Youssef Rakha is an Egyptian novelist, poet and critic. He writes in both Arabic and English, thinking about Egypt, Arabs, and Islam. He is the author of the novel The Crocodiles (Seven Stories Press) and the essay Barra and Zaman (Palgrave), among many other books. Born and raised in Cairo, he graduated from Hull University, England, in 1998, and has worked as a cultural journalist, literary translator, and creative writing coach since then. His first novel to be written in English, The Dissenters, is forthcoming with Graywolf Press in 2025. He lives with his family in Cairo.
