BORN IN: Cairo

LIVES IN: Cairo

DRUMMING SINCE: 1990

BIGGEST INFLUENCES: Dave Weckl – Steve Gadd – Dennis Chambers – Vinnie Colaiuta – Brain Blade – Jeff Ballard – Thomas Lang – Eric Moore – Chick Corea – Herbie Hancock – Keith Jarrett – Makoto Ozone – Brad Mehidau – Ahmed Adaweya – Abdo El Eskandarany – Umm Kalthoum – George Wassouf – and Others.

FAVOURITE ALBUM YOU PLAYED ON: Rabeh Saqer, Rabeh Saqer (2017) – Tamer Ashour, Ayam (2019)

FAVOURITE ALBUM YOU DIDN’T PLAY ON: Chick Corea Elektric Band, Beneath The Mask

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Recording on albums with some of the biggest singers in the Middle East, such as Mohamed Abdo, Rabeh Saqer, Angham and Maged El Mohandess

FAVOURITE SABIAN CYMBAL: Sabian 20” HHX PERFORMANCE Ride