The craftsmen and musicians preserving an ancient Middle Eastern
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It was favoured by philosophers and poets during the Umayyad and Abbasid eras, and now new generations are working to preserve it. Ghufran Younis reports
It was favoured by philosophers and poets during the Umayyad and Abbasid eras, and now new generations are working to preserve it. Ghufran Younis reports
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