Ismail Waly Eldeen

An Egyptian novelist, born in 1935. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University in 1956. He then joined the Armed Forces as an engineer officer for twenty years until he reached the rank of Colonel. He then devoted himself to literary writing, and many of his novels were turned into cinematic films, including: (Hammam Al-Malatili, Al-Aqmar, Burjawan Alley, Al-Batiniya, Sons and Assassins).