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Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (born 1915)
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Farid al-Atrash
Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and musician (1910–1974)
Farid al-Atrash, also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor. Although born in Syria, he immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine with his mother and siblings, where he eventually became one of the most noted figures in 20th-century…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Oud
Pear-shaped stringed musical instrument
The oud is a Middle Eastern short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument, usually with 11 strings grouped in six courses, but some models have five or seven courses, with 10 or 13 strings respectively.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)