Badi' Khayri Explained

Badi' Khayri
Native Name:Arabic: بديع خيري
Birth Date:18 August 1893
Birth Place:Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire
Years Active:1912–1966
Death Place:Cairo, United Arab Republic
Nationality:Egyptian

Badī Khayrī (Arabic: بديع خيري; 18 August 1893 – February 1966) was an Egyptian folk lyricist and playwright.[1] He was one of the folk lyricists who took their words and inspiration from old traditional Egyptian folk stories and popular street songs sung by the masses in festivities. Khayri wrote several stories for films such as El Hub Keda (1961).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: مؤلف كلمات- بديع خيري . discogs.com . 2019-12-09 .