He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in 1976 and returned to Egypt to write music for television.
Other artists he had composed for include singer Majida El Roumi and for poet Nizar Qabbani.
Since he was experienced in composing patriotic music, he also wrote the song Shabab al-'ahd for the Tunisian singer Sofia Sadeq.
In the 1980s, he composed a great deal of music for Egyptian films and television series, including such favorites as the series; Al-Ansar, and Al-hub was ashia' ukhra and the films, such as I Want a Solution (1975), Karnak (1975), The Guilty (1976), Mouths and Rabbits (1977), Habibi da'iman (1980), I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying (1981), and The Black Tiger (1984).
On 7 May 2021, he died at Al Haram Hospital in Giza from complications related to COVID-19 at age 75.