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Sahar Taha (Sahar Hadi Muhi Taha, Arabic: سحر طه‎, 1957 – 17 August 2018) was an Iraqi musician and journalist living in Lebanon. She is best known for playing the oud in both middle eastern and western music style.

In 1984 Taha received a MA in Business Administration in Baghdad, followed by a degree in oud and singing from the National Conservatory of Lebanon in 1989. In addition to her career in music, Taha is a writer for various Arabic and Lebanese newspapers and has been writing for Beirut's daily Al-Mustaqbal since 1999. She has also presented numerous musical programmes in the Arab media and worked for Future TV and ART television stations in the mid-90s. She co-hosted the Lebanese programme Banat Hawa on LBC.

Taha served as a judge in musical festivals and programmes across Lebanon and Egypt in 1995, 2001 and 2002.

Since 1997, she has been a member of The Professional Artists Syndicate, as well as a member of honor in the Munir Bashir Oud and Traditional Musical Art International Foundation, in remembrance of internationally famous Iraqi oudist Munir Bashir.

Since 1986 Taha performed in many concerts throughout the Middle East and Europe; in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Qatar,Algeria, UAE, Germany, Austria, Italy, The Netherlands, and her native homeland Iraq.

Taha married a Lebanese and was a naturalized Lebanese national. She still had family in Baghdad.

Discography

Albums
Baghdadiyat feat. Omar Bashir
Traditional Iraqi songs (2003)
"Gunter Grass Tour De Jemen".
Waddaato Baghdad (2010)
"I Adore You". 2012

Publications
Baghdadi Maqamat
"From The Heart To Them" Part 1.
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