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Salih’s Says: “Bring your Deep Questions”
Blog post brought to you by Laila Katie Helms When speaking in a recent interview about the upcoming International Sufi Gathering, Salih Kent opened with
The Ice Cream Question: Continuing the Sohbet
Blog post brought to you by Laila Katie Helms Last week, a reader wrote us a reply at 2am that we haven’t stopped thinking about.
On Love and Craving: A Reply to “Loving the Eternal”
A reader’s reply to last week’s post, shared with her permission as this week’s continuation of the conversation. I woke up in the middle of
What Love Asks of Us
Blog post brought to you by Laila Katie Helms There’s a passage in Music of the Soul that undoes a common assumption: that we come to
A New Face By the End: What Happens in the Children’s Program
A New Face by the End: What Happens in the Children’s Program Blog post brought to you by Laila Katie Helms Ask Maryam Dawn, who has
What Is Hadra? A Beginner’s Guide
Blog post brought to you by Laila Katie Helms Every evening at the gathering this year, Mahdi al-Jamal will be holding the hadra (another name for