Double-reed instrument, ancestor of the oboe. Can sound pretty awful to Western ears.

a double reed instrument of Egypt

A double-reed instrument made of a flared wooden pipe. It is played throughout Asia minor, the Middle-East and North Africa. A mizmar is the Egyptian variant. Its sound is somewhat harsher and brassier sounding than a European oboe, and it is approximately as loud as a trumpet. This is an outdoor instrument.

(mizz mar) – musical instrument that produces a loud, blaring sound.

In Arabic music, a mizmar is any single or double reed wind instrument. In Egypt mizmar usually refers to a surnay.