Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1963, Fadi Islambouli has traveled the world for over four decades as a professional musician. From an early age, he was inspired by classic Egyptian movies, especially the ones that showed belly dancing and musicians performing together. It was a dream to be a guitarist performing a solo on a stage for a belly dancer. Islambouli got his first acoustic guitar at the age of 12, and then studied classical guitar and lute at the Institute of Beautiful Art in Beirut, Lebanon.

His first job as a professional musician was at the age of 15, and then one year later the dream came true, to work with legendary dancer Nadia Jamal for 2 years in Lebanon and touring with her in Syria, Dubai, Abu Dabi, and Vienna. Subsequently, Islambouli worked in the Baghdad Hotel in Iraq for 3 months with a variety of singers and dancers, then 2 years at the Faron Club in Cyprus, Greece with singer Elie Shwayri, dancer Abeer, and maestro Mohammad Labban.
His extensive list of artists/collaborators includes: Nadia Jamal, Sabah, Wadi Al Safi, Ragheb Alemeh, Walid Tawfiq, Melhem Barakat, George Wassouf, Moheiddine Al Ghali, Fayez Deryan, Ziad Islambouli, Petit Prince, Samir Hanna, Ghassan Saliba, Suhaila Salimpour, Mayez Al Baya, Ahmad Doughan, Elie Shwayri, Tony Hanna, Abdo Yaghi, Ziad Ghaly, Magdy Elhosiny, Ihab Tawfiq, Yara, Jacqueline ElKhoury, Rouaida Attia, Samir Yazbeck, Kazem Al saher, Wadi Morad, Shady Jamil, Hanan, Moustafa Amar, Rabi El Khawli, Vatche Meguerdichian, [a] [b]maestro Nabil Azzam, and maestro Adel Eskander.
Islambouli came to Los Angeles New Year’s Eve of 1990, after touring several states with singer Rabi El Khawli. While working at Byblos Restaurant LA, Fadi met dancer Suhaila Salimpour. They worked together from 1990 to 2010 alongside his brother and brilliant drummer Ziad
Islambouli.

He released his first guitar album (Fayruziat Fadi/ Guitar Then & Now) in 1994. He is also a featured musician on three of Suhaila Salimpour’s albums: Arabian Musicals Vol 1, 2, & 3.
From 2012 to the present, he has been working as a one-man show. His travels as a musician include: Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Dubai, Kuwait, Tunisia, Qatar, Paris, London, Germany, Vienna, Africa, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada, and Taiwan.