Entertainment writer Karim Miknas caught the music bug at a very early age, listening to his parents’ collection where the likes of The Beatles, Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett and the Bee Gees sat side-by-side with Zeki Muren, Fairouz and Oum Kalthoum. 

By the age of 11, having tried his hand at piano and guitar, he quickly adopted the drum-set, an instrument to which he’s been true to this very day.

Today Karim combines his work as the group general manager of Seven Leisure (which owns Camelot Restaurant, JJ’s Irish Pub, BJ’s Nightclub, Club Seven, Likwid and the Coral Beach Club) with DJing and drumming.