Rehab Bassam
Born(1977-05-10)May 10, 1977
OccupationShort story writer, blogger, editor and translator
NationalityEgyptian

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.

Biography

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, editing, and translation and publishing of children books.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

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",[10] "spontaneous", exhibiting "high literary powers",[2] written "in a fine style",[1] "well-written", "expressive",[9] and "marvelous".[11]

Works

  • Rice Pudding for Two (2008) أرز باللبن لشخصين

References

  1. 1 2 ثلاث مدونات مصرية..تحقق أعلي المبيعات في معرض الكتاب
  2. 1 2 3 Mohammed Sameer (2008-02-13), رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3, retrieved 2018-03-18
  3. ↑ Dar El Shorouk' books
  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. 1 2 Daily News Egypt – Full Article
  10. ↑ Yallabina – Pink-clad Blogger-Writer Shares her Recipe
  11. ↑ جريدة الأهرام – أعمدة ـ صندوق الدنيا بقلم : أحمد بهجت
  • Rehab Bassam, Orz bel Laban le Shakhsain (2008), ISBN 978-977-09-2304-7
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