Radio MAQAM® on the air with host Bashar Barazi - Live radio bringing you Arabic Music every week on public radio and around the World.  راديو الموسيقة العربية و الاخبار العربية حول العالم

Throughout history and in every culture, percussion has been a universal musical style.  It is often thought that percussion instruments were the first musical instruments ever devised.  Percussion is the heartbeat of any musical composition and percussion instruments can play harmony, melody, and rhythm.  Today we journey though the many different styles of percussion music from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.  Featuring songs and music from Adam Basma, Ahmed Fouad Hassan, Nourhan Sharif, and more.