 Nour el Tayeb is the daughter of a squash playing father, Prof. Dr. Mohamed El Tayeb.She was born and raised in Cairo and started playing at age five at the Heliopolis Club, where she continues to be based.The highlight of her junior career was, at age sixteen, reaching the final of the World Juniors in 2009, beating top seed Dipika Pallikal on the way before losing to fellow Egyptian Nour El Sherbini.