Anouar A.

Originally from Agadir, Morocco, Anouar Afa was born into a family of artists. His uncle was an illustrator, and his grandmother a traditional carpet maker. Growing up next to his grandmother, Anouar was constantly exposed to music and art throughout her singing original songs expressing sorrow, happiness or simply her state of mind while making carpets. This influenced him to start playing the guitar at a young age. Fascinated by the sounds of Aita, Amazighen and Gnawa music, Anouar started to work on his own style of combining these genres of music with Flamenco and Jazz, making a link between many cultures and roots. Most recently, Anouar have composed music for a short film “Water of Life” by Fatima Matousse. The film is about David, a Moroccan Jew, who brings the Moroccan fig alcoholic drink to the U.S.A. We see his struggles with his newly made business and reliving the coexistence between Moroccan Jews and Muslims in New York.