Belal Fadl

Belal Fadl was born in 1974 in the Cairo district of Manshiyet al-Bakry. He spent his childhood in Alexandria where his family resides in the district of Mahram Beyk. Fadl studied at the Journalism department at Cairo University’s Media faculty from which he graduated in 1995. Fadl was ranked first in his class and graduated with distinction and honors. Thereafter Fadl worked as a trainee for the “Rose al-Youssif” newspaper, that position was followed by a stint as a secretary editor at the al-Dastoor newspaper until the government temporarily closed that publication towards the start of 1998. Belal Fadl then spent a while writing for newspapers and magazines of the likes of “al-Kawakib”and “Sabah al-Kheir”. Belal also worked for the ART te...