Around 200 artists, researchers and musicians gathered in Fez in Morocco for the 17th edition of the Sufi Culture Festival ...

Thurs 30, 9.30pm: Sheikh Mahmoud El-Tohamy. Fri 31, 9.30pm: Bahgaga band. Sat 1 April, 9.30pm: Al-Nour Wa Amal Orchestra. Sun 2, 9.30pm: Oshaq Al-Nagham troupe, led by artist Mohamed Abdel-Sattar. Wed ...

For centuries, traditional Sufi chanting of the Near East has been used as a way of expressing religious devotion. Sufi music has also been appreciated in concerts and films in a form that is ...

Their songs are praises to the divine, and so are their dances. They represent a mystical side of Islam that uses music and movement to achieve a state of ecstasy with God and humanity. When the ...

World Sufi Music Festival, Jahan-e-Khusrau, is returning after a two-year hiatus to New Delhi. It will be held from Mar 24-26, 2017 at the ruins of Arab Ki Sarai, adjacent to Humayun’s Tomb. Founded ...

JAFFA, Israel -- In a family's living room in this seaside town, seven people spin in circles to the beat of a drum and the strumming of a guitar. As the music gets faster, so does their turning, with ...

SRINAGAR, India, March 16, (AP): Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the ...

When you hear Egyptian music that feels both familiar and refreshingly different, there’s a good chance Fathy Salama had a ...