Haitham Dabbour is an Egyptian scriptwriter and author. He worked as a journalist at Almasryalyoum
newspaper since graduation, and made many documentaries, such as Tahrir Square: The Good, The
Bad, and the Politician,” a feature that premiered in Venice Film Festival, and won the UNESCO Award
of 2011, the Oslo Film Festival Award. His fiction scriptwriting debut “ Photocopy” premiered in 2017,
won the Best Arab feature film at ElGouna film festival, Best movie at Malomo film festival and Best
screenplay at Oran film festival, among other accolades. The next year he wrote “Gunshot”, premiered
at GFF and screened at Cairo film festival, with a positive feedback from critics and audiences. He
recently wrote and produced “Eyebrows,” a short film that won the best short film at ElGouna film
festival 2018. His script “Ayesh” won Swairis Prize for best screenplay in 2016, and has not been
produced yet. He wrote 10 books between poetry and short stories, which are among the best-selling
books in Egypt. He also won the 2014 Ahmed Fouad Negm poetry award.