Mohamed Kamel Hassan

Mohamed Kamel Hassan (1915–1979)

📜 Lawyer, Writer, Screenwriter, Director, and Egyptian Producer

🔹 Known as "The Dean of Egyptian Detective Stories"

🔹 Contributed to many outstanding cinematic and radio works

🔹 Famous for his iconic radio series "Love and Execution" (1954)

🎬 Career in Cinema

📽️ In Film

✔️ Production:

Al-Mi'ad (1955)

✔️ Acting:

Who Forgets the Past (1943)

Stronger Than Life (1960)

Wahida (1961)

✔️ 🎼 Film Scores:

Al-Mi'ad (1955)

Love and Execution (1956)

The Last Love (1959)

Wahida (1961)

The Last Letter (1964)

✔️ 🎬 Directing:

Burning Swimmer (1957)

The Last Love (1959)

Stronger Than Life (1960)

Wahida (1961)

The Last Letter (1964)

The Lost Son (1964)

✔️ ✍️ Screenwriting & Dialogue:

Love from Heaven (1943)

Anbar (1948)

The Crazy Woman (1949)

Without Farewell (1951)

Stronger Than Love (1953)

Love and Execution (1956)

This Is Love (1958)

Stronger Than Life (1960)

Wahida (1961)

A Very Jealous Wife (1969)

📻 Radio Career

✔️ 🎙️ Popular Radio Series:

A Horrifying Night

The Merciful Killer

The Outcast’s Daughter

📚 Literary Works

🔬 Scientists & Philosophers:

Galileo

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Ibn Khaldun

Descartes

Alfred Nobel

Mozart

Beethoven

🏛️ Historical Figures & Leaders:

Alexander the Great

Napoleon Bonaparte

George Washington

Hannibal: The Conqueror of Europe

Khalid ibn al-Walid

Emir Abdelkader of Algeria

🕌 Islamic Figures:

Aisha, Daughter of Abu Bakr

Umar ibn Abdul Aziz

Mus'ab ibn Umair

Nusaybah bint Ka’ab

When They Sold the Prophet

📖 Novels & Literary Works:

The Souls

Deadly Rains

Cold Fire

💔 Personal Life & Tragedy

✔️ Married to actress Sohair Fakhry, who was over 25 years younger than him

✔️ Faced a major tragedy, as he was forcibly admitted to a mental hospital for four years

✔️ This was due to Abdel Moneim Abu Zeid (Secretary of Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer) admiring his wife, leading to his forced divorce so she could marry Abu Zeid

✔️ After being released from the hospital, he moved to Lebanon and returned to Egypt after the downfall of the power centers in 1971

✔️ Passed away on April 5, 1979, at the age of 64

🏆 Legacy & Influence

🔹 Considered one of the pioneers of Egyptian detective drama

🔹 Enriched Egyptian cinema, radio, and literature with remarkable works

🔹 Left a lasting impact on film, radio, and Egyptian storytelling