Yusuf Idris, kuma Yusif Idris ( Larabci: يوسف إدريس‎ ) (an haife ahi a ranar 19 ga watan Mayu, shekara ta alif 1927 – ya rasu a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta, shekara ta alif 1991) marubuci ne ɗan ƙasar Masar mai wasan kwaikwayo, gajerun labarai, da litattafai. An haifi Idris a garin Faqous . Asali ya samu horo kan aikin likita, yana karatu a Jami’ar Alkahira ta ƙasar Masaar. Ya nemi sanya harsashin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Masar na zamani bisa al'adun gargajiya da tatsuniyoyi, babban nasarar da ya samu a wannan nema shi ne aikinsa mafi shahara, wasan kwaikwayo da ake kira "Al-Farafeer" wanda ke nuna manyan haruffa biyu: Jagora da "Farfour" [= talaka talakawa]. Don ɗan lokaci ya kasance marubuci na yau da kullun a cikin shahararriyar jaridar nan ta yau da kullum ta Al-Ahram. Daga cikin Turanci na Daren Mafi Arha : "Yayinda dalibin likitanci aikinsa a kan mulkin Farouk da Turawan Ingila ya kai shi ga daure shi da kuma dakatar da shi daga Kwaleji.