World Sufi Festival
Sufi wisdom can still
The Tramway,
Glasgow
4 to 6 August 2006
We hope you will find this handbook
useful in learning about Sufism and
the Festival. The aim is to help to look
more deeply into this heritage occasion
– a unique new event in Scotland.
At this Sufi Festival you have the
opportunity to dip into many strands
of Sufism and Sufi ways.
The way of the Sufi just might affect
the way you look at things and what
you do in the future.
Pullout Children’s Section
pages 3 to 6
Festival Programme from page 7
Sufi Handbook
hit home in a
modern world
obsessed with pleasure
and material wealth
– obsessions that threaten
the future of our planet.
One thing must not be forgotten.
Forget all else, but remember this,
And you will have no regrets.
Remember everything else,
But ignore this one thing,
And you will have done nothing.
It is as if a king sent you on
a mission to a foreign land
To perform one special task for him.
If you do a hundred things,
but not this appointed task,
What have you accomplished?
Human beings come into this world
for a particular purpose,
And if they forget it
they would have done nothing at all.
Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Sufi Handbook We wander through some Sufi stories to get the idea of the Sufi
message in an easy form and we look at other information that we
hope you will find interesting and helpful. Especially we dip into the
Association of Poetry and Music wonderful wealth of Sufi poetry. You may not have time to read all this
Glasgow wish all our visitors a warm at the Festival – so please read the handbook when you get home.
welcome to the Festival. Additional
information is on our website at
www.sufifestival.com. We hope all of How to learn more About World Religions
you enjoy the event.
About Sufism Visit – St Mungo’s Museum of Religious
Life and Art, 2 Castle Street,
This booklet encourages us all to Visit – Sufism Symposium 2006 – Glasgow G4 0RH
look at life afresh, and think Edinburgh. International gathering
from 14 to 16 September, ideal for The Burrell Collection Islamic Gallery,
more about who we are and Pollok Country Park,
what we do. people wishing to learn more.
www.sufisymposium.org 2060 Pollokshaws Road,
Glasgow G43 1AT
Sufi Handbook Web – Try these web searches
www.zensufi.com/stories or Google Read – Islam
Research and Development:
search ‘Sufi story’ by Philip Wilkinson and Batul Salazar
www.melange.org.uk
Illustrations by Read – Principles of Sufism (Paperback) For Children
Joanna Boyce. by Nahid Angha Read - Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs:
Design and Production: Sufism: The Transformation of the A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom
www.lunaria.co.uk Heart (Paperback) for Children and Parents (Aesop
All copyright reserved. July 2006 by Llewellyn Vaughan Lee Prize/Paperback)
Essential Sufism (Paperback) by Sarah Conover, Freda Crane,
by Robert Frager, Clifton Fadiman, Valerie Wahl (illustrator)
James Fadiman The Facts About Islam
by Alison Cooper
About Love and Peace
The Oxford Children’s
This handbook has been prepared with grant aid by the Heritage Lottery Fund, which For Children A to Z of World Religions
is the main sponsor of our event. We wish to acknowledge the financial and in-kind Read - Peace, Love And Vegetables by Anita Ganeri
support of the following for the Festival: City of Glasgow Council, Ministry of Culture (Herb the Vegetarian Dragon)
(Paperback) by Jules Bass, Debbie For Adults Explaining to Children
Government of Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, BanglaScot Foundation,
Robert Wiseman Dairies, ARY Digital, Boulevard Self Drive, Milan Harter (illustrator) Islam Explained (Paperback)
Wedding, Sher Brothers, United Cash & Carry, United Polmadie, by Tahar Ben Jelloun,
Anchul Collection, Snax 4U, Aaramis Dubai, Awaz F.M., Eastern Franklin Philip (Translator)
Eye, Awaz newspaper, Village Curry House, Grafx Design The Kingfisher Book of Religions,
This festival is part of the UK-wide Festival of Muslim Cultures Festivals, ceremonies and beliefs
www.muslimcultures.org around the world by Trevor Barnes
Several blind people were brought into a large tent, Nowadays news travels fast around the
where an elephant was kept. ‘Now you can find out world. You can download to your
mobile or catch up with events as they
what an elephant is,’ they were told. Each blind person happen on your radio, TV or computer.
felt a different part of the elephant's body. It was not always so.
After they had come out of the tent, one of Troubadours, travelling singers and
storytellers would travel from village to
The them was asked:
‘What does the elephant resemble?’
From the reply, ‘The elephant is like a pillar,’
village, town to town, bringing the
news and singing their songs,
accompanying themselves on their
the same part of the world and all
have a common beginning in the family
of Abraham.
The conflict made it harder for the
troubadours to come to Western
Europe. This meant a big change in
the instruments that were heard in
Western Europe.
Eastern sounding instruments were

Elephant it was clear that this blind man had felt the
animal's leg.
musical instruments. The only way a
news story got over a mountain was for
a troubadour or other traveller to bring
removed in the west. There are many
more musical scales in the Eastern
instruments than in the Western

and the ‘No,’ said another, ‘the elephant is more like a

wall.’ A third disagreed, saying:
‘Like sailcloth,’ while a fourth cried:
it by donkey – or if the traveller was
richer, he could afford a horse.These
troubadours would tell the stories of
instruments, around 15 times as many
scales. Western music has only 20
musical scales. So when it came to

Blind ‘Like a hose.’

Each of them was right, of course.
what was happening through song,
composing songs as they travelled
composing music, westerners like
Mozart were limited in a way that
easterners were not.

Men The one who had felt the elephant's belly

compared it to a wall; the one who compared
it to sailcloth had felt its ear; the one who said
it resembled a hose had felt its trunk.
The elephant's body
did have all those parts,
but they were not the elephant.
Those who wear blinkers in matters of faith and belief are like the blind men
describing the elephant. Each is right up to a point, but the whole truth emerges
only if they get together and harmonise their conflicting views, instead of
criticising one another and fighting in the dark.
Spreading ideas about peace and love…and also the latest news
Today, Sufi poetry, music and ideas In early Sufi times the Sufi would travel
travel the world in seconds – thanks to the world on a donkey, taking months
the Internet. It was not always so. to reach a destination, if not years.
So it was a slow movement of ideas.
around and picked up more news.
In a country such as Turkey there would
be a community house for the troubadour
This division in the Middle Ages meant
that the differences in the way of life,
in the way of being, in simple things
or traveller to stay. In that house villagers like food, became greater.
would gather to hear the news through
Art and music have always been
listening to songs and poetry In Turkey
providing ways for us to express
there are over 30,000 such songs handed
down, written down over the generations
ourselves and reflect our sentiments.
When we look into ourselves we see
and now many are recorded.
lots of different levels of feeling,
Western Europe also had these different levels of joy, different levels
troubadours and the ones that travelled of sadness, different levels of kindness,
in Turkey would also get into France different levels of anger. (cont. over)
and Spain. In those days there were no
borders, no visas. A traveller could go
anywhere in any country.
In the middle ages, a conflict began
between Christianity and Islam; two
religions that like Judaism come from
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 At the Sufi Festival you have the opportunity
to dip into many strands of Sufism and Sufi
influenced activity.
The Way of the Sufi just might affect the way
you look at things and what you do in the future.
Eastern music with its 300 scales allows
many more avenues to express emotions
than the more limited western scales.
That’s one of the reasons why in the west
so many people have become interested
in eastern music, especially Sufi music.
As far back as the 13th century these
scales were used in therapy, held in
houses for people with mental health
problems. In the 20th century there was a
lot of discovery going on along similar use
of music and the arts in health situations.
The Sufi ways are centuries old and have
relevance today. Nowadays, those who
are truly interested in peace and love are
finding ways to explore each other’s
cultures so we better understand just how
much we actually have in common.
Sufi thought has influenced many religious
and non-religious people. It is not only
Muslims that look on themselves as
followers of the Sufi way of life.
However, most Sufis are Muslims.
In schools, children will have learned
what Muslims believe. But not all
adults know this.
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Some interesting things
were going on in the
Islamic world as
Sufism was developing.
Abul Hasan invented the Telescope.
Ibn Yunus of Egypt invented the pendulum,
which led to the measurement of time by its swings.
For Muslims there are five important
actions (the five pillars) they should
carry out:
The invention of the Mariners Compass
revolutionised sea borne commerce and
oceanic shipping enabling the Arabs to
The declaration of faith roam over the stormy seas in quest of new
‘I bear witness that there lands and additional markets.
is no God but Allah and
testify that Muhammad
Photography was invented
is his messenger’ by Ibn al-Hashem.
The duty to pray
five times a day Muhammad Musa, a great scholar
of geography, invented an instrument
Give to charity by which the earth could be measured.
Fasting during the holy Arab chemists introduced soap
month of Ramadan to the world.
Making a pilgrimage Muslims, particularly in Spain, exhibiting
to Mecca marvellous skill and taste, manufactured
wonderful cloth.
The first observatory in Europe was built
in Spain under the supervision of celebrated
mathematician, Jabir Ibn Afiah.
Ibn Katina, a Moorish Physician, discovered the
contagious character of the plague and its remedies.
There is still huge mystery about
the world and so much that we
cannot explain. Sufis are people
who try to explain the
unexplainable so that they can get
closer to God.
Religions all over the world have
a similar message, telling us to
love and respect our God through
loving and caring for each other.
This message of love and respect
is at the heart of Sufi thought.
Right back since the olden days
the Sufi way of life has meant
giving things up and taking on
challenges in order to feel as
close to God as possible. Modern
day Sufis still give up a lot of
material possessions and live
simply only on what they need.
Sufis share their thoughts and
ideas by talking, having
discussions and telling stories.
Many Sufis sing, dance and
drum to connect themselves
closer to God.
Caring about the Soul is central to
being a Sufi. A good Sufi tries never
to be rude or vain or selfish, and
instead chooses to behave well and
be kind, tolerant and generous.
To be a Sufi you must listen to
your conscience and pay special
attention to your inner voice.
Discovering, celebrating and
sharing God's love and beauty
can help us on our way.
Sufis believe that if we all act
justly and respectfully then we
deserve to find our way to God.
And in finding God, we can
experience peace and unity
with all beings. For Sufis life
is a precious spiritual journey.

Sufism Guide for Children

Children, this middle section is for you. You can pull it out and keep it as a wall chart.
This part is also for parents who want to explore ideas with their children.

At 7 years old you'll be able to understand

things you couldn't understand at 4.
In the same way, when you get to 70
you'll understand things you wouldn't understand at 40.
Some people at 40 forget things
they understood when they were 4!
And some things in life we never understand.
It is easy to ask what is the way to
Glasgow Green and get an answer.
It is harder to get answers
to some questions.

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 Fifty years later, young Habib, grandson of

Aurangzeb the Hat Seller the famous hat-seller Aurangzeb, who

There was a young man called Aurangzeb
who used to roam from town to town selling
hats for a living. One day he would be
in one town and the next in another.
One summer afternoon, Aurangzeb had just
travelled across a vast plain, so he felt tired
and wanted to take a nap in the jungle.
He found a mango tree with lots of branches
and cool shade. Placing his bag of hats
beside him, he went to sleep.
Aurangzeb was fast asleep in no time.
When he woke up after a refreshing nap,
he found that there were no hats in his bag!
‘Oh, no!’ he said to himself and shook his
head sadly, ‘Of all the people, why did the
thieves have to rob me?’
Suddenly, he looked up and noticed that the
mango tree was full of cute monkeys wearing
colourful hats. He yelled at the monkeys and
they screamed back. He made faces at them
and they returned the same funny faces.
He threw a stone at them and they showered
him with raw mangos.
worked hard to maintain the family business,
was passing through the same jungle. After a
long walk he was very tired and found a nice
mango tree with lots of branches and cool
shade. Habib decided to rest a while and
very soon was fast asleep.
A few hours later, when Habib woke up, he
realised that all the hats from his bag were
gone! He started searching for them and to
his surprise found some monkeys sitting in
the mango tree wearing his hats.

‘How do I get my hats back?’

Aurangzeb pondered.

Frustrated, he took off his own hat

and threw it on the ground.
To his surprise, the monkeys
also threw their hats! Aurangzeb
did not waste a second and
hurriedly collected the hats
and went on his way to
the next town.

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He was frustrated and did not know what
to do, but then he remembered a story
his grandfather used to tell him.
‘Oh, I can fool these monkeys!’
said Habib.
‘I will make them imitate me and very
soon I will get all the hats back!’ Habib
waved at the monkeys and the monkeys
waved back at him. He blew his nose
and the monkeys blew their noses.
He started dancing and the monkeys
also danced. He pulled his ears and
the monkeys pulled their ears.
He raised his hands and the
monkeys raised their hands.
Then, he threw his hat on the ground.
One monkey jumped down from
the mango tree, walked up to
Habib and said,
‘Do you think only
you had a grandfather?’
The Thief and the Blanket
A thief entered the house of a Sufi, and found nothing there.
As he was leaving, the Sufi saw the thief’s disappointment and threw him the
blanket in which he was sleeping, so that he would not go away empty-handed.
Much of the Sufi way of life was told centuries It is in our nature to care about other people
ago by the wandering Sufis who told stories like and to look after and help our fellow humans,
the one about the thief and the blanket to get even those we do not know.
across their message. Your task is to look for and understand
When we think about the story of the thief and the storyteller's messages.
the blanket most people might say, ‘how stupid What mistakes did the characters in the stories
the man was to give away his only blanket!' make? Can you relate to anyone in the story?
But instead let's try to really think about the Would you have acted differently?
story and see what it is that the Sufi storyteller Just like in the stories, we all have times when
is trying to tell us. we end up being foolish and doing thoughtless
The Sufi is suggesting that we should think things - its only human - but how can we try
about the needs of people more than we think to be better? What can the stories teach us?
of our possessions. Even if we do not have We should learn from our mistakes and
much, we should always try to be kind and experiences. We can grow to be more
generous to others. thoughtful, wise, and creative in the way
we think. We can live our lives trying to make
a difference, in the way we look after each
other and in how we challenge ourselves.
We will be stronger in spirit and the journey
of life will be all the more rewarding.
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 Banging a Drum
A small boy banged a drum all day and loved every moment of it.
A moment of happiness, He would not be quiet, no matter what anyone said.
you and I
sitting on the verandah, Various people were invited by the neighbours
apparently two, to do something about the child.
but one in soul, The first person told the boy that he would burst his eardrums,
you and I.
if he continued to make so much noise,
We feel the flowing - but this was too advanced an idea for the child.
water of life here,
you and I, The second told him that drum beating was a sacred activity
with the garden's beauty and should be carried out only on special occasions.
and the birds singing. The third offered the neighbours earplugs
The stars will be watching us, while the fourth gave the boy a book.
and we will show them Some of these cures worked for a short while,
what it is to be but none worked for long.
a thin crescent moon.
A Sufi came along. He looked at the situation,
You and I unselfed, handed the boy a hammer and chisel,
will be together,
indifferent to idle speculation, and said,
you and I.
‘I wonder what is inside the drum?’
The parrots of heaven
will be cracking sugar
as we laugh together,
you and I.
Look for other Sufi stories
In one form in your local library
upon this earth, or search through
and in another form the Internet for
in a timeless sweet land. ‘Sufi stories’.
- Jalal Al-Din Rumi

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The Festival Programme
In this handbook we try to give you a bit of background
to the artists and crafts workers – but you can get more
information by doing web searches on many of the
names and activities you see here.
The Poets
Joined by local poets, a group of award-
winning poets appear in the Mushaira
(poetry reading).
Himayat Ali Shair of Karachi is poet,
journalist, teacher, Urdu lyricist for television
and film, drama writer and author of seven
poetry and three prose books. He enthrals
fans of Urdu poetry with his ghazals and
nazms. His melodious rendering has uplifted
the mood of many a poetry meeting.
Zahid Fakhri of Faisalabad, is an Urdu and
Punjabi lyricist, drama writer and author of
four poetry books. In India he was reported
as ‘literally bringing tears into the eyes of
many, mostly women’.
Dr Inam Ul Haq Javed of Faisalabad, is
an Urdu and Punjabi poet, drama writer
and lecturer at Alsms Iqbal Open University
as well as columnist of various Urdu
newspapers. Javed is well known for comedy
poetry. He’s written eleven books on poetry
and presents Urdu and Punjabi shows
on Pakistan TV.
Hasan Sultan Kazmi of Lahore, an Urdu poet
and writer, is the son of the famous poet Nasir
Kazmi. He is assistant professor at Islamia
College, Lahore, and honorary editor of
an Urdu magazine. Author of three books,
he is president of the Nasir Kazmi Society.
Iftikhar Nasim lives in Chicago. He is an
Urdu, Punjabi and English poet and writer
and broadcaster on Chicago Asian Radio
‘Sargam’. Iftikhar is author of eight books
of poetry and short stories.
Nida Fazli lives in Mumbai and is an Urdu
and Hindi poet and writer. A lyricist for films
and a TV presenter, he is famous for his
haunting composition for the film ‘Aahista
Aahista’ and his celebrated lyrics were used
In ‘Tum To Aise Na The’, ‘Is Raat Ki Subah
Nahin’ and ‘Gudiya’. His ghazals and various
compositions are sung by almost all the
reputed artistes of the day. Nida is author
of fifteen books including poetry and prose.
Urdu poet Rehana Qamar is from California.
According to the Islamabad News, Rehana’s
poetry ‘stands out as an expression of earnest
dedication towards pure and unblemished
feelings. Rehana has portrayed intense
realistic expression of unpolluted love’.
She’s author of four poetry books.
Crafts Workers from Multan
Multan is the main city of southern Punjab
and one of the oldest living cities in south Asia.
It has always enjoyed great importance.
It attracted the Sufi saints so much that the city
became the abode of Sufism in south Asia.
The old city has many elaborately decorated
Shrines of the Sufi saints, and a very interesting
Bazaar with Craft Market. Much of this Craft
Market is represented at the Glasgow festival.
Kuraishi (crochet) work has been used for
its beauty and decoration for centuries.
In the beginning animal wool was used for
this purpose. Now bed sheet, cushions and
chadars are made of crochet. Fatima Kanwal
demonstrates this inherited craft.
Haq Nawaz ‘Okair Sazi’ (okairmanship)
is very popular. ‘Okair’ means ‘to emboss’.
It is used for embossed designs using special
threads (‘Tila’) on leather products like shoes.
Nowadays this art is used in calligraphy.
Ustad Abdul Rasheed Qureshi makes things
out of camel bone, including women’s
jewellery, table lamps and lockets.
Abdul Rehman Naqqash presents an art that
has been in this region for centuries. In 1910
Ustad Abdullah introduced the Islamic touch
to this art by making lamps of camel's skin.
A hall in Serena Hotel Faisalabad has been
named after his father and is declared
the best hall of Asia.
Next we have the expert in Kaashi,
Muhammad Wajid. Multan is famous
for blue pottery, especially turquoise tiles.
This craft came to the sub-continent from
Iran and the Middle East. Wajid worked
at the Shrine of Hazrat Shah Rukn-e-Alam
and on Bhong Mosque.
Muhammed Shafiq is expert in the old craft
of pottery.
Ustad Ajmal Chistti is a glasswork expert,
also an old tradition. Pieces of glass are joined
to form a specific design on buildings and for
designing utensils or pottery. He has worked
in Afghanistan and Japan.
Finally there is Rashid Mukhtar, a leading
artist who is skilled across a range of arts
and crafts from landscape painting to portraits,
from photography to calligraphy. Calligraphy
is especially important in Islam as the
Prophet said ‘Good writing is important
because it makes the truth stand out’.
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Performers
Salamat Ali and Azra Riaz
from Lahore
This entrancing husband-and-wife team
sing popular ghazals and other songs,
many from Sufi tradition. Salamat Ali
is one of the finest classical singers in
the Pakistani music industry. Azra is
equally impressive. Ghazal is a form
of poetry set to light classical music
of the north of the subcontinent.
Originating in Iran around the
10th century AD, it came into India
with the Persian invasion in the
13th Century. Ever since it has
captured the hearts and minds of
people who listen to this beautiful,
most poetic of styles. One of the
ghazal's greatest virtues is that it
draws from a variety of sources to
arrive at a melody that gives the
audience a feeling of listening to
something of beauty. As ever the
ghazal is still popular today.
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Joler Gaan from Dhaka Sher Miandad Khan Qawwal Ajoka Theatre from Lahore
Joler Gaan (music of water) - the name from Pak Pattan ‘Bullha’ a play on the life and times of
itself portrays its characteristics, virtues When Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died Baba Bulleh Shah, a tribute to the
and nature. In the rivers inundating in 1997 a couple of years after his great mystic. It is broadly based on
Bangladesh, different and diversified acclaimed concert in Edinburgh’s the events of his life, as communicated
symphonies are webbed throughout Meadowbank Centre, the art of Sufi through his poetry, historical records
the country as the streams of water Qawwali took a huge body blow. and popular myths. There is no dearth
flow. ‘We are the children of the soil There is no doubt that Sher Miandad of dramatic episodes in the life of
where the river purifies us. We Khan carries the art forward Bulleh Shah. His search for truth, his
whisper the symphonies of this genre impressively. Qawwali is the devotion to his mentor Shah Inayat,
in soft and soothing voices. Dark at devotional music of the Sufis. his conflict with the intolerant clergy
night our dreams express themselves Originally performed mainly at Sufi and corrupt Nawabs, his opposition
on a sailing boat in a land of natural shrines it has also gained popularity to the wars and bloodshed in the
abundance. These rivers are like lives in the mainstream especially with the name of religion - are all incorporated
flowing away undeterred. Sometimes work of Nusrat. Qawwali is a vibrant in powerful scenes in the play. The
they are poignant features of our musical tradition that stretches back play has a great relevance to present-
ethnic roots. We sail away in the more than 700 years. Rooted in Sufi day South Asia. It is a strong plea for
world of fantasy and imagination. traditions, Sher Miandad Khan sings love and peace, and an indictment
We aspire to know why the bird sings, out of discretion and humility. As the against intolerance, violence and
why the sprinkling of water sounds resident qawwal and composer at the hatred. ‘Bulleh Shah’ is not just a
harmonious. With questions like these shrine of Sufi saint Baba Farid-ud-Din period play. It is also a celebration
churning in our minds we hum the in Pak Pattan, he offers melodies that of the rich and vibrant culture of the
tunes and sing Joler Gaan in are deep and moving; thoughts that Punjab. Ajoka’s critically acclaimed
unhindered voices’. are pure and humble. For him the production has been seen in India,
Joler Gaan will play the roles of fabled peace only exists in the Iran and the US as well as in their
troubadours of old, playing around timeless verses written homeland Pakistan, where Ajoka are
the Sufi Festival site – including by by the mystics. the country’s leading non-commercial
the flowing water feature in the and socially committed theatre group.
seclusion of the ‘Hidden Garden’. In Urdu Punjabi with English surtitles.
The garden of Love is green without limit
and yields many fruits other than sorrow and joy.
Love is beyond either condition: without spring,
without autumn, it is always fresh
- Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Tramway 1 events are admission
by ticket or wristband.

The timetable is correct at time of

going to press. This does not show
all events and you will come across
surprise events from time-to-time.
World Sufi Festival will try to keep
to this programme but changes may
be made over the weekend.
Up-to-date information will be
available at the Tramway Box Office.
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The Festival Programme
Talks and Film
Join in our talks on Sufism
and Sufi related themes.
Friday at 1.00 p.m.
Islamic Sufism and Spirituality
– Noorah Al-Gailani, Scotland
Friday at 3.00 p.m.
What Sufism means to
contemporary Punjabis
– Ajay Bhardwaj, India
(includes film clips)
Saturday at 1.00 p.m.
Social outsiders and the role of
religion in contemporary world
– Dr Vandana Joshi, India
Saturday at 3.00 p.m.
Sufism and the age-old
traditional crafts
– Fauzia Azim, Pakistan
Sunday at 12 noon
Kitte Mil Ve Mahi –
Film and Discussion
– Ajay Bhardwaj, India
Sunday at 3.00 p.m.
Sufism in the 21st Century
– Panel discussion with
the above speakers.
Other Events
Watch out for
these additional highlights:
Friday at 4.00pm and 7.00 p.m.
Fashion Show
Anchul Collection presents
a beautiful show around
Sufi themes.
Saturday at 12.30 p.m.
Sufi Sessions
Music from workshops with
local people developed
by Kimho Ip and Joler Gaan
Sunday at 3.30 p.m.
Shazia Mirza - ‘Fun’
‘Fun’ is Shazia’s Edinburgh Festival
show. A stand-up show on how Shazia
tried to go about having fun (within
the boundaries of her religion).
‘Funniest show she has ever done’
London Evening Standard
Children’s Challenge
Draw a picture of your
favourite Sufi story or poem
or song or craft worker that
you heard or saw today.
The competition is divided
into two age groups: under 8
years and 8 to 11 years.
There’s a first, second and
third prize for each age
group each day.
Meet in the Boilerhouse
in the Hidden Garden.
Special Events for Children
Sufi Storytelling
in the Boilerhouse
Saturday and Sunday
at 1.00 p.m, 2.00 p.m., 3.00 p.m.
and 4.00 p.m.
Face Painting
in the Boilerhouse
Saturday and Sunday
from 12.30 p.m.
Children’s Challenge
in the Boilerhouse
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
from 12.30 p.m.
Children’s Fun Fair Rides
in the Hidden Garden.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
from noon.
Workshops
From Monday 31 July there is a series
of workshops. Details are available at
www.sufifestival.com
In this handbook we focus on what
is available over the Festival weekend.
Also, over the weekend you can try
out craft activities.
Look at the programme on the inside
back page for the location of activities.
Age 9 to 12 years
Children’s Poetry Workshop
Saturday 1.00 to 2.00 p.m.
Explore the world of Sufi ideas through
poetry and stories for children.
Teens
Poetry Workshop
Sunday 3.00 to 4.00 p.m.
Explore the world of Sufi ideas
and teenage challenges through poetry.
Adults
Women’s Poetry Workshop
Saturday 3.00 to 4.00 p.m.
Explore the world of Sufi ideas from
a women’s perspective through poetry.
Salamat Ali Music Workshop
Sunday 1.00 to 2.30 p.m.
Join the internationally acclaimed
musician and singer for a workshop
on Sufi music and song.
Community Poetry Workshop
Sunday 1.00 to 2.00 p.m.
Explore the world of Sufi ideas
through poetry.