Age, Biography and Wiki
Ali Salem was born on 24 February, 1936 in Damietta, Egypt, is an Egyptian playwright and author. Discover Ali Salem's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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playwright, author |
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79 years old |
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Pisces |
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24 February, 1936 |
| Birthday |
24 February |
| Birthplace |
Damietta, Egypt |
| Date of death |
22 September, 2015 |
| Died Place |
Mohandessin, Egypt |
| Nationality |
Egypt
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Ali Salem Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Ali Salem Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ali Salem worth at the age of 79 years old? Ali Salem’s income source is mostly from being a successful playwright. He is from Egypt. We have estimated Ali Salem's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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playwright |
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Timeline
Ali Salem, also transliterated Ali Salim, (على سالم, ; 24 February 1936 – 22 September 2015) was an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator known for controversially endorsing cooperation with Israel.
The Los Angeles Times once described him as "a big, loud man known for his satiric wit".
From the premiere of his first play in 1965, he wrote 25 plays and fifteen books.
One of the best known, The School of Troublemakers, debuted in 1971 and featured a rowdy class of children transformed by a kind teacher.
His plays The Phantom of Heliopolis, The Comedy of Oedipus, The Man Who Fooled the Angels, and The Buffet have also become "classics of the Egyptian theater".
Salem's plays often include allegorical critiques of Egyptian politics with a strong vein of humor and satire.
In 1994, he wrote a book entitled My Drive to Israel about a trip he took to the country to satisfy his curiosity about it following the signing of the Oslo Accords.
He later claimed that the trip was not "a love trip, but a serious attempt to get rid of hate. Hatred prevents us from knowing reality as it is".
He spent 23 nights in Israel and concluded that "real co-operation" between the two nations should be possible.
Though the book sold more than 60,000 copies, a bestseller by Egyptian standards, it provoked controversy, and Salem was subsequently ostracized from the Egyptian intellectual community and expelled from its Writer's Syndicate as a result of his "propaganda."
He did not have a play or movie script produced in Egypt after the book's publication, though he continued to contribute columns to foreign media such as the London-based Al Hayat.
Salem's memoir was later adapted by Ari Roth into the play Ali Salem Drives to Israel, which had its world premiere in the US in 2005.
He also received an honorary doctorate from Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2005.
In 2008, he won the Train Foundation's $50,000 Civil Courage Prize in recognition of his opposition to Islamic extremism and his support of cooperation with Israel.
He died in Cairo on 22 September 2015 after a long illness.
