Daoud Abdel Sayed

Daoud Abdel Sayed was born on 23 November 1946, in Cairo according to al-Bayan. A graduate of the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1967, he was an assistant to Youssef Chahine and Kamal El Sheikh, then made documentaries before his first feature film, in 1985. He directed nine, according to Al Jazeera, up to 2015, before retiring. He was nicknamed the philosopher of Egyptian cinema. He died on 27 December 2025, of a kidney disease.

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• CinemaKit Katالكيت كاتDaoud Abdel Sayed · 1991Cinema