al-Shaykh Ṭāhā al-Fashnī

Biography

Taha al-Fashni was a Quran reciter and religious singer born in al-Fashn, Beni Suef, in 1900.

He joined Egyptian radio in 1937 and became reciter at Sayyida Sakina Mosque in 1940. He learned with Ali Mahmud and sang Ya ayyuha al-mukhtar by Mursi al-Hariri. He died on 10 December 1971; his recitations and tawashih remain preserved in archives.