He is an Egyptian writer and novelist.

He has a number of published novels, and wrote in a range of varying genres including travel books, middle grade and young adult fiction. He published a number of books such as The Temple of Silken Fingers, which was nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. It won the Sawiris Cultural Award for the Egyptian Literature in 2016. In addition to Ink Suckers, which was nominated to win the Sheikh Zayed Book Award.