| He was born in the Egyptian city of , and first showed an interest in reading at a very young age | Other than his series, he wrote articles for two newspapers and three magazines, and started working on scripts for television series after finishing two films scripts, with a third one in progress |
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| He started writing Rewayat by following an advertisement in the World of Books magazine, saying that the was seeking novelists | With the encouragement of his parents, he made his first attempts at writing at the age of about thirteen, and in high school joined journalism, photography, and theatre workgroups |
Soon afterwards, he started on his other main series of novels, The Man of the Impossible , which is said to be based on the actual exploits of an called A.
7| He submitted his novel Ray of Death, and it was published a year later as the first book in The Future File series | |
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| He was a doctor, but was not practising medicine, being devoted full-time to his writing |