Egypt Radio to Broadcast Rare Quran Recitations by Late Qari Master Misnshawi

IQNA – The family of late Quran reciter Muhammad Sidiq Minshawi have donated a collection of rare recitation by the renowned qari to the Quran Radio of Egypt.

They gave the collection to Ismail Duwaidar, director of the Quran Radio, during a meeting that was also attended by Ahmed al-Musalmani, head of the National Media Organization.

It features recitations by the late Quran master performed in his trips to foreign countries over decades.

The collection, which includes 25 recitations, will be broadcast on the Quran radio for the first time.

The Ministry of Awqaf in Egypt had previously announced the implementation of a project to revive the Quranic heritage of Minshawi in collaboration with the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and his family.

This project involves research and exploration of the lost Quranic heritage of Minshawi, aiming to restore the rare Quranic and vocal treasures of this Egyptian reciter with the cooperation of his family.

Born on January 20, 1920 in the city of Al Minshah in Sohag Governorate of Egypt, Muhammad Sidiq Minshawi was raised in a family of Quran reciters.

He learned the entire Quran by heart at the age of 8 and a year later began learning Quran recitation.

Minshawi soon became a prominent Qari both in the styles of Tahqiq and Tarteel.

He traveled to many countries, including Indonesia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Sudan, for Quran recitation.

Minshawi died in 1969 at the age of 49.  

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