The Lahore Arts Council inaugurated the highly anticipated Alhamra Sufi Festival 2025 on Friday with a breathtaking exhibition at the Allah Baksh Art Gallery, marking the beginning of a profound three-day celebration of mysticism, creativity and cultural enlightenment. The exhibition was formally opened by the Secretary of Information & Culture, Punjab, Syed Tahir Raza Hamdani, […]
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Hero worship in Sufi tradition
Who is called a real hero? What role a hero can play in someone’s life? What should be the criteria to call someone a hero? These questions often pique my curiosity about heroes. Having a degree in English Literature, we were trained to praise Bertolt Brecht’s famous lines in The Life of Galileo. When Galileo’s […]
Sufi politics in Pakistan – II
Sufism is linked with the political history of Pakistan. When the Sufi saints arrived in South Asia, they would not have imagined the extent to which their creed would influence the religious landscape. From shrine worship to the missionary activities of the Tablighi Jama’at, elements of Sufism are found everywhere in Pakistan. Considering its popularity, […]
Riz Ahmed promotes Sufi side of Islam in latest picture
After spending a few days in Lahore to attend the Lahore Literary Festival just last month, Riz Ahmed continued his journey into the metropolitan city of Karachi. And as we reported earlier, the British-Pakistani actor has been quite regular with posting photos and videos of his time in Pakistan, a country he visited after almost […]