Yusuf al-Qa'id

Yusuf al-Qa'id ( يوسف القعيد born 1944) is an Egyptian novelist.[1] He is best known in the West for War in the Land of Egypt (1978),[2] first English edition in 2004 (transl. Olive Kenny, Lorne Kenny, Christopher Tingley), the basis for the 1991 film of the same name.[3]

He is also known for his writing in vernacular Egyptian Arabic. His novel Laban il-ʕAṣfūr was the first major Arabic vernacular novel of the modern era. Although criticized for his language choice at the time, vernacular novels in Egypt have been relatively uncontroversial since.[4]

References
  1. Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey - 1998- Volume 2 -p628 0415185726 al-Qa'id, Yusuf. (1944-. ) Contemporary Egyptian novelist and short- story writer. Bom in the Delta region of a peasant background, al-Qa'id received his education entirely in Egypt, and worked as a teacher before moving into journalism; he also served ...
  2. قعيد، محمد يوسف (1978). الحرب في برّ مصر (in Arabic). بيروت؟: دار ابن رشد،. OCLC 10220176.
  3. Denys Johnson-Davies -The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction 2010 P348 0307481484 His novel War in the Land of Egypt, the basis tor a successful film starring Omar Sharif, was originally banned in Egypt. Three Meaningless Tales 1. A Futile Crossing The rich man 34* Yusuf al-Qa'id (b. 1944) Egypt.
  4. Rosenbaum, Gabriel (2012). Meouak, Mohamed; Sánchez, Pablo; Vincente), Ángeles (eds.). "Modern Egyptian Arabic: from Dialect to Written Language". De los manuscritos medielvales a internet: la presencia del árabe vernáculo en las fuentes escritas: 359–374.
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