Younes Bouab's father, Moroccan, is general manager of a cement plant; her mother, French, is an executive in the hydraulic industry, before becoming director of Campus France. . He grew up in Rabat and did his college studies in Descartes where he discovered the theatrical scene for the first time. He obtained his baccalaureate in letters and left for the Sorbonne in Paris. Younes Bouab graduated a few years later with a master's degree in philosophy. He will renew contact with the theater during his last years in Paris. His younger brother, Assaâd Bouab is also an actor.
