ˈælɡˈæməl wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn dˌeɪmɪˈɛɾə ɪn wʌt wʌz ðˈɛn ðə kˈɪŋdəm ʌv ˈiːdʒɪpt nˈaʊədˌeɪz ðɪ ˈæɹəb ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk ʌv ˈiːdʒɪpt ˌɔn dʒuːlˈaɪ wˈʌn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən.
Al-Gammal was born in Damietta in what was then the Kingdom of Egypt (nowadays the Arab Republic of Egypt) on July 1, 1927.