switching in Egypt, 2006.
References
- ^ Reem Bassiouney entry at Arab World Books, accessed Dec. 11, 2010.
- ^ "Alagafash and Hana gift, Fathi Abdel-disciple Win Sawiris Literary Award," Daily Rose El Youssef, January 11, 2010.
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