He was born in 1886 and died in 1939. He lived during the era of the poets Ahmed Shawqi and Hafiz Ibrahim in Egypt, and he wrote poetry for both adults and children. He excelled in children's poetry and published works such as Samir al-Aṭfāl ("Children's Companion") for boys and girls, The New Child, and The Children of the Prophets.

The poetic alphabet in this book is selected from al-Harawi's collection "Alif–Ya: Simple Poetry in the Letters of the Alphabet", published in 1937. This alphabet was issued under the title "Examples of Letters." The mentioned collection also includes other sections: "Letters without dots," "Dotted letters," "Letters on the tongues of animals," "Letters on the child's tongue," "Letters in the family," "One letter in several words," and "Letters in a poem."

Finally, perhaps the "adult reader" may remember this simple and beautiful song:

"Do you know my greeting when I come to you?
When I see a group, I say: 'Peace be upon you.'"

It was composed by Muhammad al-Harawi.