She grew up singing qasida in Quranic school and later become a member of her school’s choir. Prior to joining Kithara she has sung with a variety of Zanzibar’s modern taarab groups. Saada’s love however is with the old-school acoustic taarab: “In modern taarab everything is played at the loudest volume, and the singer has to go along in order not to be drowned out.
Ameshiriki kwenye makongamano tofauti na kupiga qanun na mpigaji qanun mashuhuri anaetokea Palestina kwa jina la Habib Shehadeh. Sasa, Rajab Suleiman ameanza kuoanisha muziki wa qanun na muziki wa ‘Bach’ wenye asili ya Ulaya, pia anaoanisha muziki wa jazz iliyopigwa na ‘Monk’ kwa kutumia qanun.