Are newer incarnations of qawwali straying away from traditions of this revered musical form and, even if they are, does it matter? I only have qawwali to blame for my first and solitary act of ...

That is the question that Delhi-based documentary filmmaker, researcher and writer Yousuf Saeed is answering through his database of qawwalis in Hindi language cinema. The director of a documentary ...

Until some point in time roughly equivalent to the occasion of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s first trip to the West, qawwali, South Asian Islam’s ecstatic and transcendental form of musical worship was ...

Centuries after it was born in the Indian subcontinent, Qawwali is still having its moments, in a new avatar. We find out ...

The Pakistani qawwali icon sang words written centuries ago and died decades ago. He’s got a new album out. In June 2021, in a Nissen hut in the middle of Wiltshire, England, less than 30 miles from ...

The Chishti order, the most prominent Sufi brotherhood in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, has long celebrated the normativity of qawwali as an expression of divine love. Annemarie Schimmel has noted ...

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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 ...

Sufi Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi hosted the first edition of the Qawwali Symposium in the city. The objective behind the educational seminar, titled Understanding Qawwali, was to bring the art ...

It is past midnight. The marble floor of the Nizamuddin dargah is covered with dew. The pungent fragrance of incense engulfs the compound. The mausoleum is lit up with fairy lights. The shrine is ...

Until some point in time roughly equivalent to the occasion of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s first trip to the West, qawwali, South Asian Islam’s ecstatic and transcendental form of musical worship was ...