An Egyptian director, born in 1952. He obtained a BA at the Faculty of Commerce in 1977 in Cairo, then traveled to America, where he obtained a master’s degree in marketing and advertising in 1981, then a BA in Film Direction at Columbia University in 1984. He has directed three feature films, more than 120 TV commercials and more than 200 documentaries, TV shows and public concerts. He is the father of Star Academy singer Nesma Mahgoub.