Maurice Louca is an Egyptian musician and composer born in Cairo where he currently lives and works. He is the co-founder of the bands Bikya, Alif and Dwarves of East Agouza. Louca has, in recent years, garnered a global reputation through solo albums and an expanding, evolving lineup of genre-defying collaborations. Saet El Haz (The Luck Hour) utilizes instruments from around the world specially tuned to play Arabic Maqams to realize Maurice Louca's compositions.