#Sufi Sheikh Abul Hassan Al-Shazli
With abstract undertones and a seducing presence, Egyptian filmmaker Seif Abdalla and photojournalist Mohamed Mahdy, in their newly released short film 'Humaithara', portray the people and religious traditions of Egypt’s remote Humaithara valley. Humaithara, a town, mountain and valley, located between Marsa Alam and Aswan, is known for its yearly celebration of the Mawlid, or birth, of venerated Sufi Sheikh Abul Hassan Al-Shadhili, who was buried there. Frederic Brusi, PhD researcher at Stockholm University focusing on Sufism in Upper Egypt…
