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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation announced today its support for the First International Oud Forum held in Cairo, from 16 to 19 September, at the Cairo Opera House. This event is under the patronage ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a journey both dark and beautiful, we trace one of the world’s most expensive commodities from its end users in the Middle ...

Just living in the UAE is reason enough to fall in love with oud. Over the decades, we've all gifted the oh-so-Arabic scent to our loved ones, especially if they're visiting us here. A few of us rely ...

Baghdad (AFP) – 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 ...

In partnership with Abu Dhabi Festival 2023, world-renowned Iraqi oud virtuoso Naseer Shamma joins internationally acclaimed American jazz icon Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra ...