Ahmed Mekky ( ar, أحمد مكي; born June 19, 1980) is an

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ian

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and

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Personal life

Ahmed Mekky was born in

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, Algeria as a son of an

ian mother and an Algerian father. He was raised as a boy in the Talbia of Haram District,

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 ...

, where he filmed his Egyptian patriotic song clip "''Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman''". His sister is , an Egyptian

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. Mekky paused his career for a period of time after suffering from

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(EBV) infection. He caught the virus after sharing water bottles with his fellow

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

trainees. Mekky married an Egyptian businesswoman, with whom he has one son, Adham. They divorced in 2013.

Career

Mekky began his career after graduating from the directing division at

Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema (Arabic:المعهد العالي للسينما) was founded in 1957 as the first of its kind in the Middle East and Africa, and is affiliated to the ministry of culture. The institute is a member of the Internation ...

. Mekky started out directing several short films such as ''Yabanee Asly'' (''An Original Japanese'') before directing ''El Hassa El Sab'a'' (''The Seventh Sense''), which starred

Ahmed El-Fishawy Ahmed El-Fishawy ( ar, أحمد الفيشاوي); (born November 11, 1980) an Egyptian actor and son of recognized Egyptian actor Farouk al-Fishawy. Career His acting debut was with actress Faten Hamama in Wajh al-Qamar TV-Series. At 23 he ...

, in 2005. That work was adapted from a short film that Mekky had previously directed in 2003. Mekky has collaborated with his sister Enas Mekky in directing several television productions, including ''Lahazat Hariga'' (''Crucial Moments'') and ''

Tamer Wa Shaw'eyyah ''Tamer Wa Shaw'eyyah'' ( ar, تامر وشوقية) is an Egyptian sitcom acted by Ahmed El-Fishawy Ahmed El-Fishawy ( ar, أحمد الفيشاوي); (born November 11, 1980) an Egyptian actor and son of recognized Egyptian actor Farouk al-Fis ...

'' (''Tamer and Shaweiyah'') in which he also played the role of ''Haitham Dabour''. Mekky stars in the

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Egyptian comedy series '' El Kabeer Awy'' in which he plays both main characters, two brothers vying for the inheritance of their deceased father. In 2013, the third season of ''El Kabeer Awy'' introduces a third brother, also played by Mekky. Besides his career in cinema, Mekky has also continued to write rap songs that he performs in films or uploads to the internet.

Music

Ahmed Mekky is also a well known and popular figure in Egyptian rap; he released many successful hits such as "Masr Baldy" and "Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman" in 2017. Mekky's "Atr Al Hayah" from the album Asloh Araby (2012) samples

Galt MacDermot Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song " African Waltz" in 1960. His most-successful musicals were ''Hai ...

's "Coffee Cold".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mekky, Ahmed 1980 births Living people Egyptian male film actors Egyptian comedians 21st-century Egyptian male singers Egyptian rappers People from Giza Egyptian male television actors Singers who perform in Egyptian Arabic Egyptian people of Algerian descent