"Yes, that really is the song you think it is...kinda."

Two recent performances, one videoed by Mahsati Janan that will be the last performance with this music, mostly likely:

And the other from last weekend, working with Rising Sun Tribe at Morganton(NC)'s Black History Month:

Yes, that really is the Theme from Shaft, reworked by Malik Adouane into Arabic. His original video is on YouTube as well, cheesy as hell, and with crappy raqs sharqi, to boot!
The second song is from the first Drummers of the Nile project CD, Halawa Ya, and is just a brilliant, "ol skool'" song, with the "clacky" bits -- bits that were a bitch to map out and try to reproduce with the sagats! I didn't succeed the way I'd like to have, but I think I gave a good accounting. Plus, there's no better way to focus than to learn it knowing you're going on stage with it...