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Kazim Al Saher
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Al Saher was born in Mosul in 1957[5] to a mother from Najaf and a father from Samarra. His father lived in Baghdad, but was a Samarra native from the tribe of Albu Daraj. He grew up and spent a large part of his life in Alhurrya city in Baghdad. He is the son of a palace worker and has nine siblings. Apart from his mother, Al Saher's family were never supportive of his direction in becoming a musician. They had no faith in him that he would become successful, and instead wanted him to become a doctor or a lawyer.[6] Saher's brother once took him to a local cafeteria, full of aspiring musicians who had no work and warned him that Al Saher would end up the same. He said that the only way to achieve success is if you respect your music and respect yourself.[7] Kathem Al Saher has two sons, Wesam and Omar. Early life His interest in music grew as he listened to songs via the radio that offered him the chance to become familiar with the works of composers such as Mohammed Abdel Wahab. When he was ten, he began writing songs. After selling his bicycle, Al Saher purchased a guitar at the age of twelve, and began learning the arts of the guitar for about three months before writing a classical song. It was his first instrument.[8] He later switched to the oud, a much more common (and complex) instrument, and was accepted into the Baghdad Music Academy at the age of twenty-one. Although keen to break through in the music business with his songs and voice, he found himself rebuffed
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