Could be a range of things. Could be that even after a couple of years she is unfamiliar with ME music - can she get the beat with Western 4/4? If so, you could try working with just simple drum.
Could she have hearing problems? If you visually mark the beat can she follow?
Could be co-ordination. She hears it but can't make her body response quickly enough. You could try slooooow music - or just stepping on the dums.
Could be a brain thing - she doesn't have a beat receptor - or whatever the technical term is - like being colour blind.
Reminds me of a student years back who had a problem in this area and worked really, really hard to overcome it. Bought a metronome and tried to train herself by force of will. Bought a drum and learnt the rhythms. But was still just subtley off. Even ended up in a Middle Eastern band for a short time before they threw her out.
If this is your student, her future may be in solo work to mainly lyrical pieces.
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