Further reading
Places to learn more about Abdeltawab Youssef and his work: official pages, articles, studies, and copies of his books in online archives.
Official and reference
Abd al-Tawwab Yousef: King Faisal Prize laureate, Arabic Language and Literature, 1991
King Faisal Prize, 1991
His official laureate page (Arabic Language and Literature; topic: children's literature).
جامعة القاهرة تكرم اسم الراحل عبد التواب يوسف عميد أدب الطفل بحضور وزير الثقافةCairo University honours the late Abdeltawab Youssef, dean of children's literature
Cairo University, 2017
The university's official news item on the July 2017 tribute.
الموقع الرسمي لعبد التواب يوسفAbdeltawab Youssef: official website (Arabic)
The family's original website
The website the family built around 2007: biography, awards and book lists.
Abdel-Tawab Youssef: official website (English pages)
The family's original website
English pages: a detailed biography and the posts he held.
عبد التواب يوسفAbdeltawab Youssef (Arabic Wikipedia)
Arabic Wikipedia
English Wikipedia
Some of its citations are unrelated to the subject; check claims before relying on them.
Wikidata
Data record linking his identifiers in national libraries and international authority files.
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), 2000
Honour List 2000, Writing: the Toshka series (entry no. 18).
IBBY Honour List 2012 (catalogue)
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), 2012
Honour List 2012 catalogue, Translation: Muhammad's Birthday, after Hans Christian Andersen (entry no. 131), with a short biography.
Yūsuf, ʻAbd al-Tawwāb (name authority n85142417)
Library of Congress
His name authority record at the Library of Congress.
Arab World Books
He was the first author added to the site, in 1998.
Press and obituaries
Abdel-Tawwab Youssef: An older child
Al-Ahram Weekly, Youssef Rakha, 2002
The richest English-language profile, a long interview at his home. Archived copy (Wayback Machine).
Leading Egyptian cultural figure Abdel Tawab Youssef dies
Egypt Independent, 2015
One of the few obituaries published in English.
الراحل عبد التواب يوسف.. مكتبة في ثوب إنسان.. وأديب خاطب الأطفال بلغة المستقبلThe late Abdeltawab Youssef: a library in human form, a writer who spoke to children in the language of the future
Al-Ahram Gate, 2015
Archived copy (Wayback Machine); the original link is no longer live.
720 كتابا .. ميراث رائد أدب الأطفال عبد التواب يوسف720 books: the legacy of the pioneer of children's literature
Youm7, 2015
الأعلى للثقافة ينعي وفاة كاتب الأطفال عبدالتواب يوسفThe Supreme Council of Culture mourns children's writer Abdeltawab Youssef
Veto, 2015
عبد التواب يوسف.. رحيل عميد كُتّاب أدب الطفلAbdeltawab Youssef: the dean of children's writers departs
Al-Bawaba News, 2015
Archived copy (Wayback Machine).
رحيل عبد التواب يوسفAbdeltawab Youssef has died
Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 2015
Recalls his start with Baba Sharo in 1950 and ‘Ghinwa wa Hadouta’ with Abla Fadila.
Academic studies and scholarship
'Decolonizing' the minds of children in Africa: Youssef in Egypt and Achebe in Nigeria
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences (Emerald), Loubna A. Youssef, 2023
Compares his stories with Chinua Achebe's children's books; by his daughter.
The digital library of Arab children's culture for sustainable development (DLACSD)
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences (Emerald), Loubna A. Youssef, Usama Elsayed, Sherif Shaheen, Nour Mahmoud Khalifa, 2024
A prototype digital library of his works, mapping his books to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
المكتبة الالكترونية لثقافة الطفل العربي للتنمية المستدامةThe Digital Library of Arab Children's Culture for Sustainable Development
Arab International Journal of Information Technology and Data, 2024
An Arabic-language paper on the same digital library project.
The Intersection between Ecocriticism and Children's Literature: the Case of Abdel-Tawab Youssef
Hermes (Cairo University), Abdulgawad Elnady, 2018
Reads his fiction as eco-literature: pollution, desertification, kindness to animals.
Egyptian Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, Rania Abdel-Baky Ali Allam, 2018
Compares the Calderbank and Enani translations of The Life of Muhammad in Twenty Stories.
A Curriculum of Contradictions: State-Sponsored Children's Literature in Egypt (1954-2011)
University of Cambridge Repository, Dina Elabd, 2015
A study of children's literature in Egypt that discusses his work and quotes the author's interview with him.
جماليات الإبداع والتخييل في أدب الطفل: عبد التواب يوسف نموذجًاThe aesthetics of creativity and imagination in children's literature: the case of Abdeltawab Youssef
Jil Journal of Literary and Intellectual Studies, Mustafa Atiya Gomaa, 2016
Catalogue record at Dar Al-Mandumah (full text for subscribers).
The Influence of One Thousand and One Nights on Children's Arabic Literature
Jamiʿa (Academic Arab College for Education, Haifa), Rafiʿ Yahya, 2024
Cites his essay ‘Kamel Kilani and the Arabian Nights’ as one of the most prominent studies of the Nights as adapted for children.
Literatura infantil y su traducción en el mundo árabeChildren's literature and its translation in the Arab world
Entreculturas (University of Málaga), Nadia Faraj, 2010
A Spanish survey that lists his book The Thousand and One Nights and Childhood Tales among the key Arabic studies in the field.
Books about him
دراسات في أدب الطفولة: عبد التواب يوسف وأدب الطفل العربيStudies in Childhood Literature: Abdeltawab Youssef and Arab Children's Literature
Egyptian General Book Organization, Hassan Mohamed Abdel-Shafie, 1987
With contributions by Mustafa Kamal Helmy and others, and a bibliography of his work. Open Library record.
أدب الأطفال عند عبد التواب يوسف: دراسة بيوجرافية ببليوجرافية ببليومتريةChildren's Literature in the Work of Abdeltawab Youssef: a biographical, bibliographical and bibliometric study
Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Maha Ibrahim Ghanim, 2009
Open Library record.
عبد التواب يوسف ومسرح الطفل العربيAbdeltawab Youssef and Arab Children's Theatre
Google Books, Mohamed Abo Al Khir, 2018
Abdel-Tawab Youssef: Praying with the Rhythm of the Universe
Academia.edu, Loubna A. Youssef, 2017
Foreword to For the Love of Abdeltawab Youssef (Al-Rowad series, Cairo University).
Archives and digital copies
قلبي وعقلي وقلميMy Heart, My Mind and My Pen (autobiography)
Internet Archive, 1990
ألف ليلة وحكايات الطفولة: دراساتThe Thousand and One Nights and Childhood Tales: Studies
Internet Archive, 1986
الطفل والموروث الشعبي: دراساتThe Child and Folk Heritage: Studies
Internet Archive, 1989
طفل ما قبل المدرسة: أدبه الشفاهي والمكتوبThe Preschool Child: Oral and Written Literature
Internet Archive, 1998
هيلين كيلر: الصماء البكماء العمياءHelen Keller
Internet Archive, 1990
الأربعة الذين سرقوا الزمنThe Four Who Stole Time
Internet Archive, 1991
صديقي فوق الشجرةMy Friend Up the Tree
Internet Archive, 1994
أم حنان: رواية للناشئين عن حرب أكتوبرUmm Hanan: a novel for young readers about the October War
Internet Archive, 1997
عظيمة يا مصر وعشر قصص أخرىGreat You Are, Egypt, and Ten Other Stories
Internet Archive, 2012
سميراميسSemiramis
Internet Archive, 1987
معروف الرصافي: سيرته وديوان شعره للأطفالMaruf al-Rusafi: His Life and Poems for Children
Internet Archive
سيف الله خالد بن الوليدSword of God: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Internet Archive
A Life of the Prophet Muhammad in Twenty Tales (sample)
The family's original website, Translated by Mohamed Enani
Sample of Mohamed Enani's translation: the opening tales ‘I am a Book’ and ‘I am an Elephant’.
عبد التواب يوسف: الفائز بجائزة الملك فيصل العالمية للغة العربية والأدب 1991King Faisal Prize laureate page (Arabic)
King Faisal Prize, 1991
Archived copy of the prize's Arabic laureate page, with the citation.
Open Library
About 150 records of his books, mostly in Arabic, along with English, Persian and Spanish translations.