Taha Desouky

Taha Desouky (born September 24, 1992, in Cairo) is an Egyptian stand-up comedian and actor. A graduate of the Faculty of Law at Ain Shams University, he began performing stand-up comedy in 2013 at venues including Saqiet El Sawy (El Sawy Culturewheel). He became a member of the comedy troupe The Elite alongside Ahmed Khairy, Waleed El-Moghazy, Ahmed Essam El Sayed, Mostafa Abbas and Mohamed Ashraf, with whom he starred in the Shahid stand-up series Gayeen Nehazar (2021). With the Elite troupe he headlined the Super Show at Cairo International Stadium on 22 November after a 60-day global tour. After thirteen years performing alongside other comedians, Desouky launched his first solo stand-up special, Ana Zy El Fol... Maly? (I'm Fine, What's Wrong with Me?), a full hour of material drawing on his own life and artistic journey, taking it on a world tour beginning in Europe and continuing through the Gulf, the United States, Canada and Australia before a homecoming show in Egypt. Alongside stand-up, he has built a parallel acting career, appearing in the television series A Family Matter (2021), The Whistle (2023), A Special Case (2024) and Sons of the Sun (2025), and the film Siko Siko (2025).