Ahmed Fathi

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.