Some instrumental music featuring the oud and leaning toward jazz from the decades either side of 2000. Rabih Abou-Khalil, Marcel Khalife, Simon Shaheen, Anouar Brahem, and Rahim Alhaj (playlist in Comments)
photo - Still Life With Oud 3 by Donna Winton https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwinton/5020217/