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Iraqi musician and oud player (born 1963)

Musical artist

Naseer Shamma (Arabic: نصير شمه; born 1963) is an Iraqi musician and oud player.

Life and career

He was born in 1963 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. He received his diploma from the Baghdad Academy of Music in 1987.

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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 1980s, 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 again