Recommendations for Arab and Mid-Eastern fusion.

"The rough guide" cd series is excellent for sampling many forms of world music. Highly recommended.

Putumayo label is another source I go to often.

Mahwash - Radio Kabul
Abdel Gadir Salim - Sounds of Sudan (Salim, Mubarak, Gubara)
Emil Zrihan - Ashkelon Morroccan Maval (don't miss it - Amazon)
Rahim Alhaj with Souhail Kaspar - When the Soul is Settled: Music of Iraq
Rasha - Sudaniyat
Amina Alaoui & Ahmed Piro - Gharnati (Gharnati in Arabic = Granada)
Davood Azad - Your Path (Iran)

If you like singing you might enjoy:
Abida Parveen - Mystic Poets from the Hind and the Sind
It is (Pakistani) very interesting entry to hindu music.

Already shopping for Rasha and Tinariwen.
Thanks much, but won't mind keeping going.
Dhafer is hard to match by any though IMHO.

I loves me some oud for sure. Check out Anouar Brahem. My fav is on ECM, "Le pas du chat noir".

If you go over to the 6moons website and click on music you will find that Srajan has a very eclectic taste for possibly some of the music you seek