- Samir El-Youssef
Samir El-Youssef ( _ar. سمير اليوسف) (born 1965) is a
Palestinian writer and critic, who was born inRashidia , a Palestinianrefugee camp in southernLebanon , where he lived until he was ten, before moving toSidon .cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/samir-elyoussef-at-home-with-the-heretic-432650.html|title=Samir El-youssef: At home with the heretic|publisher="The Independent"|author=Matthew J Reisz|date=2007-01-19|accessdate=2008-04-11] He emigrated toCyprus in 1989 and since 1990 has been living inLondon , where he studiedphilosophy and gained a Master of Arts degree from theUniversity of London . In 2000, he was grantedBritish citizenship . He writes in both Arabic and English, and some of his work has been translated into German, Italian, Greek and Norwegian. In 2004, he co-authored a book withIsrael i authorEtgar Keret , called "Gaza Blues: Different Stories".cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3776305.stm|title=Mid-East writers reach across divide|author=Richard Allen Greene|publisher=BBC News|date=2004-06-04|accessdate=2008-04-11] His latest book, "The Illusion of Return", published in 2007, is his firstnovel written in English. He is also an essayist with a wide range of interests includingliterature ,politics , philosophy andcultural studies . Hisessay s and reviews have appeared in major Arabic periodicals and newspapers such as the London-based "Al-Hayat ", as well as onopenDemocracy.net , "The Guardian 's"Comment is Free and in the "New Statesman ".In 2005, Swedish PEN granted the Tucholsky award of 2005 to Samir El-Youssef.
Bibliography
*Samir El-Youssef and Etgar Keret: (2004) "Gaza Blues: Different Stories", London: David Paul, ISBN 978-0-954054-24-3
*Samir El-Youssef (2007) "The Illusion of Return", London: Halban, ISBN 978-1-905559-07-7References
External links
* [http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/samir_el-youssef Articles in the "New Statesman"]
* [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/samir_elyoussef/profile.html Profile at Comment is Free]
* [http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Samir_El-youssef.jsp Profile at openDemocracy.net]
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