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Naseer Shamma
Iraqi musician and oud player (born )
Musical artist
Naseer Shamma (Arabic: نصير شمه; born ) is an Iraqi musician and oud player.
Life and career
He was born in in Kut, a city on the Tigris River. He began studying the oud at the age of 12 in Baghdad, following in the footsteps of Jamil and Munir Bashir.
Naseer shamma biography of william
He received his diploma from the Baghdad Academy of Music in He began to teach oud after three years at the academy, as well as continuing his own studies. Shamma has composed music for films, plays and television and created the Arabic Oud House.[1]
Among other recognitions, Shamma has been distinguished as UNESCO Artist for Peace[2] and by the International Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies as goodwill ambassador.[3]
In the s, Shamma was accused by the Iraqi government of criticising Saddam Hussein.
He was asked to visit the Iraqi embassy to Amman, where he was kidnapped and transported against his will to Iraq where he