Omar Metioui was born in Tangiers, Morocco in 1962. He initially studied pharmacology in Brussels, before returning to Tangiers to study solmization, andalusi singing and oud at the Conservatory of Music and Dance. Between 1976 and 1980 he sang and played the oud with El Arbi s-Siyyar, the main Andalusi orchestra in Tangiers. He is currently first lute with the Conservatory orchestra, and continues to perform throughout Europe and the Arab world.

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