I am an Iraqi lecturer and researcher in the fields of musical and vocal arts and sciences, specializing in music studies, musical and vocal analysis, and oud performance. My academic interests include the documentation and study of oud methodologies and history, as well as the study of music in early civilizations and its manifestations within Iraqi, Arab, and global popular and academic cultures. I seek to contribute to enriching the digital repository with scholarly, applied, and practical academic materials by publishing research papers, articles, workshops, seminars, and recorded video lectures, in support of the educational and research process.
I am a lecturer and researcher holding the academic rank of Assistant Professor in the field of music. I hold a Master’s degree in Musical Arts from the University of Baghdad. I currently work at the College of Fine Arts / Department of Musical Arts, where I teach courses including Research Methods and Principles of Musical Scientific Research, History of Arabic and Iraqi Music, and Solo Performance on the Oud, in addition to other music and vocal studies courses. I have extensive experience in academic music research, with particular expertise in folk and academic music and Iraqi singing in all its forms and styles. This includes solid competence in musical and vocal analysis based on both Arab and international analytical standards. I have contributed to the preparation of specialized scientific research, and my work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals. My research interests focus on the study and academic analysis of Iraqi, Arab, and global musical heritage and history.
I am a member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate, a member of the Iraqi Musicians Association, and a member of the Iraqi Academics Syndicate.
My research interests focus on the study of Arabic and Iraqi music from historical, analytical, and performance-based perspectives, encompassing its various instrumental forms. I also examine popular, rural, and academic vocal traditions, with particular emphasis on analyzing the modal (maqām-based), rhythmic, and stylistic characteristics of vocal performance. Furthermore, I am concerned with the study of expressive media—including dynamic and technical elements—in traditional singing, as well as the musical analysis of vocal phenomena, especially the human voice and its aesthetic and expressive functions within both heritage and contemporary contexts. I also maintain a special interest in the study and critical editing of musical manuscripts by Arab scholars and philosophers, particularly from the Abbasid era, with a focus on the oud and general musical theory
My academic field lies within the musical arts and sciences, with a specialization in oud performance and the composition of exercises and musical pieces for the instrument. In addition, I specialize in Arabic and Iraqi music, with extensive experience in university teaching and scientific research in the areas of musical and vocal performance, the history of Arabic music, methodologies and principles of musical research, as well as solo and ensemble oud performance and its academic instruction.
فقرات الفصل الاول أهمية البحث وهدف البحث وحدود البحث ومصطلحات