Lenin El-Ramly (Arabic: لينين الرملي; August 18, 1945 – February 7, 2020) was an independent Egyptian writer and director of films and for television and theater.
He was recognized in Egypt and abroad for his daring, raising questions about the hypocritical and intolerant aspects of Egyptian society and other countries in the Arab world.
It landed him the Soad Sabbah Award from Kuwait, as well as praise from Western media critics, for instance, the Herald Tribune and Time Magazine.
For instance, he won during the Vivay Film Festival for Comical Movies in 1987, and the aforementioned Kuwaiti Soad Sabbah Award in 1991.
The jury valued his "constructive use of humour to provoke public analysis of social and cultural issues.
"[1][4][7] Source:[8] AS of 2005, El-Ramly has written forty theatre plays in Arabic that have been shown on the stage like Al-Hamagi (1985), Wijhet Nazar (1989), and Keep Your Daughters Locked In (1980).