Reem Bassiouney

Reem A. Bassiouney
Born(1973-03-06)March 6, 1973
Alexandria, Egypt
OccupationProfessor
Notable workDr. Hanaa, The Mumluk Trilogy, Fountain of the Drowning, and Ibn Tulun Trilogy
AwardsSawiris Cultural Award, King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Translation of Arabic Literature Award, Naguib Mahfouz Award, and National Prize for Excellence in Literature, Sheikh Zaid Award.

Reem Bassiouney (Egyptian Arabic: ريم بسيونى Rīm Basyūni  [ɾiːm bæsˈjuːni]; March 6, 1973) is an Egyptian author, professor of sociolinguistics and Chair Department of Applied Linguistics at The American University in Cairo.[1] In Addition, Bassiouney is the editor of the Routledge Series of Language and Identity.[2] She is also the editor and creator of the journal Arabic Sociolinguistics Edinburgh.[3] She has written several novels and a number of short stories[4] and won the 2009 Sawiris Foundation Literary Prize for Young Writers for her novel Dr. Hanaa.[5] While a substantial amount of her fiction has yet to be translated into English, her novel The Pistachio Seller was published by Syracuse University Press in 2009, and won the 2009 King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Translation of Arabic Literature Award.[6] Bassiouney also won Naguib Mahfouz Award from Egypt's Supreme Council for Culture in the best Egyptian novel category for her best selling novel, The Mamluk Trilogy.[7] She was also the winner of the National Prize for Excellence in Literature of the year 2022 from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.[8] Bassiouney won Sheikh Zaid Literature Award for her novel Al Halwani: The Fatimid Trilogy in 2024. [9]

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 then returned to her native Egypt when she joined the faculty of The American University in Cairo in 2013.

She has written several fictional works and multiple books on Arabic linguistics/sociolinguistics.

Bibliography

Fiction

  • The Smell of the Sea, 2005. رائحة البحر.[10]
  • The Pistachio Seller, 2007. بائع الفستق.[11] English translation, 2009.[12] Winner of the 2009 King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Translation of Arabic Literature Award.[13]
  • Dr. Hanaa, 2008. دكتورة هناء.[14] Winner of the 2009 Sawiris Foundation Literary Prize for Young Writers. English translation, 2011.[15] Spanish and Greek translation.
  • Love, Arab style, 2009. الحب على الطريقة العربية.[16]
  • Mortal Designs, 2010. أشياء رائعة.[17]
  • The Tour Guide, 2010. مرشد سياحي.[18]
  • The Mamluk Trilogy, 2018. اولاد الناس: ثلاثية المماليك.[19] Best seller and winner of the 2019- 2020 Naguib Mahfouz Award in the best Egyptian novel category from Egypt's Supreme. Council for Culture. English Translation, 2022[20][21]
  • Fountain of the Drowning: The Path of Land and Sea, 2020. سبيل الغارق الطريق والبحر.[22] English Translation.[23] (translated by Roger Allen as Al-Qata'i Ibn Tulun's City Without Walls [24][25])
  • Ibn Tulun Trilogy, 2021 القطائع ثلاثية ابن طولون [26]
  • The Fatimid Trilogy, 2022 الحلواني ثلاثية الفاطميين [27] Best seller and winner of Sheikh Zaid Literature Award (2024)[28]
  • Mario and Abu Al-Abbas, 2023 ماريو وأبو العباس [29]

Academic Books

  • Functions of Code-Switching in Egypt, 2006.[30]
  • Arabic Sociolinguistics, 2009.[31]
  • Arabic and the Media: Linguistic Analyses and Applications, 2010. Edited volume.[32]
  • Arabic Language and Linguistics, 2012. Edited volume.[33]
  • Language and Identity in Modern Egypt, 2014.[34]
  • The Pursuit of Happiness, 2023 البحث عن السعادة رحلة في الفكر الصوفي وأسرار اللغة [35]

References

  1. ^ "Reem Bassiouney". The American University in Cairo. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  2. ^ "Routledge Studies in Language and Identity - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  3. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2009-08-27). Arabic Sociolinguistics. ISBN 978-0-7486-2373-0.
  4. ^ Reem Bassiouney entry at Arab World Books, accessed Dec. 11, 2010.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (29 November 2013). The Pistachio Seller. ISBN 978-0815610311.
  7. ^ mlynxqualey (2020-05-07). "'Naguib Mahfouz Awards' to Reem Bassiouney, Mohamed Abdellatif". & Arablit. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  8. ^ "بعد فوزها بجائزة التفوق.. ريم بسيونى: الحصول على جائزة الدولة شرف لأى مبدع". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  9. ^ "Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Winners of its 18th Edition". sheikh zayed book award. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  10. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2005). Rāʼiḥat al-baḥr : riwāyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Dār al-Bustānī lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ. ISBN 9789775383600. OCLC 60801746.
  11. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2007). Bāʼiʻ al-fustuq : riwāyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Maktabat Madbūlī. ISBN 9789772086245. OCLC 83745624.
  12. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2009). The pistachio seller. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815609193.
  13. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (29 November 2013). The Pistachio Seller. ISBN 978-0815610311.
  14. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2008). Duktūrah Hanāʼ : riwāyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Maktabat Madbūlī. ISBN 9789772086924. OCLC 185535337.
  15. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2011). Professor Hanaa (1st ed.). Reading: Garnet Publishing. ISBN 9781859642740. OCLC 778432248.
  16. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2009). al-Ḥubb ʻalá al-ṭarīqah al-ʻArabīyah (1st ed.). Cairo: Dār al-Hilāl. ISBN 9789770713334. OCLC 313637274.
  17. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2010). Ashyāʼ rāʼiʻah (1st ed.). Beirut: Dār al-Ādāb lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ. ISBN 9789953891644. OCLC 660216458.
  18. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2017). Murshid siyāḥī (1st ed.). al-Muhandisīn, al-Jīzah: Dār Nahḍat Miṣr lil-Nashr. ISBN 9789771455387. OCLC 1042891324.
  19. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2017). Awlād al-nās: Thulāthīyat al-mamālik (1st ed.). al-Muhandisīn, al-Jīzah: Dār Nahḍat Miṣr lil-Nashr. ISBN 9789771456544.
  20. ^ "Reem Bassiouney". www.amazon.de. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  21. ^ mlynxqualey (2020-05-07). "'Naguib Mahfouz Awards' to Reem Bassiouney, Mohamed Abdellatif". & Arablit. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  22. ^ "سبيل الغارق - ريم بسيوني - دار نهضة مصر". Diwan. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  23. ^ Behance (July 2021). "Fountain of the drowning Novel رواية سبيل الغارق". Behance. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  24. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2023). Al-Qata'i: Ibn Tulun's City Without Walls. Georgetown, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9781647122874.
  25. ^ Radjy, Amir-Hussein. "No safety in greatness: A turbulent tale of ninth-century Cairo". TLS. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  26. ^ "القطائع ثلاثية ابن طولون - ريم بسيوني". Diwan. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  27. ^ بسيوني, ريم. ‫الحلوانى: ثلاثية الفاطمين‬ (in Arabic).
  28. ^ "Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Winners of its 18th Edition". sheikh zayed book award. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  29. ^ بسيونى, ريم (2023-09-20). ماريو وابوالعباس (in Hindi) (Erste Ausgabe ed.). دار نهضة مصر للنشر. ISBN 978-977-14-6227-9.
  30. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2006). Functions of code-switching in Egypt : evidence from monologues. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004147607. OCLC 61178235.
  31. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2009). Arabic sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748623747. OCLC 863184831.
  32. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2010). Arabic and the media : linguistic analyses and applications. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004182585. OCLC 843860186.
  33. ^ Bassiouney, Reem; Katz, Graham (2012). Arabic language and linguistics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9781589018853. OCLC 747534363.
  34. ^ Bassiouney, Reem (2014). Language and identity in modern Egypt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748689651. OCLC 881286481.
  35. ^ بسيوني, د ريم (2023-06-14). ‫البحث عن السعادة: رحلة في الفكر الصوفي وأسرار اللغة‬ (in Arabic). دار المعارف.