Founded by Iraqi oud player Naseer Shamma, the school has trained a new generation of oud players and subsequently opened branches in the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan.
[5] Oud players like Yurdal Tokcan from Turkey or Saïd Chraibi from Morocco gave masterclasses there,[5] and several oud players of a new generation graduated from it, such as Tarek Abdallah, Ghassan Youssef, Hazem El Shahin or Nehad El Sayyed.
In the following years, the Arabic Oud House opened branches in Abu Dhabi, Alexandria,[6] Baghdad, Constantine[7] and Khartoum.
[8] The music school in Khartoum also teaches the stringed instrument qanun and has trained craftsmen in the production of the oud.
[9] The novel Le Traître, by Pierre Cormon, is partly set in the Arabic Oud House, where it is called 'Arabic Lute Institute'.