Qawwali is a form of devotional music that expresses the mystical Sufi practice of Islam in South Asia, mainly in areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The term qawwali comes from the Arabic word ...

Qawwali is a musical form associated with the sama’, spiritual concert, of the Chishti Sufi Order. In its religious context it functions as a way to bring members of the order into a trance-like state ...

This playlist features Pakistani and Indian world music artists I deeply admire. They bent the rules and took chances, creating something new and sublime along the way. The most famous female qawwal, ...

Raees Khan explores the history, influence and enduring legacy of Qawwali music, both within and outside of the Islamic World. Show more Raees Khan explores the history, influence and enduring legacy ...

‘Sufisaints bring people together. And so do the musicians and singers who sing Qawwali, an Indian localised form of Sufimusic,’ said Haji Mohammed Idris of the Qutbi Brothers, one of India’s most ...

The Houston group discusses bringing ancient Muslim traditions into the contemporary world — and even collaborating on music for a Disney show. Music has long been part of religious practices around ...

Fresh off his Bollywood playback debut in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Sarfira, singer Sagar Bhatia returned to Hyderabad for his third performance in the city. The evening was full of energy as the ...

“There are certain things that must be done for the sake of history.” That was Manjari Chaturvedi’s motivation for curating the Qawwali Photo Project, an exhibition of photographs featuring the lives ...

Raees Khan explores the history, influence and enduring legacy of Qawwali music, both within, as well as outside of the Islamic World. From its earliest origins in the writings of Sufi Saints, to its ...