It’s a walk through a historic Egyptian Cementary towards a Maqam (Shrine) of a Sufi Saint Ibn Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari, two artists took this walk, for an hour and half, reading parts from Sufi’s book Al-Hikam al-‘Ata`iyyah.
Maqam in Arabic has various definitions among them, a shrine, built on a site that is associated with a religious figure or saint, mainly the place where a saint resides. Sufis and common people visits Maqams as it can be a source of peace for them, it’s believed that these saints had supernatural powers (Karamat) and divine blessings granted by god, it’s a place where angels gather. People visits these Maqams to receive divine blessing (barakah). During the walk towards the Maqam of Ibn Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari, Eman Abdou and Hatice Kauffman read parts from Ibn Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari’s famous symbolic book and moved quietly through the spiritual cemetery.
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Eman Abdou & Hatice Kaufmann

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