Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Mar 11, 2011, 12:24 pm
Filed under: Sufi Path, Tasawwuf Tagged: Amina Wadud, Islamic feminism, Qur'an and women, women's spirituality
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - May 29, 2010, 7:46 am
The Sufi writes words of longing for her Beloved but she’s not a poet for she knows that words cannot contain the One. It is the spaces between words into which she dives and drowns in the clear waters of love, and it is in the pauses where the vibrant silence of the Beloved’s Presence causes he...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Mar 2, 2010, 6:40 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Mar 2, 2010, 6:40 am
A Persian woman playing the Daf, from a painting on the walls of Chehel-sotoon palace, Isfahan, 17th century Drum your fingers gently, Doum, tekke-te, doum! First light is rising And the white thread of dawn Approaches! Doum, tekke-te, doum! Drum the Name of Beauty, Doum, tekke-te, doum! Th...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Mar 1, 2010, 5:13 pm
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Mar 1, 2010, 5:13 pm
Not all settlers and Palestinians want each other to disappear – Haaretz – Israel News. This is a remarkable story of a brave initiative. A small group of Palestinians and settlers meet regularly for discussions in an attempt to stop being afraid of each other. The settlers taking part in these...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Dec 15, 2009, 7:08 am
How the Hijab became the Symbol of Male Resistance in Iran. Just look at this! A fantastic expression of solidarity and resistance. Follow the link to see the video. “Earlier this week, The Iranian authorities arrested Majid Tavakoli, a student leader, who spoke at an anti-government rally in T...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Dec 15, 2009, 7:08 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Dec 11, 2009, 7:33 pm
I recently spent ten days in Andalucia and was delighted to be back there again. The pomegranates were ripe and I feasted on the sweet juicy fruits. It was beautiful to be able to enjoy the vast night skies there  – so clear, and so many stars. In the garden at the house I stayed in the roses wer...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Dec 11, 2009, 7:33 pm
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Nov 9, 2009, 6:25 am
Image via Wikipedia The beginning of movement is stillness. The beginning of sound is silence. Within every dance of creation, the flutter of a bird’s wings, the explosion of a star, the hand that heals an injured child, is stillness at the core. Within every sound in this universe, the singing o...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Nov 9, 2009, 6:25 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Nov 8, 2009, 6:37 am
Image via Wikipedia I was just speaking to a friend on SU about the film Bab’Aziz and said how I feel the mystic tradition of all religions comes very close to the core reality of being. For me it is the Sufi path but I also find inspiration from the Kabbalah and Mahayyana Buddhism. Finally we ar...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Nov 8, 2009, 6:37 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Oct 26, 2009, 8:17 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Oct 26, 2009, 8:17 am
Sometimes I write about poetry here and sometimes I write poetry myself. Today I read the following poem on the tasawwuf blog of my sister on the path, Maryam It is beautiful and with its words it captures the impossibility of capturing the Ineffable, yet we can whisper the Names of the One and the ...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 20, 2009, 7:19 am
Image via Wikipedia In this beautiful miniature painting that illustrates a scene from Nizami’s telling of the folk story of Layla and Majnun we see Majnun in the wilderness longing for his beloved Layla who he is forbidden from seeing. With time however, he begins to see Layla in all things. Thi...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 20, 2009, 7:19 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 20, 2009, 6:55 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 20, 2009, 6:55 am
Two well loved stories of love from the Sufi and the Hindu traditions where both serve as metaphors for the love of the Beloved clipped from astore.amazon.com Discover the common ground shared between Islamic Sufism and Hindu Bhaktism through their literary expressions. This book examines two clas...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 20, 2009, 6:36 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 17, 2009, 2:02 pm
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 17, 2009, 2:02 pm
Just found this piece of very heartening news. Alhamdulillah! clipped from www.dawn.com RESTON: On Friday afternoons, the people coming to pray at this building take off their shoes, unfurl rugs to kneel on and pray in Arabic. The ones that come Friday evenings put on yarmulkes, light candles and ...
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 17, 2009, 7:26 am
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 11, 2009, 3:47 pm
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 7, 2009, 4:34 pm
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Sep 5, 2009, 5:32 pm
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Aug 23, 2009, 6:38 pm
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Yafiah R. posted an article on WILD DERVISH WRITES - Aug 17, 2009, 8:32 am
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