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| | Simon Shaheen: Tradition and Creativity |
 | | But as Simon Shaheen drew his bow into the haunting measures of his best-known composition, "Sama'i Kurd Shaheen," his role as festival organizer and fundraiser fell away, and the hall was filled with the musical gifts that have made 40-year-old Shaheen one of the brightest, fastest rising stars in Arab music. |
 | | Shaheen's musical journey began, in a sense, even before he was born in Tarshiha, in the Galilee. |
 | | Shaheen's father, Hikmat Shaheen, was a well-known player of the 'ud--- the pear-shaped, short-necked, fretless forerunner of the European lute---as well as a composer, educator, and founder of two regional orchestras. |
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