sabrine Darbuka sabrine el hossamy cairo Sabrine’s name in Arabic means patience. To which you could happily add determination and courage. Ten years ago, Sabrine took the brave step to give up a guaranteed life in favor of the pursuit of an intense feeling. She followed that feeling from Sinai to Barcelona to Istanbul for a number of years before diverting much of her time to building a highly successful career in commerce. But the darbuka stayed with her and in 2009 she once again gave up the job, money and future that was there for her in favor of devoting herself fully to her music. A decade on from that fateful day in Sinai, Sabrine’s life is a world away from the one that had been laid out for her, and a whole lot better for it. “I see all these people with incredible talent thinking it’s too late. It’s not true!” Today, Sabrine’s heart and the heart of her darbuka beat as one: dum tak taka taka dum tak…
