Konya, a city pulsating with history and spirituality, is the beating heart of Sufism in Turkey. This three-day tour provides ...

In today’s fast-paced world, inner peace often feels like a distant dream. We are constantly bombarded by stress, ...

Dressed in white robes to symbolize purity and equality before God, followers from the Layene brotherhood commemorate the first public appearance of their founder Seydina Limamou Laye in 1884 at ...

Her charisma has always been the glue that binds Dervish, tracing the filigree elements of each band member’s fine musicianship and ensuring they shine. The Great Irish Songbook, their 2019 ...

The whirlwind of activity that has characterized the first weeks of the new administration has been supervised by a “whirling dervish” of energy and passion (not emotion), an apt description of ...

Years of Absence... Eight Centuries of Presence' exhibition, currently running at the House of Wisdom in Sharjah until 14th February, sheds light on Jalal al-Din Rumi’s enduring influence on cultural ...

Artefacts of Devotion: Dervishes’ Cabinet and Sufi Instruments The exhibition’s Dervishes ... are also showcased through instruments central to the Mevlevi Order’s whirling ceremonies, inspired by ...

An interesting paper, based on personal knowledge, describes an interview with the Chelebi Effendi, the leader of the Dancing Dervishes, a Persian by origin, a scholar and theologian, intimately ...

As he started whirling in the centre of the room, dervishes around him swayed and chanted in rhythmic gasps that grew more and more intense. The ceremony late Thursday of Sufi faithful in the town ...