Osama Abdel Raouf El Shazly is an Egyptian physician, writer, and novelist. He was born on December 1, 1974. He is a professor of orthopedic surgery at the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University. Shams is considered a pioneer in foot and ankle surgery in Egypt and the Arab world. His interest in writing began in high school, where he wrote short stories that were read among family and friends. Later, he began posting his work on Facebook, which received significant interaction and encouraged him to publish his first novel, “The Papers of Shimon the Egyptian,” in 2012.