Naseer Shamma - Irak Irak - The Baghdad Lute flac album

Le Luth De Bagdad ‎(CD, Album). Institut Du Monde Arabe. Le Luth De Baghdad - Histoire D'Amour Orientale ‎(CD, Album).

Naseer Shamma teaches music in Cairo, Egypt and is a well known performer at the Cairo Opera. Shamma was one of the rescue workers who went into the bunker, said to be an Iraqi command center, that housed only children. If you listen closely, you can hear the sirens, and the bombs falling and children crying.

Institut Du Monde Arabe. CD - Institut Du Monde Arabe

Naseer Shamma is one of today's most celebrated Iraqi lutenists. In this short documentary, Shamma describes the origins of his musical passions, and then retells the mythic and sensual story of the first Eastern lutes in words and music.