Ilham Al Madfai has been played on NTS shows including DNA w/ Sahar, with Allah Alayek first played on 1 February 2020.

Ilham al Madfai (Arabic: إلهام المدفعي ) is an Iraqi guitarist, singer, and composer.

His musical talent began to develop seriously when he was twelve years old. He started as, and still is, a guitarist at heart. His musical career formally started when he formed his first band, the Twisters, in the 1960s. They were the first band in Iraq, and probably the Arab world, that used modern instruments to play Arabic music (guitar, drums, bass, & piano). He was the first to…