Oud Maker in Gaza

The oud (/uːd/; Arabic: عود‎‎ ʿūd  Arabic pronunciation: [ʕu(ː)d, ʢuːd], plural: أعواد aʿwād; Armenian: ուդ, ūd, Greek: ούτι oúti; Hebrew: עוּד‎‎ ud; Persian: بربط‎‎ barbat; Kurdish: ûd‎; Turkish: ud or ut; Azeri: ud; Somali: cuud or kaban) is a pear-shaped stringed instrument, with 11 or 12 strings in 5 or 6 courses, commonly used in Persian, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Jewish, Byzantine, Azerbaijani, Armenian, North African (Chaabi, Classical, and Spanish Andalusian), Somali and Middle Eastern music. Construction of the oud is similar to that of the lute.