North African musical instruments

The bendir (, ; : , ) is a wooden-framed frame drum of North Africa and Southwest Asia.

The arghul (), also spelled argul, arghoul, arghool, argol, or yarghul, is a musical instrument in the reed family. It has been used since ancient Egyptian and Ancient Levantine civilizations(such as the Canaanites) times and is still used as a traditional instrument in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.

thumb|right|Mizwad right|300px|thumb The Mezoued Tunisian Arabic : مِزْود; plural مَزاود mazāwid, literally "sack," “bag,” or “food pouch”) is a type of bagpipes played in Tunisia, The instrument consists of a skin bag made from ewe's leather, with a joined double-chanter, terminating in two cow horns, similar to a hornpipe (instrument).This instrument is played with a single-reed.

single-headed frame drum

thumb|Zukra on display at the Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix)|Musical Instrument Museum The zukra (or zokra or zoughara, ) is a Libyan bagpipe with a double-chanter terminating in two cow horns; it is similar in construction to the Tunisian mizwad.

thumb|Video of ghaita music in a wedding in the city of Salé, Morocco - November 2025 The rhaita or ghaita () is a double reed instrument from West North Africa, specifically Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Mauritania. It is nearly identical in construction to the Arabic mizmar and the Turkish zurna. The distinctive name owes to a medieval Gothic-Iberian influence. In southern Iberia, various sorts of wind instruments, including the related shawm, are known as gaitas, but in northern Iberia gaita refers only to bagpipes.