Amr Khaled

Amr Khaled studied at University of Wales Trinity Saint David - Lampeter Campus, Cairo University and Giza Higher Institute for Islamic Studies. The recorded working language is Arabic, English and French. Works named in the authority record are Life Makers and Daiya.

• Name — Amr Khaled عمرو خالد • Born — 5 September 1967 • Birthplace — Alexandria, Egypt • Occupation — Muslim preacher • Youtube Handle — AmrKhaled • Youtube Display Name — Amr Khaled • Youtube Years Active — 2007–present • Youtube Subscribers — 2.73 million • Youtube Views — 507 million • Stats Update — 12 August 2026

Amr Khaled was born in Alexandria, Egypt, on 5 September 1967. He graduated from Cairo University in 1988 with a degree in accounting. In 2001, he received a diploma from an Islamic studies institute. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Wales, Lampeter, in May 2010 with a grade of A. He began preaching in mosques in 1990 while still working as an accountant. In 1998, he moved to full-time preaching, primarily on satellite television. Khaled's popular lectures, which can be seen on the Iqraa TV channel via the Nilesat direct broadcast satellites, are also distributed over the Internet and on audio and video cassette tapes.

Amr Khaled rejects extremism and strongly denounces the actions of Osama bin Laden. He announced that Arab Muslims want to live peacefully in coexistence with the West. His main teachings remain the same as those before him in more modern media, talking about everyday actions to get closer to Allah such as honesty, humbleness, and being polite. He believes that for society to improve it must change from the grassroots (from the bottom up). Khaled promotes community development in the Arabic and Muslim nation based on what he terms "Faith Based Development" (Arabic: التنمية بالإيمان). The idea is for people to develop their communities and countries with faith as their motivator and guide. Khaled's primary audience consists of Arabs ages fifteen through thirty-five. Khaled believes these are the ones most capable of changing the Islamic world. He is noted for his natural everyday language and his friendly approach, even joking at times during his lectures. In 2008, in an open online poll, Khaled was voted the 6th topmost intellectual person in the world on the list of top 100 public intellectuals by Prospect magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (United States).

Khaled has many shows which were aired on TV in the holy month of Ramadan: • Call for Coexistence (Arabic: دعوة للتعايش) in 2007. • Life Makers (Arabic: صناع الحياة) aired from 2004 to 2005. • On the Path of the Beloved (Arabic: على خطى الحبيب) for Ramadan in 2005 in which he discussed the hagiography (sira) of Muhammad. • In Thy Name We Live (Arabic: باسمك نحيا) for 2006, aired live at 7:30 GMT every night from Mecca in Saudi Arabia, about the names of God in the Qur'an. • Qur'an Stories (Arabic: قصص القرآن) for 2008. • Tomorrow is Better (Arabic: بكرا أحلى) for 2011. In this show he is on the streets of Cairo. • Journey to Happiness (Arabic: رحلة للسعادة) for 2011. • Omar: The Maker of Civilization (Arabic: عمر صانع حضارة) for 2012. He spoke about the second caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattab. • Qisat Al Andalus "The Story of Andalusia" In December 2010, Khaled was invited by Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to preach and broadcast in Yemen, to counter the growth of Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups in the country causing chronic instability there.

After the 25 January 2011 revolution in Egypt, Amr Khaled shared in establishing a political party called the Egypt Party and was elected as its president; however, he resigned one day after the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. Following the coup, he supported Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as a beacon of stability.

The authorities additionally record the heading Amr Mohamed Helmi Khaled. His recorded languages were Arabic, English and French. His recorded confession was Islam.

Amr Khaled is recorded as accountant, television presenter, preacher, writer and thinker.