Photos: Samir Ghanem, Mahmoud Yassin at Hassan Abdel Salaam's Funeral

The funeral for director and playwright Hassan Abdel Salaam took place this week at the Hamdeya Al Shazlia Mosque in Mohandseen. Many in the art, cinema and theater worlds came out to pay their respects. There to receive condolences were the director's son Mostafa, daughter Fatima and his wife.

Those who attended the solemn event included Mahmoud Yassin, Hagag Abdel Azim, Amr Abdel Aziz, theater director Galal El-Sharkawy, Mohamed El Sawy, screenwriter Fathia El-Assal, Engy Khattab, Shehera, Hassan Mostafa, Ahmed El Ebiary and his son Tarek El Ebiary.