Justin Bieber’s song Baby was performed at a university event in Lahore, Pakistan with traditional Sufi music and a little ...
Qawwali is a musical form associated with the sama’, spiritual concert, of the Chishti Sufi Order. In its religious context it functions as a way to bring members of the order into a trance-like state ...
Qawwali is a form of devotional music that expresses the mystical Sufi practice of Islam in South Asia, mainly in areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The term qawwali comes from the Arabic word ...
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited for bringing global attention to Qawwali music, extending the 600yr old Qawwali tradition of his family. By the time of his death following a heart attack ...
When legendary qawwal Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was asked what it takes to be a great qawwali singer, he said, "To be a qawwal, one must be willing to release one's mind and soul from one's body ...