Ahmed Mekky

Ahmed Mekky (; born June 19, 1980) is an Egyptian director, actor, writer ,producer and rapper. Personal life Ahmed Mekky was born in Oran, Algeria as a son of an Egyptian mother and an Algerian father. He was raised as a boy in the Talbia of Haram District, Giza, Egypt, where he filmed his Egyptian patriotic song clip "Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman". His sister is , an Egyptian actress. Mekky paused his career for a period of time after suffering from Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. He caught the virus after sharing water bottles with his fellow boxing trainees. Mekky married an Egyptian, with whom he has one son, Adham, who was born on 2010. They divorced in 2013. Career Mekky began his career after graduating from the directing division at Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema. 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, 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 and Shaweiyah) in which he also played the role of Haitham Dabour.