Lenin El-Ramly was an independent Egyptian writer and director of films and for television and theater.
11 Facts About Lenin El-Ramly
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Lenin El-Ramly's work is in the field of satire, farce, parody and the Theatre of the Absurd.
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Lenin El-Ramly 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.
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Lenin El-Ramly's presentations were characterized as existentialist and sociopolitical questions within popular funny settings.
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Lenin El-Ramly's mother was Souad Zuhair, a writer at Rosa al-Yusuf, a well known Egyptian magazine.
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Lenin El-Ramly published his first short story in 1956 in the magazine Sabah El-Kheir.
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Lenin El-Ramly founded his own theater company in 1980, called Studio 80.
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Lenin El-Ramly has aimed to put other kinds of plays on stage than usually could be seen in commercial theatres.
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Lenin El-Ramly's theatre plays have been staged in the Arab world, as well as in Western countries like France and Australia.
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In 1993, Lenin El-Ramly founded his second theatre company, called Studio 2000.
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In 2005, Lenin El-Ramly was honored with the Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands.