Wael el-Ebrashy

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Wael el-Ebrashy (Arabic: وائل الإبراشي; 26 October 1963 – 9 January 2022) was an Egyptian journalist and television presenter. He was born in Sherbin, Egypt. Elebrashy started his career as a journalist in the magazine Rose al-Yūsuf. He later worked as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sawt Al-Umma [ar].[1][2] He was a television talk show host for the private TV stations Dream TV and ON E channel.

In December 2020, el-Ebrashy was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Cairo and his lungs were damaged.[1][2] He left the hospital in March 2021, but never recovered.[1][2] el-Ebrashy died of respiratory failure on 9 January 2022 in Cairo, aged 58.[3]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Al-Masry Al-Youm (10 January 2022). "Egypt's state TV mourns the veteran journalist and TV host Wael el-Ebrashy". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kamal Tabikha (9 January 2022). "Veteran Egyptian talk show host Wael El Ebrashy dies of Covid-19". The National. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. "وفاة الإعلامي المصري وائل الإبراشي بعد صراع مع "كورونا"". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.