See this interview in English if you can't understand Arabic: http://www.turath.org/Interviews/Michel.htm
Ensemble Al Kindi playing Bashraf Qarabataq - 3 measures of 48/4 (usul thaqil), 1 measure each of 16/4 (neem khafif), 20/4 (fakht), 32/4 (khafif turki); and ending with 10/16 (jurjina sama'i). Go to the rhythm page and at the very bottom you will find Bashraf Qarabataq and the rhythms used.
A video of virtuoso Arab Musician, Simon Sahheen on the Oud along with Michel Merhej on the Raqq Part of a concert at McDaniel College, Westminster, MD, USA from March 31, 2004
17/8 Kosh Rank (DsTDsDDTsTTsDDTsT) - Muwashshah - "Salla Fina al-ladha" Omar Sarmini & Ensemble Al Kindi From the double album The Crusades Seen Through the Eyes of the Orient Adel Shams El Din - percussion (riqq - Egyptian tambourine)