Nascido em 1961 no Cairo, Egito, graduou-se em cinema pelo High Cinema Institute em 1984. Trabalhou como assistente de vários diretores egípcios, como Hussein Kamal, Ashraf Fahmy e Niazi Mostafa. Em 1985, criou sua própria companhia e produziu “The Dwarfs Are Coming” (1987), dirigido por Sherif Arafa. Entre 1989 e 1990 voltou a trabalhar como assistente nos filmes “Violets Are Blue” (1995), de Radwan El Kashef, e “Love in the Refrigerator” (1992), de Said Hamed. Em 1995, iniciou as filmagens de “O Rei do Asfalto” (1996), seu primeiro longa-metragem.
He was born in 1961 in Cairo, Egypt. He earned his degree in cinema from the High Cinema Institute in 1984. He worked as an assistant for various Egyptian directors such as Hussein Kamal, Ashraf Fahmy, and Niazi Mostafa. In 1985, he established his own company and produced “The Dwarfs Are Coming” (1987), directed by Sherif Arafa. Between 1989 and 1990, he again worked as an assistant on the films “Violets Are Blue” (1995), by Radwan El Kashef, and “Love in the Refrigerator” (1992), by Said Hamed. In 1995, he started filming “The Asphalt Kings” (1996), his first feature.