Jihad Mahfouz was born in an artistic family, his father is a music teacher, he learned from him the music theory and playing on the Oud, the piano and the accordion; then he followed his studies in the national music school where he specialized in the violin.
He participated in 1998 in the show �Ka2es el Noujoum� to get the spectacle trophy of the musician Salah El Sharnouby.
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