Bassiouney, Reem

REEM BASSIOUNEY is the author of five highly acclaimed novels in Arabic, all of which have been bestsellers in Egypt. Her second novel, "The Pistachio Seller" won the best Arabic translated novel award in 2009, and her novel "Professor Hanaa", which appeared in Arabic in 2008, won first prize in the Sawiris literary award - the biggest award in Egypt.