Hamdy el-Gazzar (; born 1 October 1970) is an Egyptian writer. He was born in

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and studied

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. He has been publishing since the 1990s; his literary output includes novels, short stories, stage plays and screenplays. His first novel (''Sehr Aswad'') ''Black Magic'' won the

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and has been translated into English by

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. His second novel ''Ladhdhat Sirriyya'' (''Secret Pleasures'') was published in 2008. Hamdy el-Gazzar was one of the 39 young Arab authors chosen by the

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project.

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Egyptian novelists 1970 births Living people Cairo University alumni {{Egypt-writer-stub

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