Naseer Shamma Ishraq "... Shamma was born in 1963 in Kut, a village on the Tigris river in the district of Wassit; he reached his full artistic education in Baghdad, considered the centre of the modern renaissance of solo instrumental tradition, in part due to the talent of the Bashir brothers, Jamil and Munir..." (translation by Alice Warshaw, from CD's program notes) "Ishraq" was released by an Italian label, Musicaimmagine. They do not have a web-site. In the U.S., they are distributed by Qualiton Imports. You can buy this CD only by contacting them. They, luckily, have a web-site. Artists and their recordings in this category: Munir Bachir: Meditations Omar Bashir: Zykrayati Munir Bechir: Babylon Mood Naseer Shamma: Ishraq Munir Bashir: L'art du ud Iraqi Music: Ud Taqsim and Pasta Munir Bachir: En concert/live a Paris click on the names to see the CDs from that country: Armenia Lebanon Turkey Egypt Morocco Other Iran Palestinian Heritage Contemporary Iraq Sudan Israel Tunisia