All posts tagged "Sufism"

Greater Cairo, Egypt’s largest metropolitan area, which consists of Cairo, Giza, and Qalubiya, covers almost 20 percent...

Throughout most of my childhood, my family and I traveled from one country to another. I never...

In the quiet hours of early mornings, or before iftar and sunrise, I find that one of...

Sultry, moonless nights see the start of the mulid—the lights are vibrant and the shisha sweet, crowds...

A poet, a mystic, and mawlana: Rumi is a name most postmodern scholars have come to associate...

As I watch the bellydancer leave the hall, and turn to my cousins to comment on her...

In the deadliest attack of its kind in Egypt’s modern history, at least 235 people were killed...

With abstract undertones and a seducing presence, Egyptian filmmaker Seif Abdalla and photojournalist Mohamed Mahdy, in their...

The Sufi is the traveler in the way of Love. This is how Khaled Muhammad Abduh defines...

In a time when the materialistic world and its achievements seem to lie at the heart of...