Youssef Maati

🎬 Youssef Maati

Egyptian Screenwriter, Satirical Writer, and Novelist

 

📌 Personal Information:

Full Name: Youssef Maati

 

Date of Birth: August 25, 1963 (Age: 61)

 

Place of Birth: Suez, Egypt

 

Nationality: 🇪🇬 Egyptian

 

Spouse: Mona El-Sharkawy (TV presenter)

 

Siblings: Salah Maati

 

🎓 Education:

Graduated from the Faculty of Al-Alsun (Languages)

 

Studied directing at the Higher Institute of Cinema

 

🎭 Career Start:

Youssef Maati began his career directing university theater plays. His transition into writing started when George Sidhom’s brother asked him to write a play. That play, "Love in the Detention Room", marked his writing debut.

 

🤝 Collaboration with Adel Imam:

He formed a famous artistic duo with superstar Adel Imam, working together on many successful films and TV shows.

 

✍️ Literary Works

📚 Satirical Books:

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Change, My Son

 

Oh, My Head!

 

Do You Love or Hate America?

 

Stars in Broad Daylight

 

I Don't Write, I Just Observe

 

A Born Troublemaker

 

It Just Hit Me

 

That Girl...

 

Don't Keep It Inside

 

Life Is Wasted, My Homeland

 

Don't Worry

 

Girls’ Honey

 

Funny Nightmares

 

Very Ugly Words

 

We'll Live Like This and Die Like This

 

Ghosts

 

We've Fallen into the Trap

 

Chairs

 

🎞️ Films:

1994: Love Me or Leave Me

 

1997: We Will Love and Marry

 

1998: The Female and the Wasp

 

1999: El Wad Mahrous Betaa’ El Wazeer

 

2003: The Danish Experience

 

2004: A Groom from the Security Side

 

2005: Sorry, We're Getting Humiliated

 

2005: The Embassy in the Building

 

2007: Morgan Ahmed Morgan

 

2008: The President’s Chef

 

2008: Mr. Ramadan Mabrouk Abou El Alamein Hamouda

 

2008: Hassan and Morcos

 

2009: Bobbos

 

2009: The Sea Commander

 

2010: Three Women at Work

 

2011: 365 Days of Happiness

 

2012: Dreadful Granny

 

📺 TV Series:

1997: TV in My House

 

1998: Very Cool Youth

 

1999: Hyperactive Youth

 

2003: Adham, Zeinab, and Three Girls

 

2004: Abbas the White in the Black Day

 

2006: The Chi-Toto Restaurant

 

2006: Helaly’s Path

 

2006: It’s About Time

 

2007: Raised in Luxury

 

2010: Mom in the Police Station

 

2011: Mr. Ramadan Mabrouk

 

2012: Nagy Atta Allah's Squad

 

2013: The Oracle

 

2014: His Excellency

 

2015: Professor and Head of Department

 

2016: Ma’moun and His Partners

 

2017: Adly Allam’s Ghosts

 

2017: How’s Your Health?

 

🎭 Plays:

1994: Love in the Detention Room

 

1995: Bahloul in Istanbul

 

1996: The Beauty and the Beasts

 

1997: Let’s Not Do This

 

1998: Booby Guard

 

1999: Body Guard

 

2002: Something in Sabry