Shahd Hesham, an oud player and teacher, plays the oud at Arabic Oud House in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) A young Egyptian lady was playing a piece of music on the oud, an ...

The oud, a stringed instrument popular in the Middle East whose origins date back thousands of years, is a key element of classical Arabic music While he waits for his lesson at an Egyptian music ...

The oud “is an instrument that has its own sentiments and is capable of translating everything inside you,” said music teacher Maissara Mohammed. While he waits for his lesson at an Egyptian music ...

While he waits for his lesson at an Egyptian music school, Maissara Mohammed plays his oud, its soothing tones dissolving the stress of daily life during the coronavirus pandemic. "I play four ...

ALBAWBA - An Egyptian court sentenced composer Ahmed Hegazy to 6 months in jail, on a bail of 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($64.64) after he appeared in a video reciting the Qur’an to oud melodies. According ...

Editor’s Note: Each month, Inside the Middle East takes you behind the headlines to see a different side of this diverse region. Ibrahim Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Azeem is one of the last traditional ...

A young Egyptian lady was playing a piece of music on the oud, an ancient Arabian musical instrument, at the Arabic Oud House for teaching oud playing in a historical area of the Egyptian capital ...

While he waits for his lesson at an Egyptian music school, Maissara Mohammed plays his oud, its soothing tones dissolving the stress of daily life during the coronavirus pandemic. "I play four ...