Raed Said , a percussionst , was born in Jerusalem in 1979. Raed learned percussion from different Arab countries, Egypt, Jordan and Syria and he played with several musical group in many local and international festivals such as the Carthage Festivals in the Oriant House, in Stockholm Festival, Cinamoon Festival in Barcelona, Jarash Festival in Jordan and other countries such as the United States, Marocco, Italy, Irak, United Kingdom and Turkey.

Raed is a music instructor at a number of different schools and has participated in recording musical introductions for several films such as zigzig land, tv series and theater plays.

He is a founding member of Jerusalem Gates for Art and Music Association and  the founder of Tarab Ensemble.