Hany Bedair is a professional tablah and riqq player from Egypt. He has been teaching Oriental Percussion at the Institute of Middle East Studies, as well as at The Arab House of Oud, headed by the renowned Iraqi artist Nasseer Shamma. Bedair performs with various established artists such as Omar Khairat, Ziyad al-Rahbani, Nasseer Shamma, and leading Egyptian bands such as Eftekasat, Nagham Masry, Masar Egbary, the Donia Massoud Band, Ramy Essam, Eskenderella, to name but a few. Throughout the years, Bedair hit the international stage playing in major Jazz festivals worldwide.