Nour El Tayeb

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نور الطيب

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Egyptian former professional squash player, born in Cairo in 1993. She reached world No. 3 in 2018, won three world team titles with Egypt, and retired in July 2024.

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squash player
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Egypt & Nile
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    Summary

    Nour El Tayeb is a former Egyptian professional squash player, born in Cairo on 8 March 1993. 1 2 She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 3 in 2018 and retired from the professional tour in July 2024. 1

    Career

    El Tayeb turned professional in 2007. 1 The highlight of her junior career was the 2009 World Juniors, where at sixteen she beat top seed Dipika Pallikal before losing the final to her compatriot Nour El Sherbini; she won the world junior title itself in 2011 and was named WISPA Young Player of the Year for 2010. 1 With Egypt she won the women's world team championship three times, in 2012, 2018 and 2022, with a bronze medal in 2014. 1 In the individual world championship she took silver in the 2018–19 edition in Chicago and bronze in 2017 in Manchester. 1 She stepped away from the tour during the 2020–21 season to give birth, then returned and re-entered the top 10. 1 Soon after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2024 world championship she announced her retirement. 1

    Personal life

    El Tayeb is married to fellow squash professional Ali Farag; they married in 2016. 1 2 At the 2017 US Open the pair became the first married couple to win the same major title on the same day. 1

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    Cairo
    Spouse of
    Ali Farag

    People and things also explored

    Ali Farag· Cairo· Al-Azhar Mosque· Bab al-Futuh, Cairo· Bab al-Nasr, Cairo· Bab Zuwayla, Cairo· Joseph's Well (Bir Yusuf), Cairo Citadel· Citadel of Cairo (Citadel of Salah al-Din)

    Sources

    1. Nour El Tayeb — English Wikipedia
    2. Nour El Tayeb — Wikidata
    • Nour El Tayeb — Arabic Wikipedia
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    islam.museum contributors. “Nour El Tayeb”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nour-el-tayeb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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    Ali Farag

    Egyptian former professional squash player, born in Cairo in 1992. A four-time world champion (2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23) and former world No. 1, he retired in May 2025 with 46 PSA titles.