Antoun Tawil, one of Syria's last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing. While the conflict ...

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Editor’s Note: Each month, Inside the Middle East takes you behind the headlines to see a different side of this diverse region. Ibrahim Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Azeem is one of the last traditional ...

A craftsman in the old Medina neighborhood of Tunis tries to keep alive the art of making the traditional oud — a guitar-like instrument. An oud is basically a Middle Eastern lute. Now, in a changing ...

Traditional products such as oud continue to be popular, but men are also layering scents and wearing fragrances once considered solely feminine.

Antoun Tawil, one of Syrias last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing. The conflict in Syria ...