Place of birth:
Daqahliyah, Egypt No'man Ashour is known as the founder of realism in Egyptian drama. He believed that Comedy is the best medium to reflect reality, especially if it is painful. Since early on in life, Ashour loved the stage. He was greatly influenced by comedian Naguib Arrihani's on-stage critique of society Ashour was very fortunate to discover that his grandfather possessed a library full of books in the various disciplines. In his years of university education, he staged a number of Shakespearean plays and read Ibsen and Checkov. He was also very close to the post-WWII literary movement His plays reflect interest in a) politics; e.g. The Grinding Mill; Al-Doghri Family, Countries Afar and b) socio-economic conditions and class struggle. Plays
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