- Famous Syrian traditional singer.
- He studied at the Academy of Arabic Music of Aleppo and then at the Damascus music conservatory, from which he graduated in 1948.
- He was a muezzin in Al Rawda Mosque in Aleppo in his youth. The role earned Fakhri the attention of musician Sami Al-Shawa, who began taking him on singing tours across Syria.
- In 2000 Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman presented him with the Omani Order of Merit for his work.
- In 2004 he was awarded by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation.
- In 2007 he was awarded the Order of Civil Merit by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his role in reviving classical Arabic music.
- Twice he led the Syrian Artists Syndicate.
- Won the gold medal at the 1978 Arab Song Festival in Damascus.
- In 1968 he was honored by the Guinness World Records for performing on stage non-stop for 10 hours in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Was a member of the People's Assembly of Syria.
- In 1975 he received the Tunisian Cultural Medal.
- Received an honorary certificate at the 2004 Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco.
- Adopted the stage name Fakhri in honor of his mentor, Syrian nationalist leader Fakhri al-Barudi.
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