The Musicians of the Nile from the album Luxor to Isna.
ZAHRAFAT AL SA’ÍD (REJOICING IN UPPER EGYPT)
The ‘tablah’ (sometimes called the ‘derbuka’) is a percussion instrument found throughout the Arab World, although best-known in Egypt. The drum has a fishskin stretched tightly over a tube-like-sound-box of baked clay. Hanafi Mohamed ‘Ali brilliantly marries the powerful hand-striking technique of upper Egypt with the stylistic finesse of classical percussionists. He handles the ‘tak’ (soft drumming) and ‘dum’ (heavy drumming) with great precision, backed by the larger ‘doholah’ which lays down the bass rhythm called ‘ardiyah’ (from the word ‘ard’ meaning ‘soil’).

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