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71th Anniversary of Algerian Revolution - Algiers

Photo taken on November 1, 2025, in Algiers, Algeria, showing Maqam Echahid, "Memorial to the Martyrs". Algeria celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1, 2025, in Algiers. Algerians began their war of national liberation against France on November 1, 1954, and gained independence on July 5, 1962. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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71th Anniversary of Algerian Revolution - Algiers

Photo taken on November 1, 2025, in Algiers, Algeria, showing Maqam Echahid, "Memorial to the Martyrs". Algeria celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1, 2025, in Algiers. Algerians began their war of national liberation against France on November 1, 1954, and gained independence on July 5, 1962. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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71th Anniversary of Algerian Revolution - Algiers

Photo taken on November 1, 2025, in Algiers, Algeria, showing Maqam Echahid, "Memorial to the Martyrs". Algeria celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1, 2025, in Algiers. Algerians began their war of national liberation against France on November 1, 1954, and gained independence on July 5, 1962. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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71th Anniversary of Algerian Revolution - Algiers

Photo taken on November 1, 2025, in Algiers, Algeria, showing Maqam Echahid, "Memorial to the Martyrs". Algeria celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1, 2025, in Algiers. Algerians began their war of national liberation against France on November 1, 1954, and gained independence on July 5, 1962. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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71th Anniversary of Algerian Revolution - Algiers

Photo taken on November 1, 2025, in Algiers, Algeria, showing Maqam Echahid, "Memorial to the Martyrs". Algeria celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1, 2025, in Algiers. Algerians began their war of national liberation against France on November 1, 1954, and gained independence on July 5, 1962. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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71th Anniversary of Algerian Revolution - Algiers

Photo taken on November 1, 2025, in Algiers, Algeria, showing Maqam Echahid, "Memorial to the Martyrs". Algeria celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1, 2025, in Algiers. Algerians began their war of national liberation against France on November 1, 1954, and gained independence on July 5, 1962. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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71th Anniversary of Algerian Revolution - Algiers

Photo taken on November 1, 2025, in Algiers, Algeria, showing Maqam Echahid, "Memorial to the Martyrs". Algeria celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1, 2025, in Algiers. Algerians began their war of national liberation against France on November 1, 1954, and gained independence on July 5, 1962. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-IRAQI MAQAM

(221216) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Young people attend a concert of the Iraqi Maqam at the al-Baghdadi Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Live concert takes old maqam music into young Iraqis' hearts" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-IRAQI MAQAM

(221216) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform during a concert of the Iraqi Maqam at the al-Baghdadi Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Live concert takes old maqam music into young Iraqis' hearts" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-IRAQI MAQAM

(221216) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The main entrance to the al-Baghdadi Museum stage is seen in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Live concert takes old maqam music into young Iraqis' hearts" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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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