 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - El Feki akaberekerwa muGreat Britain kuna amai veWales uye baba veEgypt. Akakurira muCanada, achishanyira ambuya vake muCairo nguva dzose. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza kubva kuYunivhesiti yeToronto aine BSc mune immunology muna 1991, ndokuzowana MPhil uye PhD mune immunology kubva kuYunivhesiti yeCambridge, akabatana neThe Economist semunyori wezvehutano muna 1998. Pashure pokurwiswa neWTC muna 2001, akadzidza chiArabic ndokutanga kutsvakurudza kuMiddle East, kunyanya nyaya dzekusununguka uye zvepabonde zvevakadzi, achipedza nguva yake yakawanda muEgypt. Muna 2005, akasiya The Economist, uye kubva muna 2006 kusvika muna 2008, akabata mapurogiramu evhiki nevhiki, Vanhu Simba uye The Pulse, paAl Jazeera International. Kubva muna 2010 kusvika muna 2012, aive mutevedzeri wasachigaro weUnited Nations Global Commission on H.I.V. uye Mutemo. 