A homegrown musician, composer and music critic; born in in Samalut one of the province of Minya in Upper Egypt on 1948.

El Sheraie is well known for leaving footprints in many of the beloved Egyptian movies and T.V. drama series. He composed music scores for more than 50 movies and 150 T.V. drama series.

One of his most famous compositions include the score and theme to ‘Raafat El Haggan’, ‘Arabesque’, ‘Om Kolthoum’,  and one of his most recent works was the music score for the movie ‘Halim’ which featured the late great actor Ahmed Zaki.