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Title Sufi soul : the mystic music of Islam / written and presented by William Dalrymple ; producer, Carl Simons ; director, Simon Broughton ; Songlines MWTV for Channel 4
Published [Brighton, England] : Electric Sky, [2005]

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 49 min.)) : sound, color
Series Alexander Street Ethnographic video online ; volume 2
Summary "For hundreds of millions of Sufi followers worldwide, music is at the heart of their tradition and a way of getting closer to God. From the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey to the qawwali music of Pakistan, Sufism has produced some of the world's most spectacular music celebrated by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Dalrymple's film traces the shared roots of Christianity and Islam in the Middle East and discovers Sufism to be a peaceful, tolerant and pluralistic bastion against fundamentalism"--Original container
Notes Originally broadcast on television as a special documentary on BBC's Channel in November 2005
Program notes and notes on the performers and presenter by Simon Braughton and William Dalrymple ([6] p. : col. ill.) in original container
Credits Camera, Chris Vile, [and 3 others] ; editor, Gerard Evans
Performer Performers: Youssou N'Dour, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Mercan Dede, Abida Parveen, Sain Zahoor, Galata Mevlevi Ensemble, Kudsi Erguner, Goonga and Mithu Sain, Junoon and Abdennbi Zizi
Notes In English with English subtitles for non-English dialogues
Online resource; title from title screen (Infobase, viewed June 9, 2021)
Subject Sufi music.
Sufi music -- History and criticism
Islamic music.
Islamic music -- History and criticism.
Qawwālī.
Qawwālī -- History and criticism
Islamic music.
Qawwālī.
Sufi music.
Genre/Form Internet videos.
Made-for-TV movies.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary television programs.
Made-for-TV movies.
Nonfiction television programs.
Internet videos.
Documentaires télévisés.
Téléfilms.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Form Streaming video
Author Dalrymple, William, screenwriter, on-screen presenter
Simons, Carl, producer.
Broughton, Simon, director.
N'Dour, Youssou, performer.
Khan, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali, performer.
Dede, Mercan, performer.
ʻĀbidah Parvīn, 1954- performer.
Aḥmad, Sāʼīṉ Ẓuhūr, 1945- performer.
Erguner, Kudsi, performer.
Sain, Goonga, performer.
Sain, Mithu, performer.
Zizi, Abdennbi, performer.
Fakirs, Bhitshah, performer
Evans, Gerard, film editor.
Vile, Chris, director of photography
Galata Mevlevi Ensemble, performer.
Junoon (Musical group), performer.
Rokia Riman Jilala Band, performer
Songlines, production company
MWTV (Firm), production company
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Electric Sky (Firm), publisher.
Other Titles Mystic music of Islam