is an Associate Professor at the College of Music at the University of Kaslik, Lebanon. He has recently retired from the Jordanian National Music Conservatory of Amman, which he directed since 1988. Between 2001 and 2005, he was President of the International Music Council, a UNESCO-fostered institution, and the founder of the Beirut Symphonic Band. Mr Fakhouri is also the Secretary General of the Arab Academy of Music, the editor-in-chief of the Arab Music Journal, and a member of the Advisory Board of Al Ain Center.