In this photo taken on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order perform during a Sheb-i Arus ceremony in Konya, central Turkey. Every December the Anatolian city hosts a series ...
Titled Rumi: Unveiling of the Sun, the play, written by Amrit Kent and directed by Shahnawaz Bhatti, was staged at the Zia ...
TWO years ago I visited Nevin Halici, one of the most important Turkish food writers, at her home in Konya, Turkey, which is also the town where the famous 13th century Sufi poet Rumi spent most of ...
KARACHI, Oct 30: Paying homage to one the most celebrated Sufi poets of the 14th century, the Khana-i-Farhang Karachi held a seminar on the influence of Sheikh Mahmood Shabistri’s teachings in Sindh.
KONYA, Turkey -- Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...
On the second day of the 774th annual Urs of the great Sufi poet, dervish and scholar of Sindh, Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar ...
The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...