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Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle the flame of Iraqi music, snuffed out by decades of conflict.
Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle the flame of Iraqi music, snuffed out by decades of conflict.
Arabic oud icon seeks to 'change soul' of Iraq with music
BAGHDAD — Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle the flame of Iraqi music, snuffed out by decades of conflict."When you are in your own country, you feel very high emotions with the audience," the master string player said in an interview with AFP.At nearly 60, the virtuoso who studied under late Iraqi
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Music Commission is establishing an institute to train the country’s musical talent. Bait Al-Oud seeks to be a learning center for musicians so they can get the required training in playing traditional Arabic instruments and be educated about the instruments’ role in developing the region’s music culture. The oud, which dates back more than 3,000 years,