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  • noun Alternative form of kanoon.

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Examples

  • Khalid showed grainy cell phone videos from a recent trip home: Baghdad's famed book market, the reopened National Museum, an old man playing a qanun near the banks of the Tigris to a small audience, and his young niece running around the caked garden of his parent's house.

    Anniversary in Damascus 2010

  • As part of the D.C. Jazz Festival, one of the Berklee College of Music's top student ensembles, featuring such unusual instruments as qanun, tabla and timbales, performs a free concert.

    Free & easy events 2010

  • Khalid showed grainy cell phone videos from a recent trip home: Baghdad's famed book market, the reopened National Museum, an old man playing a qanun near the banks of the Tigris to a small audience, and his young niece running around the caked garden of his parent's house.

    Freddy Deknatel: Anniversary in Damascus 2010

  • Rhythm is provided by Ben Stevens and Kenny Higgins, while Erraji sings and plays anything from the Arabic lute to the ney flute, qanun, violin, keyboards and hand drums.

    Hassan Erraji: Awal Mara 2010

  • The renowned ney player Kudsi Erguner, a Turkish-born Parisian who lives in Paris, appeared with an ensemble — two singers, a percussionist and the player of a qanun, a zither-like instrument.

    Spoleto Italy: Poetic Love Songs With Mideastern Roots - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • "See the women in the crowd?" he said as the camera panned over a mix of people - including unveiled women - listening to the old man and his qanun along the Tigris.

    Freddy Deknatel: Anniversary in Damascus 2010

  • "See the women in the crowd?" he said as the camera panned over a mix of people - including unveiled women - listening to the old man and his qanun along the Tigris.

    Anniversary in Damascus 2010

  • The renowned ney player Kudsi Erguner, a Turkish-born Parisian who lives in Paris, appeared with an ensemble — two singers, a percussionist and the player of a qanun, a zither-like instrument.

    Spoleto Italy: Poetic Love Songs With Mideastern Roots - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • "See the women in the crowd?" he said as the camera panned over a mix of people - including unveiled women - listening to the old man and his qanun along the Tigris.

    Freddy Deknatel: Anniversary in Damascus 2009

  • Khalid showed grainy cell phone videos from a recent trip home: Baghdad's famed book market, the reopened National Museum, an old man playing a qanun near the banks of the Tigris to a small audience, and his young niece running around the caked garden of his parent's house.

    Freddy Deknatel: Anniversary in Damascus 2009

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