AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

At the Royal College of Music London, Awaken: Sufi Music and Women in South Asia (2024) explored the overlooked role of women in Sufi music across Pakistan, India, Kashmir, and Bengal.

In Indian-administered Kashmir, Yemberzal is the first all-women Sufiyana music group. This music - which had been dying out in the region - was a uniquely male tradition. People have tried to put ...

Pune-based researcher and author Charu Gidwani had been singularly captivated by Sarmast and the constellation of other Sufi poets. She was convinced of a need to compile and translate their works.

Influential Islamist coalition in Bangladesh demands abolition of Women's Commission, sparking debate on women's rights and Islamic ideology.

The Sufi Islamic Board has denounced the attack on a burqa-clad woman outside a mosque in Davengere, Karnataka, by radical Islamists. The 38-year-old woman was beaten with sticks and pipes by a mob ...