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Maher Sabry

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Maher Sabry (born 11 April 1967) is an Egyptian theater director, playwright, film director, producer, screenwriter, poet, writer and cartoonist. He was a pioneering gay activist and the first director to portray gay and lesbian love in a lyrical and sympathetic manner on the Egyptian stage. Sabry also directed the first award winning all gay Egyptian film, All My Life, released in 2008, work that made him a significant figure in the history of LGBT representation in Middle Eastern theater and cinema.

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1. Maher Sabry (Wikipedia)
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    born 11 April 1967
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    Maher Sabry (Arabic: ماهر صبري; born 11 April 1967) is an Egyptian theater director, playwright, film director, producer and screenwriter, poet, writer and cartoonist.
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