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- noun Alternative form of
kanoon .
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Examples
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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"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.
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"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.
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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
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"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.
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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.
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