Mohamed al-Refai

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Mohamed al-Refai is an Egyptian critic, novelist and writer.[1] Since 1980, he has been writing for the Egyptian magazine . He has also written a number of books, radio plays, television series, and film scripts. Al-Refai's novel Nocturnal Creatures of Sadness was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2012.

Al-Refai lives and works in Cairo.

Selected works[]

Books[]

  • Palestine in Egyptian Theatre
  • Experiments in Arab Theatre

Radio plays[]

  • A Journey in Olden Times
  • Paradise Lost
  • Papers of the Barada River

TV series[]

  • The Overcoat (based on Nikolai Gogol's short story)
  • The White (based on a novel by Yusef Idriss)
  • The Extoller of the Moon (based on the life of the Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi)

Film scripts[]

  • The Case of Mr. Mungid
  • Stolen Dreams

References[]


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