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A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
It was a blistering hot day right in the middle of the Mauritanian Sahara desert, and my friends and I were heading towards a small village, embarking on what felt...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
For our first ever crossover episode, Zara speaks to Imran Ali Malik, host of the American Submitter podcast. They discuss the concept of travel as a 'mutual unveiling' and share 'transformative' travel experiences. Imran talks about his time in Guinea Bissau, where tribes were converting to Islam after an elder dreamt of the Prophet Muhammad (saw), and tells us about the Wali Songo, the 'Nine Saints' of Indonesia.
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one comes across a peculiar sight. Not very far from the largest national park in the country, the ominously...
Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
On the hills in and around Cape Town, you will find 300 year old Muslim graves belonging to notable individuals who arrived on the southern tip of the African continent in chains, as slaves or political prisoners of colonisers. They brought nothing with them, except faith in their hearts and the remembrance of God on their tongues.
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I had chosen the wrong time of day. Without a cloud in the sky, the sun was beating down...
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host...
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Upon entering the maqam of Sunan Gunung Jati in Cirebon, one dives into a sensory deluge. Shrine keepers wave you over, clasping your hand and your back with a hearty...
The humidity of Central Java has a specific, relentless character. It is...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
Zara Choudhary on 7 places to visit in Fes, especially as a Muslim traveller. At more than a thousand years old, Fes is often considered the spiritual heartland of Morocco. The...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably come across many graves and mausoleums. For the keen-eyed, it will be a journey through Islamic history, a...
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Our last stop on our trip to Kenya lay just off its...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy upon him, says in his Aphorisms (al-Hikam), “Let not an act of worship make you joyous because it...
There it stood, where I least expected it. Perhaps not the most...
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
It was the hottest summer of my life. I arrived in Fes after a five-hour train journey from Casablanca. At just nineteen years old, I hadn’t really seen the world...
Listen on iTunes | Listen on Spotify The Moroccan city Fes, like the other...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky. Qur’an 14:24 We arrived at midday; it was windy and...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
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For centuries, the dargah of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz, has attracted rulers and lay-men alike. Both Muslims and non-Muslims of all classes, have been known to...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
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Ramadan is the month of fasting, worship and Qur’an. It is a time to recalibrate the heart and redirect one’s focus towards Him ﷻ by abstaining from food and drink,...
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