12 Facts About Mohammad Hosni

Mohammad Hosni, known as Mohammad Kamal Hosni Elbaba, was an Egyptian master calligrapher, at the Royal Institute of Calligraphy in Cairo.

Mohammad Hosni was one of the last of the classical calligraphers, who is noted for making a number of improvements to the lettering.

Mohammad Hosni's father, Hosni al-Baba, was a Syrian singer; his brother was the Syrian artist Anwar al-Baba, known as "Umm Kamel".

Mohammad Hosni was fond of calligraphy from his early childhood, and he migrated to Egypt at the age of 19, where he became a national.

At the age of only 18, in 1912, Mohammad Hosni migrated with his father to Cairo in Egypt, where he studied and lived his entire life, and was later naturalized as an Egyptian.

Mohammad Hosni moved to Cairo as a youngster in 1912, where he studied and later became a master calligrapher at the "Royal Institute of Calligraphy".

Mohammad Hosni's works found favour with several prominent persons, Egyptian prime minister Ismail Sidqi and Yousef Thu Al Fiqar and others.

Mohammad Hosni worked on improving the linear structure of Arabic script and improving all types of calligraphy.

Mohammad Hosni's fame brought him in contact with some of the most renowned calligraphers of Egypt and the Arab world; including Najeeb Al Hawaweeni.

Mohammad Hosni married two women with whom he had eleven children;.

Mohammad Hosni's son, Ezz Eddin Hosni, was a music composer, with credits for some 100 songs, and taught his sister Najat music and singing.

Mohammad Hosni's son Farooq was a painter and his daughter Samira was an actress.