Tunisian director Chawki Majri passed away after a health crisis in Egypt.
Chawki Mejri, born in 1961, began his career making short films. He produced eight films while living in Tunisia and Poland.
But he became famous in television, directing several highly popular programs and collecting several awards, including an Emmy in the telenovela category for the best international drama series for al-Ijtiyah(2007).
He became known in the Arab East with his series Ikhwat al-Turab(Brothers of Sand), before he started focusing on costume dramas likeAbu Jaafar al-Mansour, Omar al-Khayyam, and al-Amin wal Mamoun, and novel adaptations like al-Arwah al-Muhajira.
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