Zeid is a freelance photojournalist. He started working for Demotix in April 2010. In the wake of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, Zeid took photographs of protests against General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. His work has been published in "Time", "The Sun", "Die Zeit", "Bild" and on the "BBC" website. His work has also been reproduced by Amnesty International, Global Voices, IFEX, Index on Censorship and Open Democracy.