Director Gabo Arora has spent the past few years promoting virtual reality as the ideal medium for evoking empathy. He spearheaded the UN's VR app, which featured two of his films, Clouds Over Sidra ...

A first-hand encounter with the persistence of Orientalism. [ review ] Last month, in celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, the Pouya Musical Ensemble performed at Paris's Théâtre du ...

Mouled is the celebration of the birth of Mohammed, Islam’s prophet. Worldwide, Muslims gather to hear poems and stories about the prophet’s life, recite the Qur’an, and enjoy festive music and foods.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she sees ...

Dancers perform a Sufi dance at Prince Taz Palace during Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, on March 19, 2024.(Photo: Xinhua) A dancer performs a Sufi dance at Prince Taz Palace during Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Fahima Mirzaie set up a dance school for women in the Afghan capital last year, hoping to help her students fight depression and find inner peace in a war-torn country where dancing ...

Dancers perform Sufi dance during a summer night at Wekalet El-Ghoury in Cairo, Egypt, July 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen) A dancer performs Sufi dance during a summer night at Wekalet El-Ghoury in ...

On July 16, a group of female musicians and dancers will perform the sama, a traditional dance of Sufi Islam, for the first time in Tehran. Thirty-five drummers will accompany the dancers of Ava-ye ...

assalamau alikum what is the opinion of ibn hajar asqalani on dancing in dhikr? sufis say he allowed it whiles salafis say he did not. salafis quote the following that he said: And some Sufis used the ...

Fahima Mirzaie performs a Sema dance (Sufi Whirling) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A group of young Afghans -- both women and men -- is ...