The death of the Egyptian playwright Yousry El-Gendy

The Egyptian playwright and scriptwriter Yousry El-Gendy died yesterday, Wednesday, at the age of 80, leaving behind a number of prominent dramas, especially in the field of popular biography.

A number of writers, artists and poets mourned him. The Minister of Culture, Enas Abdel Dayem, said in a statement that the late "presented many important social issues in his books," noting that his interest in shedding light on aspects of history in a unique manner.

Yousry Ali El-Gendy was born on February 5, 1942, in Damietta Governorate, and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Cairo University in 1977.

He began his career with writing through theatre. At the end of the sixties of the last century, he composed several plays that achieved success, such as “Mule of the City” and “Tales of Juha with Alwad few) and others.

He wrote many TV series, including (The Republic of Zefta), (Al-Tawam), (Al-Mawardi Street), (Forgive Me, I Didn’t Intend), (Who Shot Hind Allam) and (The Fall of the Caliphate).

But his greatest passion remained attached to the folklore from which he drew many of his works, such as the play (Ali Al-Zeibaq), which he later turned into a television series, and the play (Sirat Bani Hilal), which he also turned into a series called (Al-Sira Al-Hilaliya) and he also wrote the series (Al-Tariq) and (Juha Al-Masry). ).

He held various governmental positions, working as director of the Samer Theater in Cairo in 1974, then as director of the Central Band for Mass Culture in 1976, then as a consultant for artistic and cultural affairs until his retirement in 2002. He

won many awards over the course of his artistic career, including the Medal of Science and Arts of the first class in 1981 and the State Prize for Excellence in the Arts category in 2005.

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