News Center — Gamila Weifi, the daughter of screenwriter Hanaa Atiya, announced her mother’s death following a long struggle with illness.

Gamila Weifi wrote on her official social media account on Sunday, January 4: “Mom has died.”

Hanaa Atiya’s death came after a prolonged illness. She had been suffering from severe pneumonia, along with kidney-related health problems prior to her passing.

Hanaa Atiya was an Egyptian author and screenwriter who graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema at the Academy of Arts, Department of Screenwriting, in 1988.

She wrote two films, “A Day for Women” (Yom Lel Settat) and “Fawzia’s Recipe” (Khaltat Fawzia), and received several awards, most notably Best Film and Best Screenplay for “A Day for Women.”

In addition to screenwriting, she authored several novels, including “A Day for Women” and “Fawzia’s Recipe,” both of which were adapted into films. She also published five short story collections that left a significant impact, among them “Nearby Balconies,” “Gentle Rain,” and “Shadow Violence,” the latter of which won the Senior Writers Award at the Sawiris Cultural Awards.