Late Egyptian Qari Sheikh Saeidi in Photos
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sheikh Mahmoud Abul Wafa al-Saeidi, a prominent Quran reciter in Egypt, died earlier this week at the age of 64.
He died after returning from Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and funeral will be held at in Cairo on Tuesday.
Born in 1954 in Kalh al-Jabal village in Aswan governorate, al-Saeidi started learning the Quran at an early age.
He later went to Cairo to learn Quran recitation skills at Al-Azhar Islamic Center.
