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Spending six to eight hours of his day using a pick and his fingers to strum the strings of his oud, Shamma said his love for the instrument was innate. (Image: Facebook)

January 19th, 2014 - 07:58 GMT

Pulling on his heartstrings: Naseer Shamma says the Oud was his destiny

Now a renowned Oud player, the brilliant Iraqi composer Naseer Shamma says he's always known it was his destiny to play the beautiful Arabic instrument.