Celebrations marked the beginning of 2026 across Pakistan as people welcomed the New Year with fireworks, music and public ...

For Umer Piracha, sufi music was a constant soundtrack as he grew up. He was born and raised in Multan, a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan that’s also home to a rich history of Sufism, a mystic ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

Allah ke bande, Piya Haji Ali, Khwaja mere khwaja...the list is long. Bollywood is smitten by Sufi music as composers churn out chartbusters by weaving its melodious flavour into their songs. Allah ke ...

The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...

Sufism is the mystical path of Islam. It is the inner, meditative branch of the religion that's found in many different forms, in many different countries, and seldom makes news like its Sunni and ...

The core of Sufi way of life is the relationship one has with the divine. It rejects rigid doctrines, and experiences faith through music, poetry and reflection, making it one of the most inclusive ...

For vocalist Smita Rao Bellur, transition is the song of life. Moving through life choices marked by shifts, from Bengaluru to Mumbai, Hindustani classical music to Sufi kalam and from a lucrative ...

Kashmir's Sufi Music Lovers Are Sticking With the Audio Cassette SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz ...