Following in the footsteps of her father, Moulana Shah Maghsoud, the pir, or master, of the Oveysi school of Sufism, she became the first woman appointed an Oveysi teacher. Oveysi is a special ...

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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.

A woman holds her book of Sufi hymns during wanwun at an urs event. Photo: Sehar Abdullah. As a result, increasingly fewer people visit the shrines, and those who do adapt to gendered mannerisms.

A Sufi pilgrim dances at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz ... The men threw rose petals at a dozen women who danced in what seemed like a mosh pit near the shrine's entrance. Enraptured, one woman ...

Fifteen years ago, another woman, from within the system ... Known for her scholarship in Urdu and deep interest in Sufism and poetry, Gupta's profile hardly matched that of a double agent.