2021-01-15 10:35:51 GMT2021-01-15 18:35:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Mahmoud Fouly
CAIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) Dozens of workers in several adjacent workshops on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo were working on producing different parts of oud, an ancient Arabian lute-like music instrument, to be assembled together and polished for sale to musicians in Egypt and abroad.
The workshops together form the largest oud making workshop in Egypt, which belongs to veteran oud maker Khaled Azooz, who refers to them as a complete factory exporting ouds to 12 Arab and Western countries. I started with a small workshop about five years ago, then it gradually expanded until I have now 50 workers in my factory that I believe is the largest in Egypt and the region, Azooz told Xinhua at his nearby office in a separate building in El-Marg district northeastern Cairo, bordering Qalioubiya province.
© Provided by Xinhua | &An Egyptian oud workshop designs, produces, assembles and polishes ouds, ancient Arabian lute-like music instruments, which