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Samir El-Youssef (born 1965) is a Palestinian writer and critic, who was born in Rashidia, a Palestinian refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
 in southern Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
, where he lived until he was ten, before moving to Sidon
Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
. He emigrated to Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
 in 1989 and since 1990 has been living in London
London

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, where he studied philosophy
Philosophy

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 and gained a Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 degree from the University of London
University of London

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. In 2000, he was granted British citizenship.

He writes in both Arabic
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 and English
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, and some of his work has been translated into German
German language

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, Italian
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, Greek
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 and Norwegian
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Samir El-Youssef (born 1965) is a Palestinian writer and critic, who was born in Rashidia, a Palestinian refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
 in southern Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
, where he lived until he was ten, before moving to Sidon
Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
. He emigrated to Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
 in 1989 and since 1990 has been living in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, where he studied philosophy
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 and gained a Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts is a Postgraduate education academic degree master degree awarded by University in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in English language, Fine Arts, History, Humanities, Philosophy, Social Sciences or Theology and can be either fully-taught, research-based, or a combination of the two....
 degree from the University of London
University of London

Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
. In 2000, he was granted British citizenship.

He writes in both Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 and English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, and some of his work has been translated into German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
, Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 and Norwegian
Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic languages language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. It is also spoken as a second language among Norwegian-Americans in the United States of America, especially in the central northern states....
. In 2004, he co-authored a book with Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i author Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret

Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short story, Graphic Novel and scriptwriting for film and television....
, called Gaza Blues: Different Stories. His latest book, The Illusion of Return, published in 2007, is his first novel
Novel

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 written in English. He is also an essayist with a wide range of interests including literature
Literature

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, politics
Politics

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, philosophy and cultural studies
Cultural studies

Cultural studies is an academic discipline which combines political economy, communication, sociology, social theory, literary theory, Media influence, film theory, cultural anthropology, philosophy, museum studies and art history/art criticism to study culture phenomena in various societies....
. His essay
Essay

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s and reviews have appeared in major Arabic periodicals and newspapers such as the London-based Al-Hayat, as well as on openDemocracy.net, The Guardian
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 and in the New Statesman
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.

In 2005, Swedish
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 PEN
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 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 978-1-905559-07-7


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