1935), is a Sudanese popular musician, known for his distinctive style of singing, compositions, oud and guitar playing.

He has composed numerous songs and performed all over Sudan, as well as in Europe, Africa and in the Gulf countries, where large communities of Sudanese in exile reside.

In an interview with the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, Ahmed remembered: "My biggest worry was how not to upset my father, who was interested in Sufism, and was fond of madeeh, but felt that music and art distracted me from my studies.

Ahmed grew up in Al-Obeid, the capital of former Kordofan province, in Western Sudan, and eventually enrolled at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum, where he studied graphic design.

[3] Sharhabil's wife, Zakia Abdul Gassim Abu Bakr, was the first female guitarist in Sudan, and several of their seven sons and daughters also have become musicians.

Rather, Sharhabil’s sound is known as a unique combination of rock, funk, and Congolese music with a typical Sudanese character.

The rhythms stop and start, chords detonating with a flourish, before the beat jolts back into life.