Prolific chanter Amer El-Touni, founder of the Sufi chanting group Egyptian Mawlawiyah, died Sunday in Cairo at the age of 57. For decades, El-Touni’s name has been synonymous with the mystic ...

30, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) Prayers and melodic chants reverberated across Dakar’s Yoff neighborhood as thousands of Sufi Muslim followers from the Layene brotherhood commemorated the ...

Additionally, the exhibition presents a collection of three musical instruments central to Sama (whirling ceremonies) and Sufi remembrance gatherings. These include a Rebab, a stringed instrument with ...

These include a Rebab, a stringed instrument with a coconut shell body and a bone-inlaid handle; a Kiz Ney (Sufi Flute), symbolising the soul’s longing for the divine; and a Kudum (Dervish Drum ...

“We cannot talk about Ney because we have nothing,” he said. “Obviously Ney is a great player. Every coach in the world wants him but at the moment, but you know the MLS rules around the ...

While working on the architectural wonders of Kashmir valley, I had the opportunity to visit several Sufi dargahs and learn about lives and philosophy of Sufi saints. Abu’l Fazl writes about his ...

A convicted paedophile and child killer is the newest "figure of interest" in the search for Madeleine McCann. Martin Ney, 48, is serving a life sentence for abducting and killing three German ...