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0808 GMT April 23, 2021

In Egypt, pandemic inspires passion for oud

While he waits for his lesson at an Egyptian music school, Maissara Mohammed plays his oud, its soothing tones dissolving the stress of daily life during the coronavirus pandemic.

Syria's traditional oud-making on the decline

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