Ahmed Alaidy
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Ahmed Alaidy, أحمد العايدي , is an Egypt
ian novelist, born on December 24, 1974. He is the author of the novel Being Abbas El Abd (2006), (An Takoun Abbas El Abd) (2003), أن تكون عباس العبد . He studied marketing at Cairo University, and has worked as a scriptwriter on quiz shows and for the cinema, and as a writer of satirical stories for young people and a book designer. He wrote a political comic strip, and poems for an Egyptian opposition weekly newspaper al-Dostour, الدستور المصرية . Alaidy has participated in international writers’ programs at Iowa University and at Hong Kong Baptist University
. He has previously published a long short story.
Classified as a Minimalist writer, and a student of the famous American novelist Chuck Palahniuk
which he had received an intensive course in minimalism writing through the Internet.
Egypt
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ian novelist, born on December 24, 1974. He is the author of the novel Being Abbas El Abd (2006), (An Takoun Abbas El Abd) (2003), أن تكون عباس العبد . He studied marketing at Cairo University, and has worked as a scriptwriter on quiz shows and for the cinema, and as a writer of satirical stories for young people and a book designer. He wrote a political comic strip, and poems for an Egyptian opposition weekly newspaper al-Dostour, الدستور المصرية . Alaidy has participated in international writers’ programs at Iowa University and at Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Baptist University is a publicly-funded tertiary institution with a Christian education heritage. It is the sole surviving institution of 13 major Christian universities that once operated on the Chinese mainland,...
. He has previously published a long short story.
Classified as a Minimalist writer, and a student of the famous American novelist Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter...
which he had received an intensive course in minimalism writing through the Internet.
Writings
- worked in as script writer for the Arabic version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
, and as a member of the comedy workshop at MBC channel. 2001-02 - An takoun Abbas El Abd (A Novel) Merit Publishing house (2003/2007/2009). Translated into : English (2006/2008/2009), Dutch (2008), Italian (2009), Turkish (2009), French (2010), and Danish (2011).
- children comics for Basem magazine. 2006
- political comic strips (Booka wa Sokomonnous) for Al-dostour weekly newspaper.2005-2006
- poems for Al-dostour weekly newspaper. 2006-07-08
- Freelance writer at the German newspaper Süddeutsche ZeitungSüddeutsche ZeitungThe Süddeutsche Zeitung , published in Munich, is the largest German national subscription daily newspaper.-Profile:The title literally translates as "South German Newspaper". It is read throughout Germany by 1.1 million readers daily and boasts a relatively high circulation abroad...
. - Co-wrote the Screenplay of the movie Eltorbeeni with Mohamed Hefzy, directed by : Ahmed Medhat, 2007. (Adapted from Rain ManRain ManRain Man is a 1988 drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son,...
) - Script doctoring the Blockbuster Movie Keda RedaKeda RedaKeda Reda is an Egyptian film starring Ahmed Helmi. It has a very simple story about 3 identical triplets. For the first time in the Middle East cinema, it has 7 minutes of CGI and Visual Effects DoLeeP....
with his other five co-writers in Script (Movie workshop), Keda RedaKeda RedaKeda Reda is an Egyptian film starring Ahmed Helmi. It has a very simple story about 3 identical triplets. For the first time in the Middle East cinema, it has 7 minutes of CGI and Visual Effects DoLeeP....
directed by : Ahmed Nader Galal Starring: Ahmed Helmy 2007. - Screenplay of the short movie Love in the time of Gum, directed by Ibrahim Abla 2008.
- Al eshq al sadi;(The Sadistic Love) (collection of poems) Merit Publishing house 2009.
- Satire comic strips (Adventures of Karee) for Al-shoroukAl-ShoroukAl-Shorouk, Shorouk News or Al-Shuruq is a prominent Arabic newspaper published in Egypt and several other Arabic nations. It is a daily independent newspaper, covering mainly politics, militant affairs and sport...
newspaper July 2009.
Prizes
- Being Abbas El Abd was awarded the Sawiris Foundation's 2nd Prize in Egyptian Literature in 2006.