Kurdistan Music Archive

{{Short description|Museums in Erbil}} thumb|The Kurdistan Music Archive within the Citadel of Erbil, Hawler, Iraq '''The Kurdistan Music Archive''' is a one-room exhibition-like archive that occupies one of the renovated traditional buildings at the Citadel of Erbil. The current director (and owner) is Amjad Assad. Assad, almost working alone with no external help, has been digitizing, for several years, thousands of cassette tapes and 78 rpm phonographs of Kurdish music and songs spanning about 100 years. Originally, the archive was established in 1952 by his grandfather at the old bazaar of Hawler's downtown. The entire archive was relocated to its current location at the citadel in 2017. The objective behind creating this archive is to preserve the Kurdish heritage of songs and its folklore.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hadani |first1=Ditmars |title=In Erbil's citadel, one music lover keeps forgotten Kurdish melodies alive |url=https://www.newarab.com/features/erbils-citadel-amjad-assad-keeps-forgotten-melodies-alive |website=The New Arab |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hadani |first=Ditmars |date=17 July 2022 |title=Restoring Erbil's ancient citadel |url=https://geographical.co.uk/culture/restoring-erbils-ancient-citadel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819212334/https://geographical.co.uk/culture/restoring-erbils-ancient-citadel |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=17 January 2023 |website=Geographical |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Araby |date=20 August 2021 |title=المتحف الغنائي في قلعة أربيل .. أرشيف من الاسطوانات النادرة |url=https://www.alaraby.com/news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117174647/https://www.alaraby.com/news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A9 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |access-date=17 January 2023 |website=التلفزيون العربي |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shafaq News |date=18 July 2022 |title=قلعة اربيل: خزائن للتاريخ وأكبر من تراث (صور) |url=https://shafaq.com/ar/تقارير-وتحليلات/قلعة-اربيل-خزا-ن-للتاريخ-و-كبر-من-تراث-صور |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203065649/https://shafaq.com/ar/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AE%D8%B2%D8%A7-%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88-%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1 |archive-date=3 December 2022 |access-date=17 January 2023 |website=قلعة اربيل: خزائن للتاريخ وأكبر من تراث (صور) |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=صاحب أول محل تسجيـلات في كردستان: الأغاني القديمة تشكل معظم مبيعاتي والشباب فـي مقدمـة الـزبـائـن |url=https://almadapaper.net//view.php?cat=90086 |url-status=live |journal=Al Mada |issue=2859 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117175113/https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=90086 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>

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