1920 – 1993 

He studied at Al-Sa’idiya Secondary School , under the supervision of Youssef Al-Afifi. He obtained his baccalaureate from Mansoura Secondary School in 1937. He joined the decoration department at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Cairo, then the drawing department at the Institute of Education for Teachers in 1942. He was sent to Ohio to study for a master’s degree and a doctorate, but he left his studies in 1947 and moved to Chicago and joined the Institute of Design between 1948 and 1950 , where he studied the Bauhaus movement , then returned to Ohio, where he stayed for two months before moving to New York ( 1950-1953 ) , to study in the Department of Art Education at New York University . 

Diploma from the Higher Institute of Art Education in Cairo 1944.

Diploma from the Chicago Institute of Design 1947.

MA in Art and Education from Ohio University, USA 1949.

Studied art at New York University 1950: 1953.

Stage Decor Study in Belgrade – Yugoslavia 196

His career[ justice ]

Professor of Arts at the Higher Institute of Art Education in Cairo 1954: 1961. 

Rural Industries Expert at the Supreme Council for Services.

Professor of Arts at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts 1961: 1971.

Professor of Arts at the Teachers’ College in the State of Kuwait 1973: 1981.

Professor of Arts at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in the State of Kuwait 1973: 1981.

Full-time professor of fine arts at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts until his death.

Founder of the New Orientals Movement. 1940 .

Awards

Order of Merit, Fifth Class, Arab Republic of Egypt, 1954.

Award of Appreciation from the International Photography Festival in Cannes, France, 1969.

Honored at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (23), 1993.