Ahmed Alaidy
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| Born | December 24, 1974 Dammam, Saudi Arabia |
| Occupation | Novelist, Screenwriter, Freelance writer, Comic writer, Poet |
| Literary movement | Minimalism, Postmodern |
Ahmed Alaidy , أحمد العايدي (Arabic), is an Egyptian 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 (Arabic). 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 (Arabic). Alaidy has participated in international writers’ programs at Iowa University[1] and at Hong Kong Baptist University[2]. 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, after that Alaidy taught it in a seminar as part of the writing workshop in the Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (2005) .
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[edit] 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 (A Novel) Merit Publishing house 2003, 2007, 2009. Translated into (English) as Being Abbas El Abd by : Humphrey Davies , AUC Press 2006,Arabia books 2008 (UK edition). Translated into (Dutch) as Ik ben Abbaas al-Abd by : Djûke Poppinga and Richard van Leeuwen , de geus 2008. Translated into (Italian) as Essere Abbas Al-Abd by : CARMINE CARTOLANO , Il Saggiatore 2009.
- 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 Zeitung.
- Co-wrote the Screenplay of the movie Eltorbeeni with Mohamed Hefzy, directed by : Ahmed Medhat , 2007. (Adapted from Rain Man )
- Script doctoring the Blockbuster Movie Keda Reda with his other five co-writers in Script (Movie workshop), 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;(The Sadistic Love) (collection of poems) Merit Publishing house 2009.
- Satire comic strips (Adventures of Karee) for Al-shorouk newspaper July 2009.
[edit] Prizes
- Being Abbas El Abd was awarded the Sawiris Foundation's 2nd Prize in Egyptian Literature in 2006.
