Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GILAD HAZAN (photo credit: Aharon Atiya) Gilad Hazan wowed the audience at the Jerusalem Oud Festival with his genre-defying ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saudi Arabia announced the establishment of the Bait Al-Oud Arabic Music Institute that aims to promote the region's talents and develop a new generation of musicians. Bait Al-Oud (“House of Oud”) is ...

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 ...

In this interview for the Magazine, Ziv Yehezkel talks about his love of Arabic music and the power of singing piyutim, especially during slihot and the High Holy Days. Ziv Yehezkel, a singer, ...

The University of Minnesota’s Arab Band showcases the unique complexity of Arabic music and is looking to continue performing at events on and off campus. The Arab Band implements Arabic music by ...