Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center Prominent in the annals of female frame drummers is the image ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In describing the sharp sound of the Kurdish frame drum, percussionist Jalal Kimia recalled the voices of veteran Sufi dancers. “The hoarse bass ...

The beat goes on. And has, probably, since our earliest ancestors first felt a thumping in their chests, that their hands slapped together could duplicate the rhythm. Since then, and even today, we ...

On a hot summer night in the courtyard of a Sufi mosque at the foot of Erbil’s historic citadel, the hypnotic rhythms of the drums guide a prayerful dhikr ritual. The faithful men let down their hair ...

audio: A song promoting a "rhythm for success," to inspire footballers to score more goals during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, has been composed by a Durham University researcher using a ...