In his last appearance, Wahid Hamed reveals a secret and bids farewell to his fans

A sad departure from the Egyptian and Arab artistic community with the death of the Egyptian writer Waheed Hamed, on Saturday morning, at the age of 76, after a health crisis, from which he has suffered in recent days, and which has caused his admission to hospital.

The late writer suffered from heart and lung health issues and liver failure, and with his advanced age his body could not resist, as he died hours after entering the hospital, leaving behind a great legacy. artistic achievement that made him one of the most important Egyptian and Arab writers, and the owner of an inspiring school. Each has submitted more than 80 works of art, including works that will remain immortal in the history of art.

And because he is an exceptional writer, he deserved a farewell party, which happened three weeks ago, when the author of “The Community” was honored by the Cairo International Film Festival. and won the Golden Pyramid Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Wahid Hamed

The seminar was held in his honor, moderated by the art critic, Tariq Al-Shennawi, and witnessed a very high participation from the ordinary audience, a desire to attend and say goodbye to Wahid Hamed, who prejudged his pain, perhaps because he felt in his heart that the time for farewell was approaching.

In the tone of the writer-father, the author of “Terrorism and the Kebab” spoke the farewell evening of his long journey, in which he made money only by writing, and directed his advice. towards the young generation of writers.

After divulging a secret related to how to overcome the apparatus of censorship of artistic works, pointing out that he always added a scene that he knew full well that the censorship would require its removal, and then he would fight with the apparatus, knowing that the scene would be deleted, but he did it to skip the rest of the scenes, He succeeds in the ambush that he prepared from the beginning

On the farewell night, the owner of “The Dark Birds” wished that if a number of his friends were in the audience, he would like Ahmed Zaki, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Mahmoud Yassin and Raafat Al Mihi to be present. , indicating that he sees that the movie “The Pleasure Market” that he presented to Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Elham Shaheen is Better to work for him.

He also explained that Youssef Idris was the first to advise him to write theater, as he initially worked on writing stories, but Idris advised him to go to the theater, and he felt indebted to Idris, and he had to turn one of his stories into a work of art, but it was his son Marwan who paid the debt. About him, when he did the trick in his first job.

The media, Zainab Sweidan, wife of the late Waheed Hamed, remain the ankle he has always leaned on in his life, which he emphasized in his honorary seminar, saluting her for what she always did for him.