Lenin El-Ramly | |
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Born | August 18, 1945 Cairo |
Died | February 7, 2020 |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation(s) | Writer and film director |
Spouse | Fatma El Maadoul |
Children | Shady El Ramly Hind El Ramly |
Mother | Souad Zuhair |
Lenin El-Ramly (Arabic: لينين الرملي; August 18, 1945 – February 7, 2020) was an independent Egyptian writer and director of films and for television and theater. His work is in the field of satire, farce, parody and the Theatre of the Absurd.
He was recognized in Egypt and abroad for his daring, raising questions about the hypocritical and intolerant aspects of Egyptian society and other countries in the Arab world. His presentations were characterized as existentialist and sociopolitical questions within popular funny settings.[1][2]