Tarek Abdel Fattah graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication, Department of Journalism, Cairo University in 1986. He studied at the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts. Tarek worked as a director and producer for the International Nile Channel during the period from 1990 to 1994, in addition to acting in films, including Abboud on the Borders and Sweet Oblivion. In 1989, he worked as a journalist for Al-Ahram newspaper.