Youssef Maaty

Youssef Maaty (/mʿāṭī/ Arabic:); born August 25, 1963) is an Egyptian satirist, playwright, and screenwriter, and sibling of the author Salah Maaty. He graduated from Ain Sham University and wrote over 18 books, 17 movies, 19 TV series, and 6 plays.

Education and career

• He graduated from Faculty of Al-Alsun , Ain Shams University and the Directing Department at High Cinema Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
• He began his career while studying in university by directing screenplays, during which he introduced himself as a director of schoolwork. He was requested to write a play by George Sidhom’s brother, which led to the making of the play "Love in the Cell" and becoming a screenwriter.
• His plays include: "Beauty and the Bads", "Bahlool in Istanbul", "Body Guard", "No Not Like That", and "Something in Sabry".
• He met and became associated with Adel Emam in many works including: "Mahrous the Minister's Server", "Bobbos", "The Embassy in the Building", "The Danish Experience", "Hassan and Marcus", "A Groom from a Security Entity", "Morgan Ahmed Morgan".
• Movies he wrote include: "The President's Chef", "Sorry We Are Screwed", "Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda", "Prince of the Seas", "The Female and the Wasp", and "365 Days of Happiness".
• His TV works include: "He Nurtures in His Might", "The Helali Rail", "It's Time", "White Abbas in the Black Day", "Naji Attallah's Squad", "The Oracle", "The Owner of Happiness", "Professor and Head of Department", "Mamoun and His Partners", and "Adly Alam's Genies".
• He has written many books within satirical literature including: "Ask an Experienced", "Change Son", "Oh.. My Brain", "You Love Hate America", "Stars in the Early Afternoon", "I Don't Write, I Ponder", "Creative by Heredity", "Popped in My Head", "Daughter of the What", "Don't Take to Heart", "Life's Lost My Homeland", "Don't Worry", "Girls' Honey", and "Funny Nightmares".

Personal life

• Married to the Egyptian TV presenter Mona El Sharkawy, with two children.

Works

Novels

• “Ask an Experienced” (original title: ʾEsʾal Mujarreb)
• “Change Son” (original title: GhaÄ«yer Ya BunaÄ«)
• “Oh.. My Brain” (original title: Āh.. Ya Demāghy)
• “You Love Hate America” (original title: Tuḥebb Takrah ʾAmrÄ«ka)
• “Stars in the Early Afternoon” (original title: NujÅ«m FÄ« Ê¿Ez al-Ẓuhr)
• “I Don't Write, I Ponder” (original title: ʾAna La ʾAktub wa-Lākenny ʾAtaʾammal)
• “Creative by Heredity” (original title: ṢāyeÊ¿ w-el-Werāthah)
• “Popped in My Head” (original title: Ṭaqqet FÄ« Demāghy)
• “Daughter of the What” (original title: Bent el-ʾEh)
• “Don't Take to Heart” (original title: Ma Tshelsh FÄ« Nafsak)
• “Life's Lost My Homeland” (original title: Wa-Ḍāʿa al-Ê¿Omru Ya Waá¹­any)
• “Don't Worry” (original title: Wa La Yhemmak)
• “Girls' Honey” (original title: Ê¿Asal al-Banāt)
• "Funny Nightmares" (original title: KawābÄ«s Mudḥekah)
• "Disturbing Talk" (original title: Kalām ʾAbīḥ Jeddan)
• "We'll Live Like This and Die Like This" (original title: ḤanÊ¿Ä«sh Keda wa-NamÅ«t Keda)
• "Genies" (original title: Ê¿AfārÄ«t)
• "We Got Trapped" (original title: Laqad WaqaÊ¿na FÄ« al-Fakhkh)

Movies

• 1994: "You Love or Rise" (original title: Ya Tḥebb Ya Tʾebb)
• 1997: "We Will Love and Rise" (original title: Ḥanḥebb wa-Nʾebb)
• 1998: "The Female and the Wasp" (original title: Al-Untha wa-Al-DabbÅ«r)
• 1999: "Mahrous the Minister's Server" (original title: El-Wād MaḥrÅ«s Betāʿ El-WazÄ«r)
• 2003: "The Danish Experience" (original title: Al-Tajrubah Al-DenmārkÄ«yah)
• 2004: "A Groom from a Security Entity" (original title: Ê¿ArÄ«s min Jeha AmnÄ«yah)
• 2005: "Sorry We Are Screwed" (original title: MaÊ¿lesh Eḥna Benetbahdel)
• 2005: "The Embassy in the Building" (original title: El-Safārah FÄ« El-Ê¿Emārah)
• 2007: "Morgan Ahmed Morgan"
• 2008: "The President's Chef" (original title: Ṭabbākh Al-Rayyes)
• 2008: "Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda" (original title: Ramaḍān MabrÅ«k Abu el-Ê¿Alamayn ḤammÅ«dah)
• 2008: "Hassan and Marcus" (original title: Ḥasan wa Morqoá¹£)
• 2009: "Bobbos"
• 2009: "Prince of the Seas" (original title: AmÄ«r al-Behār)
• 2010: "The Three Deceive Her" (original title: Al-Thalāthah YashtaghalÅ«naha)
• 2011: "365 Days of Happiness" (original title: 365 ʾAyyām Saʿādah)
• 2012: "My Horrible Grandma" (original title: Taytah RahÄ«bah)

Series

• 1997: "TV in My House" (original title: TelfezyÅ«n FÄ« Bayty)
• 1998: "Relaxed Youth" (original title: Shabāb Rayeq Jeddan)
• 1999: "Crazy Youth" (original title: Shabāb Ṭāqeq Jeddan)
• 2003: "Adham and Zeinat and Three Girls" (original title: ʾAdham wa-ZÄ«nāt wa-Thalāth Banāt)
• 2004: "White Abbas in the Black Day" (original title: Ê¿Abbās al-ʾAbyad FÄ« al-Yawm al-ʾAswad)
• 2006: "Che Toto Restaurant" (original title: Al-Maá¹­Ê¿am Tshy Toto)
• 2006: "The Helali Rail" (original title: Sekket al-Helaly)
• 2006: "It's Time" (original title: Ān al-ʾAwān)
• 2007: "He Nurtures in His Might" (original title: Yetrabba FÄ« Ê¿EzzÅ«)
• 2010: "Mom in the Department" (original title: Māma FÄ« Al-Qesm)
• 2011: "Misyou Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda" (original title: MesyÅ« Ramaḍān MabrÅ«k Abu el-Ê¿Alamayn ḤammÅ«dah)
• 2012: "Naji Attallah's Squad" (original title: Ferqat Najy Ê¿Aá¹­allah)
• 2013: "The Oracle" (original title: Al-Ê¿Arrāf)
• 2014: "The Owner of Happiness" (original title: Ṣāḥeb Al-Saʿādah)
• 2015: "Professor and Head of Department" (original title: Ustādh wa-Raʾīs Qesm)
• 2016: "Mamoun and His Partners" (original title: MaʾmÅ«n wa-Shurkāh)
• 2017: "Adly Alamʾs Genies" (original title: Ê¿AfarÄ«t Ê¿Adly Ê¿Alām)
• 2017: "How's the Health" (original title: ʾEzzaÄ«y el-á¹¢eḥḥah)

Plays

• 1994: "Love in the Cell" (original title: Ḥob FÄ« Al-TkhshÄ«bah)
• 1995: "Bahlool in Istanbul" (original title: BahlÅ«l FÄ« IstanbÅ«l)
• 1996: "Beauty and the Bads" (original title: al-JamÄ«lah wa-Al-WeḥshÄ«n)
• 1997: "No Not Like That" (original title: Laʾa Balāsh Keda)
• 1998: "Bobby Guard"
• 1999: "Body Guard"
• 2002: "Something in Sabry" (original title: Shayʾ FÄ« á¹¢abry)

References

External links

• Faculty of Al-Alsun .
• Youssef Maaty on .
• Youssef Maaty on IMDb.