Sheikh Imam .. discovered by Mohamed Refaat and worked as an assistant to Zakaria Ahmed and expelled him because of Umm Kulthum

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Sheikh Imam, one of the most famous composers and composers associated with the national movement in Egypt, was composed with the great poet Ahmed Fouad Najm, a historical artistic duo, almost the most prominent duo in modern Egyptian history, and this was the beginning of the transformation in the path of Sheikh Imam Al Ghani.

The anniversary of the departure of the sheik of the 24th Imam, the real name of Imam Muhammad Ahmad Eissa (July 2, 1918 – June 7, 1995), marks the death of 87 years old, leaving behind rare works of art.

According to the book "geniuses of religious songs" by the writer Mohammed Awad, the ear of the Sheikh, when he was a young blind, opened early on the voice of the Koran of the sky Sheikh Mohammed Refaat, was always keen to go to the mosque Fadhel Pasha at the Jamamiz Cairo, where Sheikh Rifat read the Koran, and when He was called by his father to accompany him in 1929 to study at the Sunni Shariah Society in Al-Azhar district. He spent four years studying it, during which he memorized the Holy Quran and became known as the " Sheikh Imam "from then until his death.

In the mid-1930s, Sheikh Imam participated in a meeting of a group of blind people, including the singer and composer Sayed Makkawi. He was an imam who loved Sheikh Zakaria Ahmed, and was known by Sheikh Darwish Al-Hariri. He was approached by Sheikh Zakaria in memorizing the new tunes. And the discovery of its weaknesses, where Zakaria was bored does not like conservation, and continued with him a long imam.

It was part of the tasks of "Imam" to memorize the songs of Sheikh Zakaria to the planet of the East Umm Kulthum before sung, and was an imam proud of this in the sessions of the people and sing it to his companions, and when the music began to leak to the people before singing Umm Kulthum, and Sheikh Zakaria Ahmed knew this, Sheikh Imam, and then turned the sheikh Imam to play the oud, and learned, and benefited from the mashahat Sheikh Sheikh Darwish Hariri, starting from here his long journey with playing.

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