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Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story


Posted by tasnim on 08 Oct 2014 / 0 Comments
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A few months ago, I wrote about the “rediscovery” of Noor Inayat Khan, from the 2011 campaign to commemorate her, to the biography, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan by Shrabani Basu to the planned docu-drama, which at the time I had not yet watched. I have since watched the one-hour film, which is […]

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Rediscovering Noor Inayat Khan and the Good Muslim


Posted by tasnim on 17 Mar 2014 / 0 Comments
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I will confess that I first became aware of Noor Inayat Khan, also known as Madeline, only quite recently, that is, during the campaign in 2011 to commemorate her, before it was discovered that she had already been commemorated. I remember looking up her story at the time and coming across her biography, Spy Princess: […]

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Book Review – Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn Arabi, Gender, and Sexuality


Posted by safiyyah on 21 Aug 2012 / 0 Comments
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This review was originally published at Muslim Views. Research in the areas of Islamic and Gender Studies often overlap when it comes to the question of women in the Islamic spiritual tradition. What does Sufism offer to men and women seeking out paths of equality and egalitarianism? How does maleness or femaleness influence spirituality, and […]

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Pop Meets Sufi Soul in Rajae El Mouhandiz’s New Album


Posted by malika on 22 Dec 2009 / 0 Comments
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East meets West and pop meets soul in the latest album from Dutch international music star, Rajae El Mouhandiz, released this past Saturday. But of all the words to describe Hand of Fatima, Sufi-inspired might be the most fitting. The album is a musical meander through the life and times of Rajae, a 30-year-old North […]

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