# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/youssef-rakha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:58:41.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/youssef-rakha"
name: "Youssef Rakha"
slug: "youssef-rakha"
description: "Youssef Rakha is an Egyptian writer. His work explores language and identity in the context of Cairo, and reflects connections with the Arab-Islamic canon and world literature. He has worked in many genres in both Arabic and English, and is known for his essays and poems as well as his novels."
tagline: "Egyptian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yrakhacloseup.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1976-06-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.97
  momentum:             12.96988577362409
  historical:           4.80414
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%A7"
    title: "يوسف رخا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%A7"
    title: "يوسف رخا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Rakha"
    title: "Youssef Rakha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Rakha"
    title: "Youssef Rakha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Rakha"
    title: "Youssef Rakha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6061802"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump