Grandson of the star of the Arab world Moharam Fouad, the young man grows up surrounded by art: his mother, a Flemish anthropologist, baptises him Tamino in honour of one of the characters from The Magic Flute of Mozart and makes him discover Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Waits, Oum Kalthoum, Jeff Buckley e Ben Howardartists who end up inspiring his music, a unique and dreamlike blend of East and Europe. His first album Amir goes out for Communion Recordsdragged by the single Habibiwhich makes him the protagonist of De Nieuwe Lichting, a showcase programme for new talent on the Belgian national broadcaster. Produced by PJ Maertens e Jo Francken, l’album d’esordio Amir attracted media attention to the Egyptian and Lebanese-born musician, who gained eighth place on The Independent's Albums of the Year listwhich decrees the forty best albums of 2018 according to the magazine Independent. It was not only the media that were attracted to the 22-year-old: not even twelve months after his debut album, Tamino sees in his band Colin Greenwood of Radiohead and has performed with the likes of Lana Del Reycaptured by his ability to set different emotions to music: from love to desolation.