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Google Doodle Celebrates - Asma Hamza -  winners of the Laylat AlQadr AlKubra Asma Hamza, a musician and oud player from Sudan, is honored by today's Doodle. Asma was one of the winners of the Laylat AlQadr AlKubra song competition in Sudan on this day in 1997. This win was a turning point in her career and helped her stand out in an area where men were more common.  Asma was born in 1932. When she was young, she loved music and dreamed of becoming a singer. Her vocal cords, on the other hand, weren't made for that, so she moved from singing to whistling tunes. When her father heard her whistling in tune, he borrowed an oud, which is like a lute but has a thinner neck and no frets, so Asma could practice.  She learned herself how to play the oud by remembering songs she had heard and by listening to music. Her father was one of the few people who supported her music business from the start. At that time, it was not publicly acceptable for women in Sudan to make music, so ...