This is what Qawwali teaches us. That love for God, oneself, one’s passions and others is rooted in the destruction of ...

Attar’s poetry does not speak in political terms but in such fraught times, his work, translated from the original Persian, acquires an immediate force and clarity ...

Sibling duo Salman–Zaman, rooted in Hindustani classical and Sufi traditions, are redefining independent Indian music.

Rumi: Unveil the Sun, which returned to Delhi after 19 years, is a meditation on love, spiritual transformation, and the ...

After her death aged 92, we look back on the vast and varied catalogue of one of India’s greatest vocalists, who brought actorly skill to her Bollywood playback performances ...

Sufi singer Kavita Seth'a show 'Only Nazms' at Mumbai's Royal Opera House on April 26, offers a departure from conventional ...

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week 15-21 April in Cairo, Alexandria, and Aswan ...

A reflection on language, loss, and literary inheritance—where Ghalib, Faiz, and Hallaj echo through a contemporary English ...

This month, the Sufi troupe Al-Hadra celebrated five years since they first took the stage, and Ahram Online traces their journey as conveyed in their slogan 'from mosques to theatres' This month, the ...

Dalit literature in India is usually tied to the Ambedkar-Phule revolutionary legacy and raw Marathi autobiographies. Now a ...

I have two walls to paint on and a third wall that is kept to see films using a movie projector.” A third love – music – ...

What do old vs young, black vs white, indigenous people, trust, sacred ground, hidden history, the other side of the road, ...