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Radio 3,45 mins

SeriesSongs of the Sufi Mystics

A mahfil Sufi gathering in Karachi

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In the second of two programmes from this Sony Award-winning series, first broadcast on BBC World Service, Jameela Siddiqi visits a mahfil, a late-night Sufi gathering in a private home in Karachi. She hears multi-lingual qawwali and learns about the affect the music can have on the listener. As well as learning about the controversial relationship between music and Islam.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Music from Mahfil
    Music from Mahfil
    Unknown
  3. 2.
    Unknown - unknown Qawwali
  4. 3.
    Unknown - a Persian poem about the love of God
  5. 4.
    Unknown - Qawwali from private gathering