Schlagwort: Sufism
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Threads of Tradition: Textile practices and material culture of Sufism in Istanbul. Some field notes – Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz
Threads of Tradition: Textile practices and material culture of Sufism in Istanbul. Some field notes Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz 4 June 2021 Perhaps this yarn is the only thing that holds this man together/ some say he was never here at all… (Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombone) The above quoted lines of a song lingered in my…
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The Rifa’iyya Sufi Order in South-Western Asia – Authors: Hasan Ali Khan, Aliya Iqbal Naqvi
The Rifa’iyya Sufi Order in South-Western Asia Authors: Hasan Ali Khan, Aliya Iqbal Naqvi 30 APRIL 2020 As a Sufi order, the Rifa’iyya is better identified with Iraq, its birthplace, and with parts of Anatolia and the Levant. But, a branch of the order, retaining its pre-modern organizational structure, is also based in the city…