Youssef Rakha is an Egyptian novelist, poet and journalist who writes in both Arabic and English. He is the cultural editor of the Cairo-based, English-language newspaper Al-Ahram Weekly, and he edits the blog тнє ѕυℓтαη’ѕ ѕєαℓ: Cairo’s Coolest Cosmopolitan Hotel. His interests include what a post-Muslim perspective might look like and the future of Arab porn.