Dabuka Team

Tarek El Mahdy

He grew up in a suburb of Cairo in the early 1960, which – at that time – was still adjacent to the desert. Together with his brother Karim he used generally to ride bicycles and later on motorcycles in the desert.
Furthermore he spent also a part of his childhood in Denmark and Germany. Therefore he was also shaped by European actions and thinking.
After school, he first studied dentistry and graduated in 1996. At the same time as his studies, however, the desert and outdoor experiences never left him, so finally he founded his company Dabuka in Germany in 1996.
Certainly there have been many challenges to overcome over the years, but this was one of his strengths.
Instead of giving up, he learned and developed the company further.
Meanwhile he is an expert in handling complicated logistics and one of only ten people worldwide calling themselves experts about the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG).
He is responsible for Socotra, Libya, Off road safety driving courses and the overall coordination.

Dorothee Rieche

Growing up in Germany in a family that loved to travel, she never thought, she would ever live abroad permanently. Meanwhile she calls Cairo her home since 2009.
As a teacher of German and French, she is used to making things clear to people.
In sum she is now happy to be able to introduce people to the beauties of some countries around the world.
She is responsible for Lebanon,  the Dabuka Travel Visions Magazine, the boat on Lake Nasser” Dabuka Blue”, Culture, Honey moon and things you may see only with your heart.

Mohamed Ibrahim

For more than 10 years he is working for Dabuka. Indeed his tourism expertise goes back to 30 years of experience.

Beside being tour operator, in his free time, he has always enjoyed working with car mechanics. He even attended special courses in that field, for example in Wadi Hof, near Helwan.

Now he works also as an accountant at Dabuka, as one job alone doesn’t seem to be enough for him.

He is responsible for the Cultural Egypt as Tour operator and for Dabuka car rental.

Shada Mamdouh

SShe started her working career at Dabuka after she finished her German studies.
Always open to new challenges with a lot of own ideas, quickly she became a central person in the company.
But after starting a family and moving to Alexandria, she had to leave Dabuka for a while.
Now she decided to come back and it feels like she had never gone.
She is responsible for Zanzibar, Tanzania, Flying over the pyramids and Social media.

Nofal Hebesha

He has studied IT and worked in the family business, a textile factory, which is rented out in the meantime.

Than he found his passion in the desert.

First with a VW Beetle, than with a Lada Niva and afterwards with a Mitsubishi he made his desert drive experiences.

For Dabuka he is unquestionably an emergency back up for airport pickups and other trips.

He is responsible for the IT and the technical equipment, like satellite phones, GPS, pro cameras etc.

Mohamed Hamed

He is a native resident of Maadi. Furthermore in his youth he belonged to the motorcycle community in Maadi.
Later, he became a professional photographer and made a career in one of Egypt’s biggest daily newspapers.
Every year for some months he is still hired from the Egyptian journalist syndicate to give lessons to new journalists.
He had inherited a photo shop from his father and it seems that he has got the talent of his father too.
In the company he is offering photo shooting courses. He is also the one to accompany special trips for clients with the little extra.
He is responsible for Print media and consulting.

Amr Abdalla – The perfect Travel Agency

He is a lawyer by profession but has worked in tourism for as long as he can remember.

Meanwhile he has worked with almost every well-known Egyptian company and has an enormous network which sometimes extends over generations.

Since 2015 he is has been commuting between Egypt and Oman. He is supervising an Eco hotel owned by the Egyptian billionaire Samah Sawiris in the Empty quarter of Oman.

Undoubtedly, Amr is a kind of joker for making the impossible  possible. Finally some years ago he became also member of the Dabuka family.

He is responsible for Oman, Socotra and PR.

Osama Abdel All

He has studied in the merchant navy in Alexandria and had always a passion for the oasis of Siwa. Osama sold his Toyota Landcruiser in the oasis and it became the first 4×4 car owned by a civilian in Siwa.

Afterwards he started his own tourism business there, but than went on to Kenya helping his father with a pharmaceutical factory.

Love led him to the United States, but he never gave up his Egyptian roots. He had a handicraft business there.

In our days he is back to Egypt. Meanwhile Osama owns also some land in Siwa.

He is responsible for Siwa and Oases.

Yasser Morkab

Working on it

He is responsible for Aswan, Abu Simbel & Lake Nasser