Biography: A Filmmaker from Egypt, Director of Rags & Tatters, Microphone, Heliopolis, Decor, Exterior/Night. Graduated from the Faculty of Music Education, worked as a film editor since 2003. based in Cairo, Egypt. Winner of : Golden Antigone from 35th Cinemed, Golden Tulip from Istanbul International Film Festival, Tanit d'or from Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, Griot Best Film from African Film Festival of Tarifa, Best Arabic film from Cairo International Film Festival. Won the Deutsche Welle Best Of Blogs award at 2008 for his arabic personal blog.