Omar Al Faqir was born in Amman-Jordan. He grew up in a family who has been creating music for more than 100 years and who appreciated and practiced all kinds of arts. Omar started with his relatives the first Jazz-fusion band in Jordan "Faculty –X" that introduced Amman to Jazz-Fusion and that performed in almost all venues, theatres and festivals in the region. Omar performed in many local and international concerts and festivals, and he performed with many great musicians such as Stanley Jordan, Charles Davis, Noah Howard, and many others. He recorded the first Jordanian-American Jazz album "Desert Harmony" with the late saxophone player Noah Howard.Omar recent albums are "From within", "Faculty-X" , and “Pulse” which features Dave Weckl & Tom Brechtlein. His recent worldwide jazz collaboration project “One Heart” invited many great Jazz musicians from all around the world to participate and support Jazz-Fusion all around the world.