Darbuka, also known as doumbek (or tumbak), or derbeki, is a Middle Eastern percussion instrument. The goblet-shaped single headed hand-drum is an ancient drum. It was originally played in Egypt, ...

Be it racy pop tunes of Lebanese diva Najwa Karam, swingy folk odes of rustic Bedouins or dreamy Turkish serenades, the Darbuka has been the faithful backbone for all. Ideally one of the world’s most ...

Palestinian artisan Ayoub al-Zaatari paints a Darbuka, a kind of goblet drum, as he works inside his workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 18, 2019. Ayoub al-Zaatari, 55, produces various ...

[Liat] and her colleagues fit a group of Darbuka drums with a pair of servo-driven mallets. We’re quite surprised that the servo motors achieve such a successful strike and rebound without dampening ...

Hailing from the streets of north Madras of the 80s which had a mixed culture of Anglo-Indians, north Indians, Tamils and many more communities, Siva was exposed to a variety of music right from his ...