He was born in Cairo in 1968 and Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts from the  Graphic Department and specialized in Animation and Book Arts. In 1991El Guindy became professor in the Department of Graphic. His Masters degree thesis was entitled: Aesthetic Characteristics of Press Drawings in “Good Morning Magazine” in 1996. He also got his doctorate degree in 2001 on the subject of “The Arab identity of cartoon characters in children’s books”. He is a member of the Visual Artists Syndicate in Egypt and he is the founder and Art Director of an informal group of Artists named “Lakta” meaning snapshot, since 2002.

Abdel Azziz worked in several media organizations as a press illustrator (Sabah Al-Khair Magazine - Al-Ahram Al-Riyadi Magazine - Al-Arabi Al-Nasseri Newspaper and others). He also participated in many individual and group exhibitions, especially with Lakta.