An Egyptian actor, singer, and guitarist who was born in Cairo in 1945. He graduated from the Violin Department at the Conservatoire in 1967 and studied music at the Claudio Santo Verdi Institute. He started as a guitarist and then a singer. He acted in Girls Must Get Married, and Me, the Virgin and the Capricorn. He stopped singing for a while and was interested in presenting the legacy of his father, composer Riyad Al Sonbaty through his music band "EL Feran" and returned to singing again. He died in 2012 at the age of 67.