Ragheb Ghalwash; Youngest Qari of Egypt’s Golden Era of Recitation
Born in July 1938 in the village of Barma in Egypt’s Tanta Governorate, he was raised in a Quranic family.
He went to a Maktab to learn the Quran at an early age and at 8 he became known in the village as a Quran memorizers.
Ghalwash then started learning Quran recitation and at 14 his fame as a reciter spread to nearby towns and cities.
He went on a Quran institute in the city of Tanta to improve his recitation skills.
He had a beautiful voice and soon gained fame all over Egypt, being invited to different cities for reciting the Quran in various ceremonies and programs.
Joining Egypt’s Quran Radio was a turning point in his recitation career. There he recited the Quran along with prominent masters like Mustafa Ismail, Abdul Basit Abdul Samad, Mahmoud Khalil al-Husari and others.
His recitations are still played on radio stations and TV channels in the Arab and Muslim world.
The Egyptian Qari traveled to many countries for Quran recitation, including Britain, Canada, the US, and France.
He also visited Iran four times between 1989 and 2002 and traveled to different cities.
Ghalwash died on February 4, 2016 at the age of 78 and was laid to rest in his home village.
Egypt is a country in North Africa with a population of around 100 million.
Muslims account for around 90 percent of the country’s total population.
Quranic activities are very common in the Muslim-majority Arab country and many of the Muslim world’s top qaris in the past and present have been Egyptian.
