Born in September 1963, Egypt.
He began learning calligraphy and ornamentation in 1974 under the supervision of Ustaz Ismail Darwish, may God have mercy on him, and the master of calligraphers Ustaz Mohamed Abdel Qader, may God have mercy on him. He learned Kairouani Kufic in Tunisia from the calligrapher Amer Ben Jeddou. He holds the Arabic Calligraphy Diploma from the Arabic Calligraphy Academy in Cairo (1995) and the Specialisation and Illumination Diploma from the same academy (1999). He worked as a historical decor designer at Egyptian Television from 1990 to 1992. Since 1992 he has worked, God willing, as a calligrapher and graphic designer at Al-Gomhuria newspaper. He took part in founding the Egyptian General Society for Arabic Calligraphy in 1994. He has won seven international prizes in Kufic script. He is a Kufic teacher at the Arabic calligraphy schools of the Ministry of Education, a member of the documentation and classification committee of the Arabic Calligraphy Museum in Alexandria, a member of the committee that authored the book on ornamentation and illumination at the Ministry of Education, and a member of the Arabic Calligraphy Committee at the Ministry of Education. He has helped discover many young talents among Arabic calligraphy artists in Egypt. He has held 140 local, international and solo Arabic calligraphy exhibitions and sat on the jury of several international Arabic calligraphy competitions. His works are held in several international museums in Arab and European countries. He has lectured in several countries on Arabic calligraphy, ornamentation and Islamic architecture. His writings have appeared in Al-Gomhuria, Aqidati, the English-language Egyptian Gazette, the French-language Progrès Égyptien, Al-Ahram, Nesf El-Donia magazine, Horriyati magazine, Al-Anba' of Kuwait, Akhbar Al-Khaleej of the UAE and Al-Madina of Saudi Arabia, as well as the book The Art of Arabic Calligraphy published by the Library of Alexandria, the Encyclopedia of Arabic Calligraphy between Plastic Expression and Communicative Systems published by the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts (Beit Al-Hikma), the book From Istanbul to Timbuktu published by the University of Cape Town in South Africa, the book on celebrating World Arabic Language Day published by the Egyptian Cultural Centre in Nigeria, and some publications of Arabic calligraphy exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates. He has given many educational workshops in calligraphy and ornamentation in several countries around the world.
