Mohamed Diab

Mohamed Diab is an award-winning writer and director, who's work is often centered on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He's known for his directorial debut film Cairo 678 (Les Femmes du bus 678), which was released a month before the Egyptian revolution and was deemed by the New York Times "unmistakably a harbinger of that revolution." Paulo Coehlo tweeted about the film calling it "brilliant" and saying "it should be mandatory for men, regardless of their religion/culture, to watch it". Diab wrote the blockbuster Egyptian franchise El Gezira (The Island) films which are considered the highest grossing Egyptian and arabic films of all times. The films revolve around a tyrannical druglord on an island in Upper Egypt. El Gezira is often quoted and referenced in Egyptian pop culture and was also the 2007 Egyptian nomination for the Academy Awards. After being heavily involved in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Diab wanted to make a film about the revolution. It took 4 years t