Qawwali is a form of devotional music that expresses the mystical Sufi practice of Islam in South Asia ... or even rise to move about in a kind of spiritual or ecstatic dance. Qawwali is performed by ...

Fahima Mirzaei had no choice but to run. The only female whirling dancer in Afghanistan was due to kick off her biggest tour around the country. A group of young Afghans – both women and men ...

This year the event will feature odes to fire, water and homeland, with live performances, elegiac paeans and an eye to the ...

After conceiving the Sufi Kathak dance form, when Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi started performing 25 years ago, she was completely written off. “I was accused of distorting a classical art ...

Gonjasufi’s debut album, 2010’s “A Sufi and a Killer” garnered considerable praise when it was released on Warp Records, the iconic UK electronic label. “MU.ZZ.LE,” his sophomore LP, is half the ...

It’s not often that a nonprofit is able to create an inviting and exciting fundraiser that’s so perfectly aligned with its ...

Members of Islamic Sufi orders, who have traditionally welcomed the use of music, chant, and sacred dance as elements of prayer ... shared futures for Asia and the world across policy, arts and ...

Meanwhile, at Alhamra Art Centre, legendary sitar player Ustad ... Department of Culture and National Heritage, hosted a Sufi Night at Aiwan-e-Iqbal. The event, organised by former MPA and federal ...

Some Sufi groups also use music and whirling dance movements to further enhance their remembrance of God. In India, Sufi ...

While teaching post-colonial literature, Amrit Sufi began to wonder why she had lost touch with her mother tongue, Angika.

Albania plans to establish a sovereign Muslim microstate within its borders run by a Sufi sect known for promoting "religious harmony and dialogue", Prime Minister Edi Rama announced. The tiny ...

Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations, Acton Family Giving, Park Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts ... living room and he would dance by himself.