Hamdy el-Gazzar
Hamdy el-Gazzar is an Egyptian writer. He was born in Giza and studied philosophy at Cairo University. He has been publishing since the 1990s; his literary output includes novels, short stories, stage plays and screenplays.
His first novel Black Magic won the Sawiris Prize and has been translated into English by Humphrey Davies. His second novel Ladhdhat Sirriyya was published in 2008.
Hamdy el-Gazzar was one of the 39 young Arab authors chosen by the Beirut39 project.
