El-Tayeb, who was born in 1958 in Aswan, graduated from the Faculty of Alsun in 1983.
He obtained a postgraduate diploma in art criticism from the Academy of Arts in 1987.
El-Tayeb wrote hundreds of significant essays in film criticism for many Arab newspapers since the 1980s, winning several awards.
Many filmmakers, critics, and cultural entities have mourned the departure of El-Tayeb, including the Cinema Syndicate and the Egyptian Film Critics Association.
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