
How drums tell the story of Black Arab heritage
In 2022, scholar Amir Al-Azraki embarked on learning to play two traditional drums used in folk music in his hometown of Basra, Iraq.

In 2022, scholar Amir Al-Azraki embarked on learning to play two traditional drums used in folk music in his hometown of Basra, Iraq.










Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.