Ahmed Mohammed Oud Repair and Restore..

So after doing so much reading on this forum, everything from new oud projects to risha techniques i am excited to acutally be writing my first post (hopefully the first of many)

Ive finally decided to start a restoration project on the first oud I ever got and I needed some advice on the repair as well as finding out if it truely is a real Ahmed Mohammed oud?

This oud was given to be some 10 years ago and as i didnt know much about makers, build quality, action and so on i just started learning on it and didnt pay much attention to the details. As i learnt more about the construction and playability I found that the action was quite high and mainly due to a little motion in the neck which was caused by a small crack at he base of the veneer band. I also noticed that there had been a repair job done in the past where a rib had cracked probably from a hard knock or drop.

I would appreciate some feedback from anyone who is familiar who this maker and his ouds. I am not sure if it is a genuine Ahmed Mohammed oud but the label inside indicates that it is but I cannot verify unless someone has one or has seen one with the same label. I have posted a pic of the label, there are two an old one that has been removed or worn which still shows some information and a new hand written one which has the following written in arabic:

Made by

Ahmed Mohammed

Address in Sayeda Zenab

Date of build April 1960

I have posted some pics of the oud as well as the neck issue as well as the crack in the rib.

I will be trying to fix the neck and also the cracked rib as well as the separation between the face and bowl in some areas and the beard gap.