Ahmed Fathi

Not to be confused with Ahmed Fathy or Ahmed Fathy (Qatari footballer).
Ahmed Fathi
احمد فتحي
Background information
Born1957 (age 68–69)
Ad-Dahi, Kingdom of Yemen
GenresYemeni music
InstrumentOud

Ahmed Fathi (Arabic: احمد فتحي) is a Yemeni musician, composer and singer. Born in the city of Al Hudaydah to the west of Yemen in 1957. He emigrated to Egypt for study. Fathi received a master's degree from the Arab Music High Institute in Egypt for his thesis "The Role of the Lute in the Yemeni Singing" in 1998. He also got a Honorary PhD. from Hodeidah University in 2006. He is the father of the singer Balqees.

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