Mahmoud Khalil Al Hussary is a renowned reciter of the Holy Qur’an. He was born in a village called Shobra Al Namla in Tanta, Egypt. Mahmoud entered the Qur’an School at the age of four. At 8, he had already memorized the whole Qur’an and at 12, he entered to the religious institute and learnt the ten recitations in Al Azhar. Mahmoud Khalil Al Hussary first recited the Holy Qur’an in his village mosque. In 1944, he entered the official radio station as reciter where he made his first recitation on 16 February 1944.