Known as agarwood in English, oud is a key element in traditional Arab culture and religion and is used in incense and perfumes. Manal Muffin always wanted to create a product that would represent her ...

BEIRUT: Two years ago the multi-instrumentalist and composer Khyam Allami began a PhD in composition at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. It was to be the beginning of a challenging undertaking — ...

Sitting by a river near his hometown in Al Kut, Iraq, at the age of 11, Naseer Shamma could only see himself playing the oud every time he tried to envision his future. “I knew then that the oud was ...

Back in 2000, the Jerusalem International Oud Festival was a modest two-day affair when home venue CEO and artistic director ...

The Cairo Opera House hosted the first Arab Oud Forum last week, featuring a series of workshops, seminars and concerts which explored and showcased the oud’s contemporary and historical importance to ...

Renowned oud player and composer aims to preserve the Arabic style of music Sharjah: Sitting by a river near his hometown in Al Kut, Iraq, at the age of 11, Naseer Shamma could only see himself ...

The Arab Oud Orchestra, made up of over 40 musicians, and representing Cairo's Beit Al-Oud Al-Arabi (The Arabic Oud House), will give an open-air performance at the Manasterly Palace on Sunday. The ...

RIYADH: The Riyadh Oud Exhibition, organized by Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority in cooperation with the Music Commission concluded on Saturday at Boulevard Riyadh City. The exhibition, ...

Gilad Hazan is a virtuoso oud player. That much was patently clear from his Jerusalem International Oud Festival concert at Confederation House. And he ain’t too bad on violin either. But what sets ...