Dr. Medhat El Adl is an Egyptian writer, poet, producer, and doctor. He recently produced the Ramadan 2024 series "Thresholds of Joy", which was based on the novel by the great writer Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, starred Yehia El Fakharany and directed by Magdy Abu Emeira. He founded the Egyptian production company "El Adl Group" in 1997 with his 2 brothers, Mohamed El Adl and the late artist Sami El Adl.
Dr. Medhat El Adl began writing poems at a young age. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1981 and worked in paediatrics for a few years before dedicating himself entirely to the arts field. He began composing songs and wrote several for some of the most well-known singers, including Mohamed El Helw, Amr Diab, Mohamed Mounir, Samira Said, Mohamed Fouad, Medhat Saleh, and others. "Platform No. 5", "Shubra Misr", and "Chaos of Feelings" are 3 collections of his poetry and song lyrics.
Dr. El Adl wrote the screenplay and dialogue for a number of successful Egyptian cinematic films, beginning with "Ice Cream in Gleem," which El Adl describes as "the documented testimony" of the 1990s in Cairo and Alexandria, and continuing with "Sa'eedi in the American University", "Hammam in Amsterdam", "Short w Fanelah w Cap", "Mafia", "The Dealer", "3 El Zero", and others.
This is in addition to a number of television series, the most important of which are "Mahmoud El Masry", "Al Andaleeb: Hikayt Sha’ab", "The Jewish Quarter", "Foq Mostawa El Shobohat", "Le Aa'la Se'r", and "Al Hisab Yejma", "Omla Nadra", and others, the most recent of which was the series "Thresholds of Joy".
Dr. El Adl praised the musical "Coco Chanel", which was performed by Sherihan, as well as the musical "Charlie", which tells the life story of the famous English comedian "Charlie Chaplin".
He received several honours, including recognition from the Egyptian Opera House at the Arab Music Festival's 30th edition.