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Mustafa Muhammed El-Mursi Ismail is born on June 17 1905 in Mit Ghazal, a Gharbeya governorate village.

1911 The young Mustafa starts learning the Qur’an in the kuttab of Sheikh Abdel Rahman Abul Einein

1913 Mustafa moves to the kuttab of Sheikh Abdallah Shehata

1915 The 10-year-old becomes a celebrity reciter in his village, as his voice starts drawing listeners.

1917 Sheikh Mustafa Ismail finishes studying the art of tilawa and tajwid with Sheikh Idriss Fakher. He later moves to Tanta to study at the Religious Institute, after an Azhar Sheikh hears him recite in Oteif mosque. The young Sheikh embarks on his career as a reciter.

1920 He receives 70 pt for his first official three-night aaza [mourning] event.

1925 He recites during the aaza of one of Tanta’s richest men, Hussein El-Qasabi, and soon becomes a celebrity all over rural Egypt.

1927 He recites at the aaza of national leader Saad Zaghloul in Damietta. Meets his wife, the mother of his six children, and is also heard by all of Egypt’s pashas. He has to open an office in Tanta to organize his schedule.

1943 He recites in Cairo for the first time. Despite the war waged against him, he soon becomes the toast of the capital, and a radio star.

1944 He becomes King Farouk’s favorite reciter. His famous recitations from the King’s palace every Ramadan were heard by radio listeners all over the Arab world. Sheikh Mostafa becomes known to all Muslims, and travels all over the Arab world.

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