Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa

Dr. Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa (Arabic: سعد الله آغا القلعة) (b. Damascus, 1950) is the former minister of tourism in Syria.

Upon his return to Syria as a professor of engineering and computer programming at the University of Damascus, he began to write many studies and research in Arabic music, and presented hundreds of hours of music television programs, in Syrian television and most of the Arab television stations.

Adept at playing qanun, he is also a member of the Syrian Associations of Engineers, Artists and Teachers, a co-founder of the Syrian Computer Society, and served as Minister of Tourism in Syria for a period of ten years.

Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa is distinguished, musically, through his tendency to employ modern technology, especially computers and databases, in Arabic music research in ways never touched before.

His efforts are currently focused on completing his project, "the second book of Songs" and publishing it in the form of an electronic encyclopedia.