Mohamed Diab’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Mohamed Diab is a writer and director whose work often centers on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He is known for his directorial debut film Cairo 678 (Les Femmes du bus 678), which was released a month before the Egyptian revolution and was described by the New York Times as “unmistakably a harbinger of that revolution.” Paulo Coehlo tweeted about the film calling it “brilliant” and saying “it should be mandatory for men, regardless of their religion/culture, to watch it”.

Diab wrote the blockbuster Egyptian franchise El Gezeira (The Island) films which are the highest grossing Egyptian and Arabic films of all times. The films revolve around a tyrannical drug lord on an island in Upper Egypt. El Gezira is often quoted and referenced in Egyptian pop culture and was the 2007 Egyptian nomination for the Academy Awards. Aside from filmmaking, Diab is known for his vocal participation in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, which earned him a Webby Award.

Awards

Cairo 678 (Les Femmes du Bus 678)

In 2011, Christiane Amanpour presented Mohamed Diab with a Webby Award.