{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Ali Merdan - Newikis","description":"Ali Merdan (Kurdish: عه‌لی مه‌ردان‎; 1904–1981) was an Iraqi musician of Kurdish descent who was born in Kirkuk. He widely regarded as the man who revolutionized the maqam. Ali Mardan launched the Kurdish Radio Station in 1939 in Baghdad.","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/%D8%B9%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_1.jpg","thumbnail_width":763,"thumbnail_height":1040}