| Name | Image | Description | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mihbaj |  | A mihbaj (Arabic: مهباج) is a traditional Bedouin implement, made of a wooden foot-tall base with a two-foot pestle, that serves both as a coffee grinder and as a percussion instrument. It is one of the few instruments used in Bedouin music. | |
| Mijwiz |  | The mijwiz (Arabic: مجوز) is a traditional musical instrument of ancient Egypt and the Levant. It is a double-pipe, single-reed woodwind instrument. The mijwiz consists of two pipes of equal length, between 6 and 8 centimeters; each pipe has around five or six small holes for fingering. It requires a special technique of playing known as "circular breathing." | |
| Oud |  | The oud is a pear-shaped, stringed instrument, which is often seen as the predecessor of the western lute, commonly used in Middle Eastern music and East African music. Unlike the lute the oud has no frets and is played with a pick. The image shows an Aleppo musician with an oud, 1915. |
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