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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC U23-JAPAN VS IRAQ

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC U23-JAPAN VS IRAQ

(240430) -- DOHA, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hirakawa Yu (R) of Japan vies with Ali Basim Mohammed of Iraq during the Semifinal match between Japan and Iraq at AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 football tournament in Doha, Qatar, on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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Live concert takes old maqam music into young Iraqis' hearts

STORY: Live concert takes old maqam music into young Iraqis' hearts DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi maqam singers singing on the stage of the al-Baghdadi Museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): BASIM AL-ENZII, Head of tourism affairs at the al-Baghdadi Museum 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAMER AL-ASMAR, Maqam singer STORYLINE: In an old building near the Tigris River running through Baghdad, a weekly-staged music ensemble of Iraqi maqam offers the audience a nostalgic journey into the past everyday life of the Iraqi capital. Perhaps in the robust cultural scene of modern-day Iraq, it was uncommon to see young people root for this traditional form of music, but the Friday live concerts held by the al-Baghdadi Museum broke this usual rule. A lead singer appeared on stage accompanied by a five-member orchestra, named Chalghi, playing the oud, fiddle, dumbek, and a small tambourine called daff. Swaying to the ornate songs that flew from the sing

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