Drummer GirlYear after year, in the blessed month of Ramadan, little Najma has happily arisen to the drumbeat of her neighborhood's musaharati. He walks through the streets of her small Turkish village, waking each family for the pre dawn meal before the long day of fasting. Najma wants nothing more than to be a musaharati herself one day, but no girl has ever taken on the role before. Will she have what it takes to be the drummer girl of her dreams? Find out in

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