Hesham Helal is an Egyptian screenwriter. He studied English language at the faculty of arts, and started his career as a teacher, after which he started participating as a staff writer in several comedy series and sit-coms. He then went on to create and write entire television series on his own, specializing in social/action/crime dramas, like "Taraf Talet" (Third Party), "Taht El Ard" (Underground) and "Hawary Bucharest" (Bucharest Alleys).