أحمد عمر

Ahmed Omar is an Egyptian bassist. Born in Libya to an Eritrean father and Egyptian mother, after a visit to Eritrea in search of his roots that Omar started to think about the relationships between African and Oriental music and began to search out musicians from other traditions to make the music that became the Africairo project. Today Ahmed plays bass for leading Egyptian bands وسط البلد (Wust El Balad), الدور الأول (El Dor El Awal), Senet and Beshir. Ahmed has also organized the Afri­Cairo Music Festival and is a partner and manager at the Wust El Balad recording studio.