Rehab Bassam ( ar, رحاب بسام), is an Egyptian

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ger 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

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(''Kolleyyat al Aadaab'') with a major in

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,ثلاث مدونات مصرية..تحقق أعلي المبيعات في معرض الكتاب
/ref> 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. As an Anglophone, Bassam's early posts were in English, but simultaneously and "overnight", she found herself writing in Arabic by September 2004. Bassam had a career in market research, copywriting, editing, and translation and publishing of children books.Daily News Egypt – Full Article
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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", "spontaneous", exhibiting "high literary powers", written "in a fine style", "well-written", "expressive", and "marvelous".جريدة الأهرام – أعمدة ـ صندوق الدنيا بقلم : أحمد بهجت
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Works

References

* Rehab Bassam, ''Orz bel Laban le Shakhsain'' (2008),

External links

''Hawadeet'' Rehab Bassam's blog

''Yallabina'' "Pink-clad Writer-Blogger Shares her Recipe" A book discussion listing

''Masrawy'' "Three Egyptian Blogs are Bestsellers in CIBF"

''Daily Star Egypt'' "Female bloggers invade Egypt’s literary scene"

"Rice Pudding for Two"
''Al Ahram'' Ahmad Bahgat's column
The book profile page on the publisher's website

Global Voices Online, From Blogs to Books

''YouTube'' An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's ''Al 'Ashera Masa'an'' (Ten PM) program, 1 of 3

''YouTube'' An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's ''Al 'Ashera Masa'an'' (Ten PM) program, 2 of 3

''YouTube'' An interview with Rehab Bassam and fellow bloggers on Dream TV Channel's ''Al 'Ashera Masa'an'' (Ten PM) program, 3 of 3

Short biography
from the

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