Farid al din attar biography of rory

  • This folio from Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds) by Farid al-Din 'Attar exemplifies this unique blend of storytelling and artistic.
  • In this article I examine the trajectory of contemporary scholarship on gender and Sufism in the West written for English-speaking audiences.
  • We have a variety of new work on Sufism here at Reading Religion, including comprehensive introductions, overviews, and sourcebooks ideal for classroom use.

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    The Costumes of "The Conference of The Birds"

    Since late January, visitors to the NYU Tisch School of the Arts have been greeted by a lobby lineup of costumes from Tisch Drama StageWorks' production of The Conference of the Birds." Kaylee Harris, a senior in the Department of Drama's Production & Design Studio, conceived the costumes for the project, which was helmed by Syrian director Naila Al-Atrash. Based on the 12th Century poem by Farid ud-Din Attar and adapted for the stage by Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carriere, The Conference of the Birds is a theatrical Sufi meditation that travels a community of mythical birds through a series of trials and tribulations as they attempt to understand the essence of the soul. 

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    Living Sufism in North America: Between Tradition and Transformation

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    In this book, William Rory Dickson explores Sufism as a developing tradition in North amerika, one that exists in diverse and beguiling forms. Sufism's broad-minded traditions of philosophy, poetry, and spiritual practice infused Islamic civilization for centuries and drew the attention of interested Westerners. bygd the early twentieth century, Sufism was being practiced in North America. Today's North American Sufism can appear either explicitly Islamic or seemingly devoid of Islamic religiosity. Dickson provides indispensable background on Sufism's relation to Islamic orthodoxy and to Western esoteric traditions, and its historical development in North amerika. The book goes on to chart the directions that North American Sufism is currently taking, directions largely chosen by mystiker leaders. The views of ten North American mystiker leaders are explored in depth and their p

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    By Francesca Chubb-Confer

    In the years after September 11, 2001, it has become practically impossible to talk about Islam—whether in the classroom, courtroom, or newsroom—without addressing stereotypical narratives of violent terrorism that permeate political and media discourse. Given this current climate of politicized fear, suspicion, and invective surrounding Islam and Muslims, it may be surprising to learn that the best-selling poet in the United States today is Jalāl al-dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, the famed 12th-century saint, poet, and Islamic scholar. Rumi’s poetry, and by extension Sufism, the mystical tradition with which he is identified, presented a frame for counter-narratives to “political Islam,” including art, music, and poetry singing the praises of wine-drinking and erotic pleasures.

    However, situating Sufism as a depoliticized alternative to “orthodox” Islam, or even as wholly outside Islam, has led to definitional issues similar to those that plague the study of rel

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