The oud, a stringed instrument, is believed to date back to around 2350 BC to the Akkadian civilisation located in present-day Iraq. It went on to become a popular musical instrument during the old ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — In a Baghdad workshop plastered with black-and-white photos from a more peaceful time, Mahmoud Abdulnabi hand-carves a wooden oud, a string instrument with ancient roots that has fallen ...

Arresting and compelling, Nashaz will immediately engage fans of Arabic music, jazz, and masterful oud playing. Prunka’s 1930s Nahat oud takes center stage, and moments like the declamatory opening ...

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European Pressphoto Agency reports: The Gaza School of Music was founded in 2008 thanks to funds from the Abdul Mohsen Al-Qattan Foundation and the Swedish government. Children can learn to play ...

DAMASCUS, Syria, June 18 (UNHCR) - Acclaimed Iraqi oud (lute) player Naseer Shamma has raised more than USD 24,000 for UNHCR's Iraqi refugee programme with a concert at the Damascus Opera House to ...

He taught himself to play the oud, a lutelike stringed instrument, and made a splash on social media with his cover versions of pop songs. By Richard Sandomir Ahmed Alshaiba, who as a teenager in ...