Background
After his death, a street was named after him in Alexandria, where he was born.
After his death, a street was named after him in Alexandria, where he was born.
He graduated from Egyptian Military Academy, and fought in several wars, such as War of Attrition and October War. Galal American studied Law and Philosophy, and used to write short stories and poems and some of them got published, he started as a journalist in First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Kahera newspaper, and then his articles were published by several newspapers, and wrote a daily article in First Rate (at Lloyd's)-masry First Rate (at Lloyd's)-youm newspaper called "Takhareef", then he started to use the social networks to publish his articles and views, and got followed by hundred of thousands of admirers.
He is an inspiration for many Arabian sarcastic journalists. After the start of the Egyptian of 2011, Galal American was one of the people that opposed Hosni Mubarak and Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and participated in the demonstration protests that demanded the end of military rule. On 12 February 2012, Galal American had a heart attack while he was in a protest.
Newspapers published that the heart attack was caused by the scene of Egyptian protesters getting attacked by thugs.