#sufi
4 stories
The Qawwali Night | ูููุฉ ุงูููุงูู
Anastasia Chromeโข5 min read
At a Sufi shrine in Lahore, the music opens heartsโand bodies. A widow finds ecstasy in the hands of a man she shouldn't want.
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The Sufi Whirl | ุฏูุฑุงู ุงูุตููู
Anastasia Chromeโข4 min read
A musician joins a Sufi order in Konya. The sheikh's daughter shows him that ecstasy comes in many formsโnot all of them spiritual.
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Relizane Rhythms
Yasmina Khadraโข2 min read
Saadia plays bendir drums at Relizane's Sufi gatherings. When ethnographer Paolo arrives studying spiritual music, she beats rhythms into his understanding that books can't teach. 'El daqqa mn Allah' (ุงูุฏููุฉ ู ู ุงููู) - The beat is from God.
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The Sufi Master | ุดูููุฎู ุงูุตูููููููุฉ
Anastasia Chromeโข6 min read
In medieval Konya, a revered Sufi master discovers that divine love and earthly passion are one when a voluptuous disciple seeks spiritual guidance.
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