SITFY honors late writer Ahmed Sakhsoukh in its 5th edition

CAIRO - 29 December 2019: Sharm el-Sheikh International Theater Festival for Youth, headed by director Mazen el-Gharabawy, presents the Author Award of its fifth edition to late professor and writer Ahmed Sakhsoukh.

The festival’s fifth edition will be held from April 1-7, 2020. The award will be granted to the late writer for his endless critical writings and contributions to the Egyptian and Arabic Theater.

Ahmed Sakhsoukh is a theater and academic writer. He was born in 1947 and graduated from the High Institute for Theatrical Arts, Department of Drama and Theater Criticism in 1975.

He traveled at his own expense to Austria and studied at the Institute of Dramatic Sciences at the University of Vienna. He is also a critic who specializes in drama.

Sakhsoukh was a professor of drama at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art. The late writer was former head of the Drama and Critic Department and a former dean of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art at the Egyptian Academy of Arts.

“This award aims to encourage the Egyptian and Arab theater writing movement among young writers. Many directors and theatrical troupes suffer from lack of new texts. Therefore, this award aims to produce theatrical texts with new youthful ideas that express their problems and concerns. At the same time, it gives them an opportunity to appear and implement their creative achievements,” stated Mazen el-Gharabawy.

Sharm el-Sheikh International Theater Festival for Youth will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, the city of peace, and is chaired by veteran actress Samiha Ayoub.

The president of the supreme committee of the festival is the veteran artist Mohamed Sobhi.

The festival will be managed by Angy el-Bastawi and is held under the auspices of Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem, Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobi, Minister of Antiquities and Tourism Khaled el-Anani, South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda and the Tourism Promotion Authority headed by Ahmed Youssef.