Ahmed Alaidy

He wrote a political comic strip, and poems for an Egyptian opposition weekly newspaper al-Dostour, الدستور المصرية. Alaidy has participated in international writers’ programs at Iowa University and at Hong Kong Baptist University. He has previously published a long short story. Classified as a Minimalist writer, and a student of the famous American novelist Chuck Palahniuk which he had received an intensive course in minimalism writing through the Internet.

• Name — Ahmed Alaidy • Born — 24 December 1974 • Birthplace — Dammam, Saudi Arabia • Occupation — Novelist, screenwriter, freelance writer, comic writer, poet • Movement — Minimalism, postmodern

Directing NETFLIX's featurette Behind the Story ما وراء القصة 2020 (in Arabic).

• worked in as script writer for the Arabic version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and as a member of the comedy workshop at MBC channel. 2001-02 • An takoun Abbas El Abd (A Novel) Merit Publishing house (2003/2007/2009), BQFP (2012/2013), Al-Karma Publishers (2014). Translated into: English (2006/2008/2009), Dutch (2008), Italian (2009), Turkish (2009), French (2010), Danish (2011), Russian (2013), and Swedish (2015). • children comics for Basem magazine. 2006 • political comic strips (Booka wa Sokomonnous) for Al-dostour weekly newspaper.2005-2006 • poems for Al-dostour weekly newspaper. 2006-07-08 • Freelance writer at the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. • Co-wrote the Screenplay of the movie El Torbini with Mohamed Hefzy, directed by: Ahmed Medhat, 2007. (Adapted from Rain Man) • Script doctoring the Blockbuster Movie Keda Reda with his other five co-writers in Script (Movie workshop), Keda Reda directed by: Ahmed Nader Galal Starring: Ahmed Helmy 2007. • Screenplay of the short movie Love in the time of Gum, directed by Ibrahim Abla 2008. • Al eshq al sadi;(The Sadistic Love) (collection of poems) Merit Publishing house | 2009, Al-Karma Publishers | 2014. • Satire comic strips (Adventures of Karee) for Al-shorouk newspaper July 2009.