Nur al-Din and the green satin bag

What lies within…?

Oudmigrations launch concert

Memories of a celebration…

The refined craft of Damascus in Istanbul

Children need Qudmany ouds too…

A gem from Damascus, 1897

… the only known Damascus-made oud by the Qudmany family …

India to Kuwait

… an oud that crossed the Arabian Sea …

Syrian brothers in Istanbul

The movements of Damascene luthiery …

An oud in layers

All woods are linked to times and places…

Why do we collect?

In 1974 the Italian writer Italo Calvino wrote an essay called ‘Collection of Sand…

Alexandria to Brussels, 1879

Oud of a luthiery student

Adana to Stockholm

… who was Mustafa?

Our oldest Nahat

… by Yousif Nahat, of Damascus …