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 ...
Canadian singer Justin Bieber's global hit Baby was performed with an unexpected twist during a Qawwali Night at a university event in Pakistan's Lahore. A video of the Qawwali group singing Baby ...
Composed by Chetan Srivastava and Shubham Shukla, the qawwali song titled "Khuda Tu Saja" has heartfelt lyrics penned by Shubham Shukla. The screenplay, dialogue, and direction of the film are helmed ...
A Qawwali performance has been foiled and a shrine vandalised in the Mymensingh city's Thanarghat area. Locals said the Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Kalu Shah Mazar Sharif authorities organised the ...
In an unexpected fusion of modern pop and traditional Sufi music, Justin Bieber's iconic hit song "Baby" was recently performed as a qawwali at a special event at University in Lahore. The ...
A rally was held in Mymensingh city today protesting an attack on a shrine and a Qawwali performance. Activists of different socio-cultural organisations, artistes and shrine devotees also ...
A Milad Mahfil, Dua, and Sama Qawwali programme at the shrine of Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Kalu Shah (RA) in the heart of Mymensingh city has been disrupted by an attack by hundreds of madrasa students.