Photographic Exhibition Sufis: A Look at the Mystics of Contemporary Islam
Sufis: A Look at the Mystics of Contemporary Islam (vernissage) Friday 25 October 2019 – 5.00pm TOKO, Statiestraat 139, Berchem Kif Kif, TOKO and the Arabic Studies department of the KULeuven present the beautiful photographs of Francesco Piraino. The aim of this exhibition is to show different facets of contemporary Sufism as a religious, cultural […]
Some Preliminary Thoughts with Pictures on Sufi Festivals
Sufi festivals are mushrooming, influencing how Sufism is perceived both inside and outside Islamic communities. Some of them are financed by national states, others are independent, some express Islamic and Sufi orthodoxy, others represent a universal and de-Islamised knowledge. Hence, it is difficult to generalize about possible common trends. What is certain is that there […]
A Short Algerian reportage: Sufis of Temacine
These pictures depict the story of my trip to Temacine (Algeria), a small town and oasis facing the Sahara, in the South-East of the country. In January 2018, I spent 10 days with the Tijaniyya Sufi order, which is among the most important orders in the world, especially influential in Maghreb and West Africa. […]
Mamma Schiavona
Mamma Schiavona, literally “Mother Slave”, is an icon of the Virgin Mary situated in the sanctuary of Montevergine, near Avellino in the southern Italy. Mamma Schiavona is celebrated on 12 September-the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary-and on 2 February-Candlemas, the presentation of Jesus at the Temple-with the iuta , that is, the climb […]