Youssef Rakha is an Egyptian writer working in both Arabic and English. His first novel to be written in English, The Dissenters, is an account of the last seventy years of Egyptian history through the life and death of a woman who is roused from her spiritual lethargy by the revolution in Tahrir Square. It is forthcoming with Graywolf Press in 2025. Youssef lives with his family in Cairo.
