El Attar hails from Egypt and is a theatre director, dramaturge and cultural operator. He is the founder and head of Orient Productions, a production company based in Cairo and involved in various cultural, artistic and entertainment projects. El Attar is also founder and artistic director of The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), one of Egypt\u2019s leading festivals, of Studio Emad Eddin (SEE) Foundation, a unique organization that procures working and rehearsal space for independent Egyptian stage artists, of DX-Media, a digital platform and of the company Temple Independent.<\/p>\n
His work has been presented in theatres and festivals all around the world: Lebanon, Sweden, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, UK, Singapore, Russia, Scotland and the USA.<\/p>\n
His work\u00a0 F**K Darwin or How I Have Learned to Love Socialism<\/em>\u00a0won him the award as best actor in the 22nd\u00a0 edition of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre. In 2013 he received an award from the Synergos foundation as a Pioneer of Egypt. In 2015 with\u00a0The Last Supper<\/em>, a work he wrote and directed, he participated in the 69th Festival d\u2019Avignon and in the 44th Festival d’Automne in Paris before going on a world tour.\u00a0 In 2018 he again participated in the Festival d\u2019Avignon with\u00a0Mama<\/em>, a work about the figure of mothers and women in Egypt, a patriarchal society. The same year in France he was awarded Chevalier des arts et des lettre<\/strong>s <\/strong>for his contribution to Theatre art.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n@ FIT
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