Simon shaheen – turath cd cmp cd 3006 simon shaheen, born 1955 in the arab village of tarshiha, upper galilee, is a palestinian-american oud and violin virtuoso and composer. Label: cmp records – cmp cd 3006 format: cd, album country: germany released: 1992 genre: folk, world, & country style: tracklist 1 bashraf farahfaza 5:45 2 sama'i farahfaza 6:31 3 taqasim on violin 1:32 4 longa farahfaza 3:14 5 taqasim on the beat 9:28 6 sama'i nahawand 8:12 7 tahmilah suznak 6:21 8 sama'i nahawand 6:25 9 bashraf kurd 4:16 10 taqasim on nay 1:13 11 sama'i kurd 5:51 credits engineer – oz fritz mastered by – howie weinberg ney [nay] – faruk tekbilek* producer – bill laswell sitar [qanun] – hassan ishkut* tar (drum) – samir khalil violin, oud – simon shaheen notes recorded at greenpoint studio, brooklyn, new york, january 1991