- The many ways people spell my name (It's Donavon or just call me D)
- Donavon / Donovan / Donovon / Danovan / Jonathan
- Studio Iqaat
- My Studio in Eagle Rock where I hold classes and shows. It is available to rent and people use it for all kinds of things performances, recitals, teaching dance classes (belly dance [egyptian and tribal]), folk dance, etc), seminars, photo shoots, video shoots, rehearsals, private themed parties and all sorts of others creative happenings
- Iqaat
- This means RHYHTMS (ritmo) in arabic. Iqa' means just one rhymthm. Dobbat Iqaa means officers of rhythm, the Arabic term for percussionists. Some of the basic rhytms and spellings are; malfuf maqsoum maqsum maqsuum maksoum beladi saiidi chiftitelli
- Derbakki (basic), Daholla (bass), Simbati (high)
- A goblet shaped drum that is played through out north africa, the middle east and all along the mediterianian
- Other names for the Derbakki are; Doumbek (US), darabouka, Darabuke, Zirbaghali (Afghanistan), Darabuke (Albania), darabuka, darambuka, tarambuke and tarambuka (Eastern Europe), Tablah (egypt), Derboka, Darabukka, Derabucca, and Darbouka, Derbekki, Drbekki, and Drbakka , dumbelek (Turkey), darbouka, darbuka, doumbek, dumbek, daholla, derbakki, derbakkeh
- Other versions, instruments related to the derbakki are; zills, segat, duf, tar, riqq (arabic tamborine)
Acknowledgments
This information has been gathered from many people and several places on the internet including:http://www.rhythmweb.com/doumbek/names.htm
http://www.khafif.com/rhy/