Iraqi virtuoso oud player Naseer Shamma prepares to perform with an orchestra, at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. War kept him away from his beloved homeland for ...

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Iraqi virtuoso oud player Naseer Shamma returns to homeland with plans to fund education, arts in war-torn nation BAGHDAD — War kept him away from his beloved homeland for decades. Now, virtuoso oud ...

The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, a survivor of several wars and Saddam Hussein's brutal dictatorship, will perform for the first time in the United States in December, the State Department and ...

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BAGHDAD (AP) — War kept him away from his beloved homeland for decades. Now, virtuoso oud player Naseer Shamma hopes to help rebuild conflict-scarred Iraq through a series of concerts and other ...