Elsayed Hafez


Elsayed Hafez is an Egyptian author, born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1948.

life

Elsayed Hafez graduated from Alexandria University in 1976, in the departments of philosophy and sociology at the Faculty of Education. He was in charge of the culture department of Sout Al-Khaleej magazine in Kuwait in 1976. From 1974 to 1976, he worked as a theatre specialist in Alexandria. From 1978 to 1986, he worked for the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature as a journalist, researcher, secretary in editing the Alem Al-maarefah series, chairman of the committee to encourage local literature, head of the school theatre and heritage seminar, secretary in Al-Arabi exhibition in Kuwait, secretary of World Culture magazine. He worked at Al-Seyassah newspaper in Kuwait from 1977 to 1987 in the culture section, arts section, every day's supplement, Meraat Almaraah Magazine, Alhadaf newspaper, investigation department, Arab affairs department, society page, editorial secretary. He was an animation development consultant at Skhar Foundation in 1994. From 2006 to 2007, he worked at the AlSada foundation in Dubai as the managing editor of Alshashah magazine, managing editor of Almughamer magazine, and a media consultant. He was an office manager at Afkar magazine in Cairo, the director of the Arab World Center for publishing and media for five years, he worked for a Kuwait politics newspaper for seven years, and was a consultant of programs development for Joint Program Production Institution in Kuwait, he was the first Arab whom the British Kingdom published seven English plays for, he is also the first Arab writer for whom the University of Arizona in the United States published five works in English and three in Arabic. He was a chief editor of Roya magazine, which is published in Egypt, he is the first Arabic writer to print his work for children and adults online. He has many publications, including, also he directed many other plays.  He formed many experimental theatre groups, he also has many TV and radio series. Hafez has many books and theatrical studies. His works was published in many Arabic magazines and newspapers, he participated in the International Festival of Cartage, Tunisia, Baghdad, Jordan, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Alexandria, Matrouh.

Memberships

Works

Novels

A Traveler Without Identity – 1993Nescafe – 2010: Alsayed Hafez says in this novel: "I love my country that I can hold every night in my lap as a rose, or a pillow, or a sentence in a phrase that I love as it is on the edge of the cemetery stained with blood and misery from thousands of years ago."Plain Coffee – 2011: a narrative epic about fate, mystery, and adoration.Cappuccino – 2012Tea with Jasmine – 2013Green Tea – 2014

Theatre

The Pride of Nonsense in the Land of Meaningless – 1970The Dumb Drums in the Blue Medicine – 1971The Symphony of Love – 1980Honey I Am Travelling – 1979They Are What They Are, But They Are Not the Zaalik – 1980The emergence and disappearance of Abu Dhar Al-Ghafari – 1981My Beloved Princess of Cinema – 1982The Tale of the Peasant Abdulmutee – 1982Time of the Word Lying/ Fear/ Death – 19876 Men in Prison – 1989Symphony of Love – 1991The Pride of Nonsense in the Land of Meaningless – 1991Sisyphus 20th Century – 19919 Experimental PlaysTrees Sometimes Bend – 1992Travels of Ibn Basboussa – 1994The King of Trash – 1995Rumor – 1995Medal from the President – 1997Travelers Without Identity – 1997Abdullah – 1997Qaraqosh and Aragoz – 1998Mallow War – 2000The King of Trash – 2001Faces in the Lost Nights – 2003The Gypsy and the Tramp – 2003Kidnapped Me, SOBs – 2004Baby, Shell, and Rainbow – 2004The Maid and the Old Woman – 2004Wanted Dead Or Alive – 2004Two Women – 2004Peasant Abdulmutee and five other plays – 2004

Children's theatre

Sandus – 1987Ali Baba – 1987Antar Ben Shadad – 1987Knights of Hilal Sons – 1987Abu Zaid Alhilali – 1995Happiness Shirt – 1995Juha Sons – 1996Cinderella – 1996Dewdrops – 1996Roman's Love – 1996The Wondrous Monster – 1996Cinderella and the Prince – 1996Nanoosa and Uncle Kamal – 1996Hamdan and Meshmesha – 1996Koki Loves the Moon – 2003Sandus – 2004

Awards

  • First prize in Theater Writing in Egypt, 1970.
  • Award for Best Author of Children's Theater in Kuwait for Cinderella in 1980.