List of oud makers
Encyclopedia
Famous oud
makers are:
In Iraq
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In Israel
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In Iran
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In Egypt
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In Somalia
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In Syria
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In Turkey
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In The United States:
Other countries:
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
makers are:
In Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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- Mohammed Fadhel Hussain
- Ali Al Ajmi
- Faik Mohammed Fadhel
- Fuad Jihad
- Ayad Al Aswad
- Najim abood
- Hisham
- Fawzi Manshad (Basra - Iraq)
In Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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- Wissam Joubran
- Hatem Joubran
In Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
:
- Jafar Abedini
- Nariman Abnoosi
- Mohsen Ajdari
- Mohammad Taghi Arafti
- Mohammad Ashari
- Hasan Manoochehri
- Ebrahim Ghanbari Mehr
- Mohammadi Brothers
- Khalil Mousavi
- Bahram Taherian
In Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
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- Fathi Amin
- Abdelrahman Darwish
- Gawharet el Fan
- Gamil Girges
- Maurice Shehata
In Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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- Mohamed Mooge Libaan
- Daud Ali Masxaf
- Jiimi Sheikh Mu'min
- Omar Dhuule Ali
- Xudaydi
- Abdinasir Moalin Aydid
In Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
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- Ali Khalifeh
- Nahat family
- Ibrahim Sukar
- Samir Azar
In Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
:
- Manol (Manolis Venios)(19th c. Greek maker, Istanbul)
- Onnik Karibyan (Turkey, of Armenian descent)
- Hadi Usta
- Ali Nişadır
- Faruk TurunzFaruk TürünzFaruk Türünz is a Turkish luthier who specializes in ouds and is considered one of the best oud makers. His shop is in Istanbul, Turkey....
(Istanbul) - Ramazan Calay (Istanbul)
- Mustafa Copçuoğlu (Istanbul)
- Emir Değirmenli (Ankara)
- Haluk Eraydin (Aydin)
- Yildirim Palabiyik (İzmir)
- İbrahim Ada (Istanbul)
- Necati Gurbuz (Izmir)
- Cengiz Sarikus (Istanbul)
In The United States:
- Mario Epstein (Idaho)
- Peter Kyvelos (Massachusetts)
- Viken Najarian (California)
- Jameel (Khalaf) Abraham
Other countries:
- Faisal Alawy (Yemen)
- Nazih Ghadban (Lebanon)
- Salmeen (Kuwait)
- Tasos Theodoraki] (Greece)
- Dimitris Rapakousios (Greece)
- Michael Moussa (UK)
- Matthias Wagner (Germany)
- Khalid Belhaiba (Morocco)
- Saad Al-Tayyar (Canada)