Emad adeeb biography sample

Emad Adeeb doesn’t do small. The hulking former journalist turned media impresario has set his sights on revitalizing Egpyt’s ailing film industry as he prepares to launch the biggest budget Egyptian film of all time, “The Yacoubian Building.”

As the CEO and driving force behind Good News Group, founded in 1988, a media empire that includes film and music production houses, two private radio channels, six publications, 12 theaters across Egypt and the Arab world’s largest Internet portal, Adeeb is the closest Egypt has to a Western-style mogul.

Think Murdoch on the Nile.

The son of a celebrated scriptwriter and film producer — his father Abd El Hay Adeeb penned some 120 screenplays during his career — Adeeb made a name for himself early on in his career.

After graduating from Cairo’s prestigious Victoria College — the same school that boasts Omar Sharif as an alum — Adeeb’s big break c