Jack Ghanaim: An Oudist and Qanunist Embodies Musical Versatility
Jack Ghanaim: An Oudist and Qanunist Embodies Musical Versatility "Jack Ghanaim," Caravan , 18 September 1958. Courtesy of Newspapers.com The Palestinian city of Ramallah stands in the West Bank just six miles to the north of Jerusalem. By the 19 th century, Orthodox Christians, Melkites, Muslims, and even American missionaries associated with the Quakers called Ramallah home. With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Ramallah became a part of the British mandate territories. Long before British occupation, Ramallah served as a cultural hub for musicians, visual artists, and the literati, this made Ramallah fertile soil for the BBC to plant the seeds for what eventually become The Palestine Broadcast Service in 1936. Radio antenna on top of homes in the 1930s could already pickup stations from Paris and other parts of Europe. Over the twentieth century, Ramallah was a part of the Ottoman Empire, British mandate territory, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. In Ramallah,...