Reem Bassiouney
| Reem A. Bassiouney | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
March 6, 1973 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Notable work | Dr. Hanaa |
| Awards | Sawiris Cultural Award |
Reem Bassiouney (Arabic: ريم بسيونى Rīm Basyūni [ɾiːm bæsˈjuːni]; March 6, 1973) is an Egyptian author and professor of sociolinguistics, currently teaching at The American University in Cairo. 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.
Education and career
Reem Bassiouney was born in Alexandria in 1973. She attended El Nasr Girls' College, and studied English literature at Alexandria University. After graduating, she was appointed at the University, but decided to pursue her studies abroad. She was accepted for a graduate degree in linguistics at the University of Oxford, where she became a member of Somerville College. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Oxford, and worked briefly in the UK, before moving to the United States, where she was appointed professor of linguistics at the University of Utah. From there she moved to Georgetown University, and finally returned to her native Egypt when she joined The American University in Cairo in 2013.
She is the author of several fictional works, and of books on Arabic sociolinguistics.
Bibliography
Fiction
- The Smell of the Sea, 2005. رائحة البحر[3]
- The Pistachio Seller, 2007. بائع الفستق.[4] English translation, 2009.[5]
- Dr. Hanaa, 2008. دكتورة هناء.[6] Winner of the 2009 Sawiris Foundation Literary Prize for Young Writers. English translation, 2011.[7]
- Love, Arab style, 2009. الحب على الطريقة العربية[8]
- Wonderful things, 2010. أشياء رائعة[9]
Academic Books
- Language and identity in modern Egypt, 2014.[10]
- Arabic language and linguistics, 2012. (edited volume)[11]
- Arabic and the Media: Linguistic Analyses and Applications 2010. (edited volume)[12]
- Arabic Sociolinguistics, 2009.[13]
- Functions of Code-Switching in Egypt, 2006.[14]
References
- ↑ Reem Bassiouney entry at Arab World Books, accessed Dec. 11, 2010.
- ↑ Bayoumi, Khaled (خالد بيومي). "القفاش وهناء عطية وفتحي وعبد المريد يفوزون بجائزة ساويرس الأدبية." ("Alagafash and Hana gift, Fathi Abdel-disciple Win Sawiris Literary Award"). Daily Rose El Youssef, January 11, 2010. No. 1831.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2005). Rāʼiḥat al-baḥr : riwāyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Dār al-Bustānī lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ. ISBN 9789775383600.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2007). Bāʼiʻ al-fustuq : riwāyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Maktabat Madbūlī. ISBN 9789772086245.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2009). The pistachio seller. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815609193.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2008). Duktūrah Hanāʼ : riwāyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Maktabat Madbūlī. ISBN 9789772086924.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2011). Professor Hanaa (1st ed.). Reading: Garnet Publishing. ISBN 9781859642740.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2009). al-Ḥubb ʻalá al-ṭarīqah al-ʻArabīyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Dār al-Hilāl. ISBN 9789770713334.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2010). Ashyāʼ rāʼiʻah (1st ed.). Beirut: Dār al-Ādāb lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ. ISBN 9789953891644.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2014). Language and identity in modern Egypt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748689651.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem; Katz, Graham (2012). Arabic language and linguistics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9781589018853.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2010). Arabic and the media : linguistic analyses and applications. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004182585.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2009). Arabic sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748623747.
- ↑ Bassiouney, Reem (2006). Functions of code-switching in Egypt : evidence from monologues. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004147607.