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Yousef Idris
Egypt
Youssef Idris was an Egyptian writer of short stories and novellas. He was born in 1927, and studied at the Faculty of Medicine, where he also started his political activism again…
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Youssef Idris was an Egyptian writer of short stories and novellas. He was born in 1927, and studied at the Faculty of Medicine, where he also started his political activism against King Farouk's regime. He wrote his first short story while at the faculty, and it was highly praised by his colleagues. He continued working in medicine until 1960, and was employed as an editor in Al-Gomhoreya newspaper in 1957. His short stories are extremely popular in the Middle East, and were also translated to many languages and adapted to numerous short films.
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2023
His All-Knowing Secret
TV show Novel
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2010
The Chair Carrier
Movie Novel
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2007
The Greatest of Sins
Movie Novel
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2005
House of Flesh
Movie Novel
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2001
Li Li
Movie Novel
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1990
Spirit of Survival
Movie Original Story
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1989
The Death Ward
Movie Writer
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1988
The Clown
Movie Writer
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1982
An Egyptian Story
Movie Writer
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1982
Sargeant Shabrawi
Movie Writer
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1975
The Name Caller
Movie Story
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1975
On Cellophane Paper
Movie Writer
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1974
The City's Lost Souls
Movie Novel
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1971
Incident of Dishonor
Movie Writer
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1968
Three Stories
Movie Writer
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1967
The Shortcoming
Movie Novel
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1967
زهرة الصبار
Movie Screenplay
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1965
The Sin
Movie Novel
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1964
الفرافير
Movie Writer
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1963
Prisoner of the Night
Movie Writer
