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zalzal - 1-11-2006 at 03:45 PM

Why are so rare women and oud ??.

Let's dedicate this section to women. And their participation would be highly appreciated.

All i know is that there are female ouds, Yousra Dhabi the tunisian oud player, and Bnet Marrakesh with one of them playing oud.

But what else ??

tchandler - 1-11-2006 at 08:05 PM

Gulcin Yahya is a very fine turkish player, a student of Cinucen

zalzal - 1-12-2006 at 01:01 AM

Thank you tchandler. I did not know on Gulcin Yahya.
I found a page in David's parfitt web page.

Here after i copied for you all the literature appearing in Yousra Dhabi's cd jacket.

"For a long time, Arab instrumental music, victim
of the prevailing, more "fashionable" light music, was put aside or considered a fringe activity. It was only during the 30's, on the instigation of Sharif Muyiddin Haydar, the founder of the Baghdad Music Conservatory (the first official music school in the Arab world) that the art of the 'ud as a solo instrument in its own right, was able to develop. A generation later, the solo 'ud player had won his rightful place on the musical scene, thanks to Jamil and Munir Bashir, Ghanim Haddad, Sa Iman shukr and the like.
This is the lineage to which Yousra Dhahbi from Tunis belongs. Over the past few years her presence has been noticed at numerous festivals, where she's received standing ovations and many distinguished awards (including first prize at the Jordan International Lute Competition), signs of an art and a temperament that are now
helping to enhance her reputation abroad. A , temperament that a single anecdote sums up rather weil: "When 1 was a pupil, my teacher didn't believe there was any future for women in the instrumental field, and all he did was discourage me. Out of defiance and in spite of my youth, 1 worked twice as hard just to prove to him that the opposite was true." Her success does indeed owe a great deal to her steadfast but cairn tenacity, once she'd realized this pear-shaped instrument was the one she wanted in her own
destiny, a conviction she's held since childhood iwhen she used to watch her brother playing the lute to a certain acclaim at family parties; but even then, she'd been irritated by his lack of precision. Thus, as soon as she started at the girls' high school in the Rue du Pacha in Tunis, she tried to take some lute lessons via the school music club - but in vain, she had to wait until her second year at real music school before she could actually touch the instrument of her dreams. Yet she still had to curb this passion somewhat, for her father was afraid that if she got tao involved with music, it might distract her from her so-called "classical" or more conventional studies. A supreme irony indeed, for he himself
was a Sufi singer, the son of a mother who'd been praised for the beauty of her voice, and he'd brought his children up to follow the regular to singing sessions and rehearsals of his troupe of musicians. Be that as it may, this prior importance attached to music was still there after Yousra Dhahbi's baccaulauréat, when she seriously considered devoting ail her time to it." My family opposed my choise and advised me to opt for a different branch of studies, because there wasn't any future in music, or so they said." This led her to choose a paramedical branch, cytomorphology, and after four years of study endlng ln a dlploma, she went to work ln a clinic. However, the young woman never stopped
playing and working at developing her skill on the lute during this period. As weil as music school and the hours of training she undertook there, she also took private lessons with the great Tunisian master, Ali Sriti. These lessons were relatively dear for a family with several children, but but her father willingly paid - an investment that was duly rewarded, because after six years off study at the conservatory, she gained two, diplomas, one in Arab music and another for lute.
This achievement naturally made her inclined to continue at the Higher Music Institute (Institut supérieur de musique/ISM), but her inclinations thwarted by the urgency of reality, symbolized by the Faculty of Medicine. Once again, the link with music remained unbroken, for she managed to carry on her studies at the ISM even while tackling her stressful job involving direct contact with sick patients. Finally, torn her vocation and a career that did not really correspond to her personality, she decided hand in her notice at the clinic in order to finish her higher music studies properly. An impetuous gesture perhaps, but this time she had the support of her family. "What was really amazing was my father's attitude, he encauraged me in my choice. At last I felt I was being true to myseLf ! " To be oneself - this
need for identity had already received the approval of another voice, for during and after her musical studies at the ISM, she was accompaniedby one of the star lutenists, Naseer Shamma from Irak, who advised her to take up a career as a soloist. The idea really appealed to her, because she wanted to put an oriental instrument (the lute) with an occidental one (the piano), and had already gone as far as setting up the repertoire with a piano teacher friend, Samira Esseghir, They gave their first public performance before a large audience at the Russian Cultural Centre in Tunis, She'd also become involved in a music ensemble consisting of jute, qanun, violin, nay, double bass, tar, and vocals; her involvement was to last four years Iluntil the group had to split up, for its members, all prev!ous students from the master's degree course, eventually went off to different posts in various directions a long way from the capital, similarly she joined the troupe known as La Rachidiya whose aim since 1934 been the to preserve and revive the musical heritage of Tunisia.

In spite of these commitments, Yousra Dhabi still maintained her lively interest in different lute styles and schools, firstly by listening to recordings by some of the great lutenist such as Sharif Muhyiddin Haydar, Jamil and Munir Bashir, Ghanim Haddad (Iraq), Riadh Sumbati and Mohammad al-Qasabdji.(Egypt), Khmais Tarnane (Tunisia) and AI Bidhaoui (Morocco); she was also invited to international meetings where she met some real stars of the instrument, e,g, Munir
Bashir, Saïd Chraïbi (Morocco), Ali Sriti and Taher Gharsa and his son Zied (Tunisia), Ylden (Turkey) and many more. Foreign travel enabled her to approach other styles: as in 1999 when she played before the muslc-lovers of Calro wlth the well-known Moroccan singer Karima Skalli. After this performance the pair decided to continue their collaboration, and so the unusual partnership of a singer with a solo instrumentalist was born. All these "feathers in her cap" enriched Yousra's inherent talent that, together with her intimate knowledge of different lute styles, allied with her great sensitivity; had shaped her singular originality. As she says, "i allways try to be sincere in my work. And when you're sincere, I believe there's something emanates directly
from tour personality that is communicated to the audience". Her sober, graceful style, influenced by the Baghdad school and the Egyptian tarab, and her compositions in tune with her personal make-up support this belief. This first album is the vivid representation of all this, conceived as it is in somewhat pictorial form, and offering a suite of various contradictory feelings ranging from the torment (Hayra) to that of joy (Farha), via a festive atmosphere (Raksa), tenderness or the evocation of a more mystical state (Rouhaniyet). Her taqasim reveal this blend of gentleness and serene willpower that are her absolute hallmarks.
Yousra Dhahbi is not satisfied with merely representing the first generation of solo women lutenists in the modern Arab world by her elegant style, she's got ambition and curiosity too. These have prompted her to undertake serious research into the Tunisian musical heritage, with the idea of a doctorate about Tunisian music from the 20's ntil the birth of Tunisian national radio in 1957. She's thinking about recording (voice with lute)some pieces inspired by Sufi thought and practice. And finally, she's got a new craze - her passion for the al arbi, a local four stringed oud, smaller than the oriental version, and requiring a completely different technique from those of other schools of playing."
Frank Tenaille

zalzal - 1-21-2006 at 03:01 AM

Waeed Bouhassoun, syrian oud player and singer, first with an exclusive female group fm Damas and now with Muhammad Qadri Dallal

Brian Prunka - 1-21-2006 at 08:41 AM

Zalzal, I think I recognize the woman in the first picture. Is her name Reem?

zalzal - 1-21-2006 at 10:31 AM

It is a photo fm the web. I do not know who she is. It is a palestinian girl. By the way, for me, she has a good righthand plugging position. She is probably playing the E quarter ton with left hand

Jonathan - 1-21-2006 at 11:19 AM

Oud lesson in Havana, Cuba. 1924.

Jameel - 1-21-2006 at 11:44 AM

Jonathan, tell us more about this photo. What are ouds doing in Havana in 1924?

David Parfitt - 1-21-2006 at 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by zalzal
Waeed Bouhassoun, syrian oud player and singer, first with an exclusive female group fm Damas and now with Muhammad Qadri Dallal

Zalzal, do you know if she has released any recordings with Muhammad Qadri Dalal?

Thanks

David

Jonathan - 1-21-2006 at 11:59 AM

Jameel, there was a significant Armenian population in Cuba at that time. They were primarily from Turkey, but denied entry to the United States due to immigration restrictions. There are fewer living there now, as many of them eventually made their way to the United States and, to a lesser extent, Canada. This photo is from ProjectSAVE, an Armenian photographic archive in Watertown, MA.
The teacher, in the middle, is named Gaspar Geokjian. The woman on the left was named Mariam, and the woman on the right was named Mariza Mooradian (Attarian). I know nothing more about any of them, but I always love seeing pictures of old ouds.

zalzal - 1-21-2006 at 01:12 PM

Beihdja Rahal, algerian singer and player of kwitra, dressed in 100% for a typical ceremony of a sana'a nuba performance.

zalzal - 1-21-2006 at 01:25 PM

David,
Muhammad Qadri Dalal has gathered around Waed as first singer his group Ornina, composed by a nay, a qanun, two rababs and a riq. Classical arab XXth songs and muwashahatt. They perform the 8th of march at Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, and thereafter touring arab world. To my knowledge, no recordings, i am anxiously awaiting the release.
I will not be surprised if IMA releases something later.
The MQD music provokes total psychophysiological tarab reactions on me, dont you ??

David Parfitt - 1-21-2006 at 01:39 PM

Hi Zalzal

Thanks for that info - I really hope they decide to release something soon. I love the "Unwonted Maqamat" CD of Qadri Dalal. By the way, do you have any of his earlier recordings on vinyl?

Best wishes

David

lady oudists

Dr. Oud - 1-23-2006 at 03:05 PM

zalzal - 1-24-2006 at 01:25 AM

Reinette l'Oranaise, algerian blind singer and oud player

zalzal - 1-24-2006 at 01:33 AM

Dr Oud, in yr photos both ouds seems quite similar,
The name written in the first one is Taghreed Muhammad. Does anybody knows more on her ??

zalzal - 1-30-2006 at 01:16 PM

Hasna el Becharia, she plays oud, guembri and above all guitar.
She has a nice swing. Two videos here
http://www.radioceros.com/ondemandvideo/hasna/hasna.htm#

zalzal - 1-31-2006 at 02:07 PM

A japanese oud player fm Club Bashraf

http://www.arab-music.com/yoshiko_matsuda_e.html

zalzal - 2-1-2006 at 03:41 PM

Le diwan de Mona

Kind of modern araboandalous flamenco.
http://www.diwan-de-mona.com/le%20diwan%20de%20mona/mona%20minisite...

Notice the oud she plays

zalzal - 2-1-2006 at 04:55 PM

ethnomusicologist Judith Cohen specialised in sephardic songs. Her ouds seems a nahat

zalzal - 2-1-2006 at 04:57 PM

here it is

zalzal - 2-2-2006 at 12:32 PM

The oud which Mona is playing (Le diwan de Mona, see before) is an oud kumethra, peared shaped to marry women physiologie.

http://www.funjdiaz.net/museo/ficha.cfm?id=59.

May be there are already threads in this forum dealing with this kind of oud here but i did not find it.

zalzal - 2-4-2006 at 08:13 PM

Mary Goshtigian 1939

zalzal - 2-14-2006 at 01:33 PM

try to guess who is she

SamirCanada - 2-14-2006 at 01:41 PM

Thats Oum Koulthoum

SamirCanada - 2-14-2006 at 01:42 PM

.... One thing that is weird tho is that it states that I awnsered at 4:41
Yet.. you posted this picture at 4:43
Psychic!

Tai - 2-14-2006 at 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SamirCanada
Thats Oum Koulthoum

That's what I thought, and then I thought her lips looked like Feiruz's, and then I decided I would keep quiet and see what someone else answered. Heh, glad I did

zalzal - 2-14-2006 at 01:51 PM

SC you replied at 09:42 and i posted at 9:33, so 9 long minutes to recognize our MOTHER ???

Peyman - 2-14-2006 at 04:35 PM

Oud is becoming popular in Iran. Here is a picture of all women music group.

tchandler - 2-14-2006 at 08:27 PM

Oh, and Laure Dachache from Egypt was a very fine oud player, although I think she was mainly known as a singer.

zalzal - 2-17-2006 at 10:25 AM

Just for the pleasure, common guys get up, feel the swing, move yr bodies

zalzal - 3-16-2006 at 02:40 PM

Annie Pernot Velin, North France oud teacher

She has a nice project, see it by yourselves, it is in french
http://transcultures.free.fr/annonce3RO.htm

zalzal - 5-10-2006 at 11:09 AM

moroccan not oud jewish player

oudipoet - 5-10-2006 at 11:29 AM

here are some pictures of gulcin yahya

oudipoet - 5-10-2006 at 11:31 AM

cd cover of tinucen tanrikorur`s songs played by gulcin yahya

oudipoet - 5-10-2006 at 11:32 AM

cover

billkilpatrick - 5-10-2006 at 02:05 PM

zalzal - i posted your "mme rachelle" photo to the mandolin cafe site:

http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae60ef058d207a7...

... that's an awfully long address - hope it works. where did you find the photo?

oud picker/mandolin plucker/charango strummer - bill

zalzal - 5-10-2006 at 09:50 PM

here at this french forum of moroccan jewish http://dafina.net/forums/index.php?33

billkilpatrick - 5-11-2006 at 12:24 AM

thanks zalzal - very interesting site - ciao - bill

radixfc - 5-19-2006 at 02:38 AM

I had the pleasure this wednesday to be in the public of a concert of Judith Cohen. She played with darbouka and middle-age viol, so we couldn´t see her playing oud.
After the concert I had the chance to talk with her... she was a very nice woman with a lot of very interesting stories. I told her she appears in this forum, and she asked me to give her the link.... so maybe soon she´s posting here!!!! :applause:

here´s a photo of the gig :airguitar:

Nassima

oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 5-25-2006 at 01:45 AM

zalzal - 7-26-2006 at 01:59 PM

We all whish you best luck and happy oud studies

oudplayer - 7-27-2006 at 04:10 PM

hey all
does anyone have info on Beihdja Rahal and clips of here i would love to hear her play
thx sammy
also marina kol hakavod on all yr hard work keep it up
stay safe hope to be there soon again
i lived in ramat beit shmesh how far r u frm there

Microber - 12-10-2007 at 12:37 PM

I also forgot this thread.
Kamilya Jubran is coming in Liège Belgium next wednesday for a concert and presentation of a film about her father :"Telling strings"

Chicks dig ouds!

Meursault - 12-10-2007 at 12:38 PM

Kamilya Jubran

Microber - 12-10-2007 at 12:38 PM

gilgamesh - 12-10-2007 at 12:42 PM

Hey Microber, I admire Kamilia Joubran very much, She's a great singer and oudist, and a so much kind lady!

Microber - 12-10-2007 at 12:48 PM

Yes I like her very much too.
Two time sleeping and i'll see her singing.
I will tell you.

Robert

barbat - 12-20-2007 at 02:33 AM

iranian oud player (women)
nooshin pasdar

negar booban

bahare chamasemani

rokhsare rostami

justkiya - 10-22-2008 at 08:31 AM

So wonderful to see this - I was wondering if there were many female players....

Greg - 11-11-2008 at 04:26 AM

Here is a nice clip from the Oman oud festival:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=EzrmUFWMVOQ

Greg

shareen - 11-11-2008 at 05:17 AM

Naseer Shama has an ensemble on Youtube with a few women oud players in it. So nice to see women playing with the men.

Owain-Hawk - 11-11-2008 at 05:28 AM

Great clip, Greg. Was it all one taqsim? It was amazing. :buttrock:

I'm actually quite suprised there are so many women Oud players! Keep it up, girls.

EDIT: Did anybody else notice that strange sound at about 9:10? She nearly threw her Oud across the room in fright!

Ararat66 - 11-11-2008 at 08:44 AM

That's an oud player called Gulcin Yahya Kacar - I don't know much about her but she has a wonderful touch ... lots of 'carpma' I think you call it (someone correct me) , that almost vocal whispering rapid hammer-on that actually occurs naturally when you sing if you let it and is very expressive in the oriental oud sounds. I've seen her before at Emir oudlari http://www.emirudlari.com/

they sound really nice, very modern Turkish.

Leon

billkilpatrick - 11-11-2008 at 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Owain-Hawk

EDIT: Did anybody else notice that strange sound at about 9:10? She nearly threw her Oud across the room in fright!

yikes! ... a real mood breaker.

Ararat66 - 11-11-2008 at 09:03 AM

Yeah but she hardly jumped ... so cool - I jumped out of my skin myself ad I'm just putting it back on

, she just breezed through as if it happens all the time :xtreme:

Leon

Women oud players

spyrosc - 10-18-2009 at 10:32 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3ZVgEEU3I&NR=1

More women

spyrosc - 10-18-2009 at 10:33 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-vEY-sINM&feature=related

Microber - 10-19-2009 at 12:20 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Ararat66

That's an oud player called Gulcin Yahya Kacar - I don't know much about her but she has a wonderful touch ...
Leon

I think she learned with the great Cinucen Tanrikorur.
She is a really wonderfull player. One of my model.

Gulcin Yahya

Microber - 10-19-2009 at 12:44 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Owain-Hawk

Was it all one taqsim? It was amazing.

She first played a taqsim and then a Hijaz Peshrev of Refik Fersan begining at 2:59.
Here is the sheet music in Turkish notation on the site of our friend Adam Good.
Thanks for him for all these ressources.

Robert

David Parfitt - 4-18-2012 at 02:19 AM

Stumbled across this the other day and thought it might be of interest:

Humay Qedimova - oud

She seems to be better known for her tar playing though - see for example this video, where she is accompanied by another female Azeri oud player:

Humay Qedimova - tar

David

Ararat66 - 4-18-2012 at 03:59 AM

Lovely fluid playing and smooth tone.

Leon

Sacaada Allaale

Giorgioud - 4-18-2012 at 05:33 AM

Here's a great Somali singer/oudist, Sacaada Allaale
http://youtu.be/5RDbCVwiSA4

Hanuuniye Qaraami

Giorgioud - 4-18-2012 at 05:37 AM

Here's another woman singer/oudist from Somalia: Hanuuniye Qaraami
http://youtu.be/E2BP4C3My_4

oudtab - 4-23-2012 at 01:10 PM

Yousra Dhahbi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8VrmxuX-g
http://www.yousradhahbi.com/

jack - 4-25-2012 at 09:35 AM

Negar Bouban's first cd, Continu, is a beautiful work.
http://www.negarbouban.com/

mmoreta - 5-4-2012 at 06:09 PM

Do any other women have trouble with shoulder pain after playing the oud? I find that the distance my right arm has to stretch in front of my body (you know, cause there's some extra stuff the ladies have that make the sit farther away from the body) causes a lot of pain under my right shoulder blade after practicing.

My only solution is to put the instrument on my left leg, which I've been by my teachers that this looks terrible.

Any other solutions out there from the ladies that don't involve money? (:

Jody Stecher - 5-4-2012 at 06:34 PM

Every oud has several spots where when the risha/mizrap meets the strings the sound is more musical than other spots. There is usually more than one place on each oud and even on the same oud it will be different places for different players because of the difference of personal touch. Sometimes these places are *not* over the pickguard. If there is a spot with beautiful sound that is closer to the bridge than where you have been playing it might be possible to approach the strings with arm coming around the side rather than over the top. Many players do that anyway. Even if the sound is not ideal you can practice like this to avoid pain until such time as the solution that involves money becomes possible, and that is to obtain an oud that is smaller and/or with a flatter belly. Another thing that can be done (but you've probably already done this) is to study the posture and technique of other female players. This section of the forum on women oud players is full of links to such videos. You might see something that can be applied to your personal situation.

Jody Stecher - 5-4-2012 at 06:36 PM

Whoops, I'm not a lady. Not even female. Does that disqualify my suggestions?

Branko - 7-26-2013 at 08:10 PM

Amina Eman Matter and Shayma Khalifa Al-Oraify from Bahrain.
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M3670

hamed - 7-27-2013 at 11:10 AM

I found this clip on youtube a while ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne8GdbhH_eA

spyblaster - 7-27-2013 at 12:33 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Azadeh ensemble

right to left: Bahareh Motaghian, La'ya Etemadi, Sepideh Raes sadat, Sahba Motallebi and Negar Bouban

hartun - 7-28-2013 at 06:14 AM

In response to Jonathan's picture there was a tradition of Armenian women playing oud which goes back to the late Ottoman Empire. I have been trying to collect information on this which I will share when it is more complete. However it seems to have been restricted to a single generation. None of the American born Armenian girls have played the oud to my knowledge until very recently. However in Armenia itself (eastern armenia) where the oud and kanun have been brought after WWI both of those instruments have developed into "women's instruments" up until today. Although few oud players were women and certainly women rarely if ever played in bands there were actually quite a few Armenian lady oudists. The interesting thing is that this seems to have been restricted to oud. To my knowledge there traditionally were no Armenian women kanunists, clarinetists, or violinists (except later and only in western music) certainly no davul zurna players, and the women dumbeg players in armenian groups or recordings seem to have been mostly belly dancers and not armenian anyway, same for playing zills. The only eastern instruments Armenian women played were tambourine and wooden spoons, and oud. Why is this? Were the others not sufficiently feminine? I suppose that must have been the reason.

Doc139 - 7-28-2013 at 07:50 AM

old thread, but still alive ... :
my favorite lady oudist: Dina Abdelhamid, wife of Ghassan Alyousif: 3 of her several videos on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwoEN2qyiQM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpHT0Wnbhj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_IbTR56uKM
Alexander

Lysander - 8-21-2013 at 02:30 PM

How many of these women can sing?

I'm interested in women oud players who can sing as well...

Branko - 9-23-2013 at 01:09 AM

Amazing young Armenian oud player Mariam Mirzoyan. 1 hour of delight at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne8GdbhH_eA

For more info: Naregatsi Art Institute http://www.naregatsi.org

rootsguitar - 11-27-2014 at 10:25 PM

Here's a clip I find moving...takes some patience to get to the performance & I can't understand the words though the music is memorable & the singing inspired:

http://youtu.be/DKzMC-N-VYg

John Erlich - 11-28-2014 at 03:26 PM

Quote: Originally posted by rootsguitar

Here's a clip I find moving...takes some patience to get to the performance & I can't understand the words though the music is memorable & the singing inspired:

[url]http://youtu.be/DKzMC-N-VYg

[/url]
Jenni Grout. She's from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Very talented--at the time this was recorded, she had only been playing Arabic music for a couple years. Every time I watch this, I get this fear that, if I ever have a high-exposure performance like that, I will also get really nervous start speaking my first language, English, in some strange, inexplicable accent.

)

rootsguitar - 11-29-2014 at 09:23 AM

I like that image :applause:

especially a big performance in a distant country...must be exactly what happened,

she sounded French to me! Thanks for the info...I admire her talent. I found out some more about her too, what an adventure she's on.

Jody Stecher - 11-29-2014 at 01:02 PM

At the time of the broadcast there was an extensive, appreciative, and humorous discussion of her performance, here on this forum. Using the search function will yield enjoyable results.

No need to speculate about her non-Boston accent. In a published article or interview at the time, Jenni explains that in the middle east, people who speak English generally do not understand her natural accent. When living in Morocco she discovered that if she pronounced English the way her neighbors did she was easily understood. Add to that her natural inclination to adapt her speech to her environment and there is the explanation for how she spoke on a silly television talent show, one of a number of tv appearances. We're talking about a trained opera singer, accustomed to large audiences.

rootsguitar - 11-29-2014 at 05:29 PM

rt on found that thread! missed that one before. No TV here, anyway I liked that performance with the oud. Simple with some soul...

John Erlich - 11-29-2014 at 11:11 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Jody Stecher

At the time of the broadcast there was an extensive, appreciative, and humorous discussion of her performance, here on this forum. Using the search function will yield enjoyable results.

No need to speculate about her non-Boston accent. In a published article or interview at the time, Jenni explains that in the middle east, people who speak English generally do not understand her natural accent. When living in Morocco she discovered that if she pronounced English the way her neighbors did she was easily understood. Add to that her natural inclination to adapt her speech to her environment and there is the explanation for how she spoke on a silly television talent show, one of a number of tv appearances. We're talking about a trained opera singer, accustomed to large audiences.

LOL! Maybe if my Arab friends spoke Arabic to me with a Brooklyn accent, a Texas drawl, or in California surfer-dude style I'd understand it better.

ALAMI - 12-15-2014 at 04:15 AM

Asmahan with her oud

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oud_bln - 3-27-2015 at 03:45 PM

not so much related to Oud but I really like Jennifer's performance :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrKZjEZIyP4 ..she starts playing Oud around 19:00min

another talented female Oud player from Egypt, Dina Abdelhamid :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IOvNfqoUU0

:xtreme:

Female Oud players

oud_bln - 3-27-2015 at 03:45 PM

Dina Abdelhamid from Egypt :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IOvNfqoUU0

and
Sherine Tohamy, UAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F9C9Xj0sRU

:xtreme:

Lysander - 9-7-2015 at 07:04 AM

A friend of my father in law. A female oudist who sings, quite rare I find. I absolutely love her voice and style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZO0OrTRzQ

Microber - 1-14-2016 at 05:54 AM

A nice picture I've found on FB.
Turkey 1920's
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John Erlich - 1-14-2016 at 04:16 PM

Here is a clip with Rachel Valfer, my friend and former band-mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOtJyuVpj7c

MattOud - 7-22-2019 at 06:57 PM

I am not sure who this artist is but she sings beautifully and plays OUD very well! What do you think?
https://www.facebook.com/cindylatty0/videos/392577378278051/

MattOud - 8-4-2019 at 09:49 AM

One more to add to the list. I really like her (Nada Mahmoud) playing. Very beautiful phrasing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krf1OHrAUwg