Youssef Halaq (Arabic: يوسف حلاق‎) (1939-2007) is a Syrian writer, professor and literary translator who translated various Russian works and publications from the Russian language to his native Arabic since 1968. He joined the Arab Writers Union and its Translation Association, and from 1968 to 1990, he translated 18 Russian language books including selected works of prominent figures such as Vladimir Lenin, Rasul Gamzatov, and Mikhail Bulgakov. He died in Damascus in 2007 at the age of 67.