Ahmed Mekky (Arabic: أحمد مكي; born June 19, 1980)[1] is an Egyptian[2] actor, writer, director and rapper.[3][4]
Ahmed Mekky was born in Oran, Algeria[5] as a son of an Egyptian mother and an Algerian father. He was raised as a boy in the Talbia of Haram District, Giza, Egypt, where he filmed his Egyptian patriotic song clip "Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman".[6] His sister is Enas Mekky, an Egyptian actress.[5][7]Mekky paused his career for a period of time[when?] after suffering from Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. He caught the virus after sharing water bottles with his fellow boxing trainees.[8]
Mekky married an Egyptian businesswoman, with whom he has one son, Adham.[9] They divorced in 2013.[10]
Mekky began his career after graduating from the directing division at Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema. Mekky started out directing several short films such as Yabanee Asly (An Original Japanese) before directing El Hassa El Sab'a (The Seventh Sense), which starred Ahmed El-Fishawy, in 2005. That work was adapted from a short film that Mekky had previously directed in 2003. Mekky has collaborated with his sister Enas Mekky in directing several television productions, including Lahazat Hariga (Crucial Moments) and Tamer Wa Shaw'eyyah (Tamer and Shaweiyah) in which he also played the role of Haitham Dabour.
Mekky protagoniza la serie de comedia egipcia de Ramadán El Kabeer Awy en la que interpreta a los dos personajes principales, dos hermanos que compiten por la herencia de su padre fallecido. En 2013, la tercera temporada de El Kabeer Awy presenta a un tercer hermano, también interpretado por Mekky. Además de su carrera en el cine, Mekky también ha seguido escribiendo canciones de rap que interpreta en películas o sube a Internet.
Ahmed Mekky ha logrado reconocimiento por su trabajo en el género del rap. Lanzó canciones exitosas como "Masr Baldy" y "Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman" en 2017. [13] [14] Su álbum de 2012, Asloh Araby, incluye la canción "Atr Al Hayah", que muestra "Coffee Cold" de Galt MacDermot . .
وقال احمد مكي في بداية اغنية مصر بلدي :رغم ان انتمائي و حياتي وطفولتي وجنسيتي مصري. عشان قدام ربنا مايجيش يوم ابقى فيه مساهم ولو بواحد في المية في الفتنة بين بلدين اخوات ، لكن الحقيقة بعد نة والغدر اللي شافوه اهلي وبلدي خصوصا ان الجزائر مردتش باي اعتذار حتى الان انا لا احترم من لا يحترم بلدي مصر بلدي اقل حاجة ممكن اقدمها لمصر .