Egyptian director born in Alexandria on 22 June 1938. He's a graduate of the faculty of Agriculture. His first work was the hit TV series Cairo and People (1972). He formed a duet with writer Osama Anwar Okasha and they worked together on many series such as My Dear Children, Thank You (1979), And the Sea Said (1982), Abo El Ela El Beshri S1&2 (1985&96), The White Flag (1988), and The Foul Wind (1991), among many others. He's also directed several films such as Love in a Jail Cell (1983) and Nasser 56 (1996).
