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Simon Shaheen

NPR
Published December 7, 2001 at 11:00 PM CST

Simon Shaheen is a virtuoso on the violin and the oud (ood), but his real passion comes in educating the world about the subtleties of Arabic music. He talks with host Lisa Simeone, plays the oud, and talks about his latest CD, Blue Flame.

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