Sufism, a mystical tradition within Islam, has a rich history of music and poetry. North African Sufism in particular has developed many musical forms and we hear a young singer and oud player from ...

"Music is the language of God", says Omar Faruk Tekbilek. "It is language without tongue and lips. It speaks from heart to heart." Turkish musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a world music superstar, and ...

Kudsi Erguner is considered a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi music and is one of the best-known players of the ney, the Turkish flute. He comes Kudsi Erguner is considered a master of traditional ...

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center When Persian ethnic wind musician Amir Shahsar performs with ...

In a modern world filled with global uncertainty, inter-religious misunderstanding and subsequent animosity, music is a rare universal truth. Realizing the mystic words of medieval Muslim poet Jalal ...

It may be notoriously difficult to define, but Sufi philosophy is increasingly popular. As dervishes prepare to swirl into town, Arminta Wallace hears about their spectacular ceremony Sufi mysticism ...