Nariman Youssef
Nariman Youssef (Arabic: ناريمان يوسف, romanized: Nārīmān Yūsef; born 1975) is an Egyptian translator and writer.[1]
Biography
[edit]Nariman Hassan Youssef was born in 1975.[2] She is the oldest daughter of Egyptian actors Hassan Youssef and Shams al-Baroudi.[2] In 1999, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the American University in Cairo.[3]
She received her master's in translation studies from the University of Edinburgh and was the director of Arabic translation at the British Library.[2] She also has a master's degree from Birkbeck College.[3] Youssef is a doctoral candidate at Manchester University and is affiliated with CASAW.[1][3]
As a literary translator, Youssef has translated The American Granddaughter by the Iraqi writer Inaam Kachachi.[3] This novel was shortlisted for the 2009 Arabic Booker Prize and the English translation has been published by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing.[citation needed] Youssef's translation was praised by Banipal magazine: "Skillfully translated by Nariman Youssef, the English edition of The American Granddaughter is a welcome addition to Arabic literature in translation."[4]
Youssef has also translated poetry by the Omani poet Abdullah al Ryami, among others.[5] In addition, she has written an e-book about the Egyptian revolution under the title Summer of Unrest: Tahrir - 18 Days of Grace.[6] This was released by Vintage Books.
Works
[edit]Written works
[edit]- Summer of Unrest: Tahrir - 18 Days of Grace (2011)
Translated poetry
[edit]Source:[5]
- Our Old Bed by Abdullah al Ryami
- Please Don't Give Birth! by Abdullah al Ryami
- Balloons by Mostafa Ibrahim
- Nothing of Note by Mostafa Ibrahim
- Beirut39: New Writing from the Arab World (2010) ed. Samuel Shimon
- The Hundred Years' War
Translated books
[edit]Source:[5]
- The American Granddaughter by Inaam Kachachi
- Cigarette Number Seven: A Novel (2018) by Donia Kamal
- Off Limits: New Writings on Fear and Sin (2019) by Nawal El Saadawi
- Salt Journals: Tunisian Women on Political Imprisonment (2025) (ed. Haifa Zangana, Christalla Yakinthou, and Virginie Ladisch)
- Mo(a)t: Stories from Arabic (ed. Garen Torikian)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Profile on CASAW website
- ^ a b c Noorhan, Nasrallah (29 June 2025). "ألبوم ذكريات وصور نادرة في عيد ميلاها الـ50.. من هي ناريمان ابنة حسن يوسف وشمس البارودي؟" [A rare album of memories and photos on her 50th birthday... Who is Nariman, daughter of Hassan Youssef and Shams Al-Baroudi?]. El Watan (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Nariman Yousif". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ^ Book review of The American Granddaughter in Banipal magazine
- ^ a b c "Nariman Youssef". Poetry Translation Center. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ^ "Penguin Books". www.randomhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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