Making music: oud workshop in Lebanon - in pictures

Nazih Ghadban, from Baalbeck, began making ouds in 1976

Lebanese oud maker and player Nazih Ghadban works on an oud body at his workshop in Ras Baalbek, Lebanon. Reuters

Mar 3, 2021

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