A theater and film artist, and one of the first-generation actors in theater, Egyptian and Arab cinema. He was born in Cairo on January 8, 1905. He joined the troupe of Ali El Kassar in 1925. He also worked with the great artist Naguib Al-Rihani theater group from 1930 to 1935, and he performed plays with him on the stage, including The Egyptian Pound in 1931.