| Birth Day | May 8, 1927 |
| Birth Place | Egypt |
| Age | 93 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Apr 21, 1997 (age 69) |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Egyptian singer and Composer who was prominent from the 1950s into the 1970s.
He rose to popularity announcing the pre-dawn meals over the radio during Ramadan as the personality al-Missaharati.
He wrote the music for the opera The Big Night.
He was raised in the Sayeda Zeinab district of Al-Nasriya in a poor family.
His career peaked around the same time as that of Egyptian actor Omar Sharif.
