Muath Edriss is a singer, composer and performer. His professional career, in fact his whole life, revolves around the oud.

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 ...

Oud is the essential oil of the wood of an infected Aquilaria tree. “A parasitic fungus contaminates the heartwood, and in ...

Michael Onsy with Albert Mansour, a popular oud-maker in Lebanon facebook / Michael Onsy You’ve probably heard it many times over and didn’t even realise it. But it accompanies just about every type ...

Was Abdel Halim Hafez, Egypt’s most celebrated classical singer, actually a rockstar?With his crisp black suits and neatly ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Clarissa Bitar about their new album, Bakhaf al-Layl, and how they are leaning into vocals after ...

Zaytoun at Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City brings back Arabian Nights every Thursday and Friday from 30 October 2025: ...

In collaboration with FotoFest and the Arab American Cultural and Community Center, celebrated poet Fady Joudah and renowned musician Rahim AlHaj present an evening of Arab poetry and oud music. Fady ...

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 ...

After eating Arab cuisine and listening to musician Ronnie Malley play the oud on stage, Northwestern’s Middle Eastern and North African Student Association shared Arabic-based poems with each other ...