I’m  Essam Youssef the founder and TV Host of “17” TV Program in partnership with the United Nations in Egypt, I’m also the Founder and TV Host of “Alabakera – The Geniuses”, since 2016.

Alabakera won the Effie International Award in December, 2019 for Sustained Success, and also won the best TV program for 3 years 2018, 2019, and 2020 by the Arab Satellite Festival.

I’m the author of the no.1 selling novel “1/4 Gram” (53 editions).

In May 2021, the Novel won King of Jordan Prize, Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein in the field of Literature; as the best novel throughout the Arab World.

I’ve been a member of the Writers’ Union of Egypt since 2008, member of the advisory committee, since 2009 for the Mentor Organization, to remote healthy lifestyle among youth, by Queen Silvia of Sweden.