An Egyptian actor and writer, who was born in 1921. He obtained a diploma from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1950. He worked in the Ismail Yassine theater troupe, the national troupe, and also in Modern Egyptian Theatre. He appeared in films such as Eve's Daughters, Ismail Yassine in the Madhouse, and A Woman in the Way. He also wrote the films Why Am I Living (1961), and The Rock of Love (1959). He traveled to Libya and then lived in Iraq in his late days until his death in 1981.