Ahmed Alaidy
Ahmed Alaidy, :ar:أحمد العايدي|أحمد العايدي, is an Egyptian novelist, scriptwriter, poet, editor, and Comics Writer born on December 24, 1974. He is the author of the novel Being Abbas El Abd, , 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, :ar:جريدة الدستور المصريةجريدة|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.Writings
- worked in as script writer for the Arabic version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and as a member of the comedy workshop at MBC channel. 2001-02
- An takoun Abbas El Abd , , . Translated into : English, Dutch, Italian, Turkish, French, Danish, Russian, and Swedish.
- children comics for Basem magazine. 2006
- political comic strips for Al-dostour weekly newspaper.2005-2006
- poems for Al-dostour weekly newspaper. 2006-07-08
- Freelance writer at the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- Co-wrote the Screenplay of the movie Eltorbeeni with Mohamed Hefzy, directed by : Ahmed Medhat, 2007.
- Script doctoring the Blockbuster Movie Keda Reda with his other five co-writers in Script, Keda Reda 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; | 2009, | 2014.
- Satire comic strips for Al-shorouk newspaper July 2009.
Prizes
- Being Abbas El Abd was awarded the Sawiris Foundation's 2nd Prize in Egyptian Literature in 2006.
