[1] Mohammad Hosni received his initial formal training with the Turkish master, Istanbul-based Yousef Rasa (d. 1915) who had renovated the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus at the turn of the 20th century.

In the 1920s, he purchased a house in Cairo's Khan el Khalili district and initially worked from there.

[3] His works found favour with several prominent persons, Egyptian prime minister Ismail Sidqi (1875-1950) and Yousef Thu Al Fiqar (father of queen Farida) and others.

Leading artists from across the Arab world regularly visited him, whether for private tuition or for social interaction with the master calligrapher.

[13] Hosny was the first professor to be appointed by King Farouk, to teach at the new Royal School of Calligraphy when it was formed in 1922.

His fame brought him in contact with some of the most renowned calligraphers of Egypt and the Arab world; including Najeeb Al Hawaweeni (shown in the 1946 photo, sitting second on the right).

Samples from his work can be seen on several web sites and books including some of his master frameworks and few of his greatest in the Thuluth.