Posts Tagged ‘ Sufi Festival Fes ’

In Situ Sufi Dervish Sketches

27/04/2010
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In Situ Sufi Dervish Sketches

  The annual Sufi Festival in Fes has come and gone. Volcanic ash notwithstanding, the festivities continued despite traveler’s woes with flight cancellations, delays and unanticipated diversions to cities far from the Imperial city of Fes. One lingering and ethereal reminder of this year’s festival can be seen at Café Clock where an exhibition...

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Sufism

17/04/2010
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Sufism

What is Sufism? Sufi shaykh and scholar Abd Al-Khaliq Al-Shabrawi says Sufism is the core of Islam … its central and most profound aspect. In his book, “The Degrees of the Soul” he writes that “there can be no true understanding of Islam without at least some degree of understanding of Sufism; neither can...

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