Yousef Idris
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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Movies (19)
The Chair Carrier
2010 · Novel
The Greatest of Sins
2007 · Novel
House of Flesh
2005 · Novel
Li Li
2001 · Novel
Spirit of Survival
1990 · Original Story
The Death Ward
1989 · Writer
The Clown
1988 · Writer
An Egyptian Story
1982 · Writer
Sargeant Shabrawi
1982 · Writer
The Name Caller
1975 · Story
On Cellophane Paper
1975 · Writer
The City's Lost Souls
1974 · Novel
Incident of Dishonor
1971 · Writer
Three Stories
1968 · Writer
The Shortcoming
1967 · Novel
زهرة الصبار
1967 · Screenplay
The Sin
1965 · Novel
الفرافير
1964 · Writer
Prisoner of the Night
1963 · Writer
