Biography

Egyptian director born in 1956, he graduated from the High Cinema Institute in 1979. He worked as an assistant director to many renowned names such as Atef El Tayeb, Osama Fawzy and Khairy Beshara in over 40 films. His feature directorial debut was Free Time (2006), produced by Hussein El Qala, which was met by critical acclaim. Some of his other works include the films The Magic, The Thief and the Fool, and the TV series Eyes of the Heart