Sacred spaces [Book] : a journey with the Sufis of the Indus / Samina Quraeshi ; with contributions by Ali S. Asani, Carl W. Ernst, Kamil Khan Mumtaz.

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Quraeshi, Samina

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum Press, c2009.Description: xii, 279 p. : ill. (col.) ; 30 cmISBN:

9788189995317

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297.40954

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297.40954

Summary: "In Sacred Spaces, Pakistani artist and educator Samina Quraeshi provides a locally inflected vision of Islam in South Asia that is enriched by art and by a woman's perspective on the diversity of Islamic expressions of faith. A unique account of a journey through the author's childhood homeland in search of the wisdom of the Sufis, the book reveals the deeply spiritual nature of major centers of Sufism in Pakistan and northern India. Essays by Ali S. Asani, Carl W. Ernst, and Kamil Khan Mumtaz provide a scholarly context to the journey, discussing aspects of Sufi music and dance, the role of Sufism in current South Asian culture and politics, and the spiritual geometry of Sufi architecture." --Book Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor	297.40954 QUR-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33699

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Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Sacred Spaces: Reflections on a Sufi Path," held from 22 October 2009 to 30 April 2010 at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

"In Sacred Spaces, Pakistani artist and educator Samina Quraeshi provides a locally inflected vision of Islam in South Asia that is enriched by art and by a woman's perspective on the diversity of Islamic expressions of faith. A unique account of a journey through the author's childhood homeland in search of the wisdom of the Sufis, the book reveals the deeply spiritual nature of major centers of Sufism in Pakistan and northern India. Essays by Ali S. Asani, Carl W. Ernst, and Kamil Khan Mumtaz provide a scholarly context to the journey, discussing aspects of Sufi music and dance, the role of Sufism in current South Asian culture and politics, and the spiritual geometry of Sufi architecture." --Book Jacket.

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