title: Karim Ziad
text: # Karim Ziad
  
  Karim Ziad (born 1966) is an Algerian musician. A percussionist, drummer, singer and composer, Ziad's music melds influences from North African music and jazz. Ziad was involved in a hard rock band in his youth in Algiers, before moving to Paris to study biology, where he became a jazz drummer for Cheb Mami, Khaled and Idir, among others.
  
  