[1] Fadl graduated from Cairo University's Faculty of Mass Communication with excellent grades and honours.
He began his career as a journalist at Rose al-Yūsuf then became a co-founder and secretary at Al-Dustour, before eventually joining Al-Masry Al-Youm to write his column Istibaha[2] and becoming one of the most important columnists in Egypt.
In 2013, Fadl and Amr Sleem [ar; arz] created El-Maasara,[3] which was published by Al-Shorouk[4] newspaper.
In 2001, his first script was made into the movie Thieves in KG2 which was directed by Sandra Nashaat.
He wrote 18 movies, most of which topped the Egyptian box office.