Shaykh Mahmoud Al-Assal, an Egyptian native Arabic speaker, graduated from the Alexandria Institute of Qirāʾāt at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif with exceptional academic distinction, consistently ranking at the top of his programs.
He earned an Ijāzah in Tajwīd and the Ḥafṣ narration over two years, graduating with an Excellent grade and first-place ranking. He then completed the three-year Advanced Qirāʾāt Program (Ten Qirāʾāt Ijāzah), again graduating with an Excellent grade and ranking first.
Shaykh Mahmoud possesses numerous Qur’anic Ijāzāt, including ʿĀṣim (2007), Warsh (2010), Qālūn and Abū Jaʿfar (2012), Ibn ʿĀmir (2015), Ḥamzah (2015), and the complete Ten Qirāʾāt (2016), all received from Shaykh Yousry Mohamed Awad. He also holds Ijāzāt in classical Tajwīd poems, such as Al-Jazariyyah and Al-Tuhfah, from leading contemporary scholars.
With over 13 years of teaching experience, he has instructed Qur’an and Qirāʾāt at renowned centers, including teaching non-Arabic speakers online in English and teaching at major Qur’anic institutes in Alexandria.
Since 2019, Shaykh Mahmoud has served as the Director and Co-Founder of Shaykhi Academy, where he is also a Senior Instructor. He teaches advanced Tajwīd, Ijāzah and Qirāʾāt programs, Qur’an memorization, and Qur’an and Arabic reading courses.
