Reference sites
David Parfitt’s oud page, with historical details, oud news, details of recordings, and a gallery of instruments
The Oud Cafe
Mike’s Oud Website
A Guitarist’s Introduction to the Oud, by D. Glenn Arthur, Jr.
Sources ARAbes sur la MusiK (Sarak Music): an encyclopaedia of references and links to documents and other webpages about ‘La Musique Arabe’ (in French and Arabic)
The Arabic Maqam: a highly detailed site about the modal system of Arabic music
Musicians
Hussein Sabsaby: Music of the Oud
Joseph Tawadros
Ziad Rajab
Oud makers
Dincer Dalkilic, oud-maker par excellence
The Oud Man: Najib Shaheen’s website
Andy Kasparian’s website with a number of audio and video links
Museums and institutions
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Bate Collection, at Oxford University
The Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music/Centre des Musiques Arabes et Mediterraneennes from the Republic of Tunisia
Institut Superieur de Musique, Universite de Tunis