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 ...

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 ...

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