Ayoub is a short, driving 2/4: dum – ka dum tek –. A dum (conga-lo) on the downbeat, a light ka (rim) on the and, a second dum on the last sixteenth of beat 1 that kicks straight into the tek (conga-hi) on beat 2. The shaker stands in for frame-drum jingles on eighths.
It is the rhythm of the Egyptian and Sudanese zar, a trance and healing ceremony, and of Sufi dhikr; it also turns up in belly-dance drum solos. Played for long stretches, it speeds up as the ceremony builds. The bass and piano are a near-static drone in maqam Kurd on D (D Eb F G A Bb C), exact in 12-TET.
Listen for the ka-dum pickup: it makes the tek feel inevitable, like a heartbeat.
Practice: loop it for two minutes without changing anything, then nudge the tempo up a few bpm at a time.