Anouar Brahem (Arabic: أنور براهم; born on 20 October 1957) is a Tunisian oud player and composer.

He collaborated with Maurice Béjart for his ballet Thalassa Mare Nostrum and with Gabriel Yared as lutist for Costa Gavras’ film Hanna K..[2] After a period back in Tunisia in the late 1980s, when Brahem was appointed director of the Ensemble musical de la ville de Tunis, he toured in the United States and Canada and then signed with ECM Records, with whom he has recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums.

[1][3] These include Thimar, recorded with saxophonist John Surman and bassist Dave Holland.

He has collaborated throughout his career and on several albums with other musicians: Tunisian percussionist Lassad Hosni and violinist Bechir Selmi and Turkish clarinetist Barbaros Erköse.

Anouar released Blue Maqams in 2017 with a band that included Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, and Django Bates.