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Biegman
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Egypt Travel and Photography
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Intimate and moving portraits of Sufism as practiced in five countries
Islamic Studies
Living Sufism
Nicolaas
Photographs of Sufi Rituals in the Middle East and the Balkans
RELIGION General
RELIGION Islam General
RELIGION Islam Sufi
Product details
- ISBN 9789774162633
- Weight: 830g
- Dimensions: 216 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009
- Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
- Publication City/Country: EG
- Product Form: Paperback
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Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, is as far from the strident and often violent fundamentalist strain of the religion that has so captured world attention as it is possible to be. Sufis in all parts of the Islamic world are broad-minded, tolerant, and non-violent, their quest only to find and approach God through all means, including poetry, music, and dance. Historian Nicolaas Biegman has been observing and photographing Sufi practice and ritual in different Muslim lands for many years, and here in this collection of extraordinary photographs he feels the pulse of the Sufi experience, with its enormous variety in discipline and exuberance, intellectualism and spontaneity, in Egypt, Syria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia. In accompanying texts he explores what lies behind the rituals, and explains aspects of Sufi life and practice such as the position of women.
Nicolaas (Niek) Biegman holds a Ph.D. in Balkan history, and is an expert on Islam. He has produced a number of photographic books on Egypt, Haiti, Manhattan, and most recently a Sufi community in Skopje (God’s Lovers).
