Entertainment ‘Third way’: Turkey’s whirling dancers celebrate mystic Rumi’s tolerance. The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet ...

Farooqi said Rumi’s poetry had previously been calligraphed and painted by several artists. “I have tried to express his thought by painting whirling dervishes,” he said.

A Rumi’s dervish: Understanding Sufi art requires study, says artist . Shafique Farooqi launches book, ... It also features 135 paintings of whirling dervishes, which were on display at the gallery.

As Turkey marks the 741st anniversary of the death of Sufi mystic Mevlana Jelaluddin al-Rumi, AA moves beyond the 'whirling dervish' image and speaks to followers of the 13th century Sufi mystic ...

The Whirling Dervishes are an ancient Sufi Muslim tradition that goes back to the 13th century and is influenced by Turkish customs and culture. The performers who will take the stage in Jackson ...

Sufi Whirling Dervishes December 13, 2013 — Originally published: February 1, 2013 Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, emphasizes universal love, peace, acceptance of various spiritual paths ...

ISLAMABAD: The teachings of Rumi take new meaning on the walls of Tanzara Art Gallery, housing Shafique Farooqi’s latest collection, the Whirling Dervish. Tanzara brings the Mevlevi order’s ...

After Rumi's death, his followers established the Mevlevi Order, also known as the Whirling Dervishes, which is still active in Konya today. The Mevlevi Order is a mystical order of Islam that follows ...

Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has mounted an exhibition examining Rumi’s life and work, the visual art he inspired in the centuries after his death and his current popularity ...

The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet Rumi at a cultural centre in central Turkey's Konya.Every year, the "Seb-i Arus" ("Wedding Night") ...

Whirling dervishes perform a sipiritual Dhikr "Devran-i Serif" ritual during a ceremony, one of many marking the 750th anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, the father of Sufism who ...