Qarqaba

Also known as qraqeb, garagab, krakeb, qarāqib

thumb|Use of Qraqeb in a wedding in the city of Salé, Morocco - November 2025 Qraqeb or garagab (), in English often transliterated as krakeb, are a large iron castanet-like musical instrument primarily used as the rhythmic aspect of Gnawa music. Gnawa today is part of the North African culture and is inherent in the Maghrebi soundscape. The word qraqeb is a plural form (with the singular being qarqab), with an unclear etymology, as the word does not occur in Standard Arabic with this meaning.