About Youssef El Deeb

Youssef El Deeb (Arabic: يوسف الديب‎; born 14 November 1954) is an Egyptian-Lebanese Canadian TV executive and award-winning film and book writer, director, producer and childrenʼs book author. He founded Takhayal Entertainment and its flagship channel Fatafeat TV the first Arabic food network television channel, which was acquired by Discovery Communications in 2013.

He is the Managing Director of Mediagates which operates eight encrypted TV channels under the Alfa brand and available via OSN. El Deeb owns the content creation company Picture Pond Media