Nizar Rohana launched his first music album "Sard" (Narration in Arabic) in May 2008. In it the authenticity of the oud language is highly maintained, yet refreshing new expressions and rhythms are achieved through the dialogues with other instruments such as the double bass, the qanoun and the percussion. The album includes five pieces composed by Nizar Rohana: Sard, Umm El Zeinat, Iraq, Ajam, and Hijaz. In addition, two familiar tunes were specially arranged for this recording: Sama’i Farahfaza by Jamil Al-Tanbouri (arranged by Khaled Jubran), and Ya rayeh sawb bladi by Ahmad Qaabour. The participating musicians on the album are Nizar Rohana – oud, Hani Assad – percussion, Geoffroi Delori – double bass, Waffa Zaghal – qanoun and Khaled Jubran – musical supervision. This production was partly financed by Cultural Resource (Egypt) in collaboration with Al-Urmawi Centre (Palestine). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.