[Disambiguator]

A lot of surf music is based on Middle Eastern melodies, so this isn't a stretch.

/non sequitur

[Alouette]

A lot of surf music is based on Middle Eastern melodies

"California Girls"
"Fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes the T-Bird away"
"Little Deuce Coupe"
"Surfin' USA"
"Surfin' Safari"
"Help Me Rhonda"

Yeah, you can definitely see the Middle Eastern influence in those songs.

[weegee]

Dick Dale, king of the surf guitar, is half-Lebanese/half-Polish. But he included Hava Nagila among his songs so they weren't necessarily "muslim" Middle Eastern melodies.