Rehab Bassam

Infobox Writer
name = Rehab Bassam
birthdate = birth date|1977|05|10|mf=y
nationality = Egyptian
occupation = Short story writer, blogger, editor and translator

Rehab Bassam ( _ar. 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 [ [http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2008/february/16/bloggers.aspx ثلاث مدونات مصرية..تحقق أعلي المبيعات في معرض الكتاب ] ] , 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. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syLZOpGVn3o YouTube - رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3 ] ]

As an Anglophone, Bassam's early posts were in English, but simultaneously and "overnight", she found herself writing in Arabic by September 2004. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syLZOpGVn3o YouTube - رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3 ] ]

Bassam had a career in market research, copywriting Fact|date=February 2008, editing Fact|date=February 2008, and translation and publishing of children books [ [http://www.shorouk.com/kids/books/book_details.asp?book_id=439&book=1 Dar El Shorouk' books ] ] [ [http://www.shorouk.com/kids/books/book_details.asp?book_id=468&book=1 Dar El Shorouk' books ] ] [ [http://www.shorouk.com/kids/books/book_details.asp?book_id=499&book=1 Dar El Shorouk' books ] ] [ [http://www.shorouk.com/kids/books/book_details.asp?book_id=495&book=1 Dar El Shorouk' books ] ] [ [http://www.shorouk.com/kids/books/book_details.asp?book_id=498 Dar El Shorouk' books ] ] [ [http://www.shorouk.com/kids/books/book_details.asp?book_id=496 Dar El Shorouk' books ] ] [ [http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=11872 Daily News Egypt - Full Article ] ] .

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" [ [http://www.yallabina.com/Events/EventInfo.aspx?EID=1105&T=2&CityId=1 Yallabina - Pink-clad Blogger-Writer Shares her Recipe ] ] , "spontaneous", exhibiting "high literary powers" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syLZOpGVn3o YouTube - رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3 ] ] , written "in a fine style" [ [http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2008/february/16/bloggers.aspx ثلاث مدونات مصرية..تحقق أعلي المبيعات في معرض الكتاب ] ] , "well-written", "expressive" [ [http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=11872 Daily News Egypt - Full Article ] ] , and "marvelous" [ [http://www.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2008/2/13/AMOD5.HTM جريدة الأهرام - أعمدة ـ صندوق الدنيا بقلم : أحمد بهجت‏ ] ] .

Works

See also

* Rice Pudding for Two

References

* Rehab Bassam, "Orz bel Laban le Shakhsain" (2008), ISBN 978-977-09-2304-7

External links

* [http://www.rehabbassam.com "Hawadeet" Rehab Bassam's blog]
* [http://www.yallabina.com/Events/EventInfo.aspx?EID=1105&T=2&CityId=1 "Yallabina" "Pink-clad Writer-Blogger Shares her Recipe" A book discussion listing]
* [http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2008/february/16/bloggers.aspx "Masrawy" "Three Egyptian Blogs are Bestsellers in CIBF"]
* [http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=11872 "Daily Star Egypt" "Female bloggers invade Egypt’s literary scene"]
* [http://www.boswtol.com/aldiwan/nkasakees_181_011.html "Boss wu Toll" "Blog Girls Sign their Books"]
* [http://www.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2008/2/13/AMOD5.HTM "Al Ahram" "Rice Pudding for Two" Ahmad Bahgat's column]
* [http://www.shorouk.com/ar/book_details.asp?book_id=1327&cat_id=38 The book profile page on the publisher's website]
* [http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/13/egypt-from-blogs-to-books/ Global Voices Online, From Blogs to Books]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syLZOpGVn3o "YouTube" An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's "Al 'Ashera Masa'an" (Ten PM) program, 1 of 3]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTbXhqmN3w8 "YouTube" An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's "Al 'Ashera Masa'an" (Ten PM) program, 2 of 3]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NLXyB8Nq44 "YouTube" An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's "Al 'Ashera Masa'an" (Ten PM) program, 3 of 3]