The qawwali as we know it is said to have originated in the courtyard of saint Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. His disciple and poet, Amir Khusrau (d. 1326), composed the devotional music to celebrate the ...

The annual Ramadan Samaa Sufi Festival, which began on 15 August, will see its last performance tonight by a medley of international troupes For the past four years, the Samaa Sufi festival has been ...

Sufi artistes Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad made their debut in Coke Studio’s season 4 with ‘Kangna’, which eventually found its way to The Reluctant Fundamentalist’s soundtrack. Ever since then, the ...

KARACHI: Pakistan's famous Qawwal Amjad Sabri on Tuesday said he is set to approach an Indian court for the inclusion of his father's Qawwali in Bollywood movie ‘Bajrangi Bhaijan’ without his ...

Dhurandhar’s hit song Ishq Jalakar – Karvaan is inspired by the iconic 1960 qawwali Yeh Ishq Ishq Hai from Barsaat Ki Raat, a timeless Roshan composition loved by Shah Rukh Khan and praised by Sonu ...

The qawwali, a musical genre closely associated with Islamic Sufi tradition, has evolved over the generations to include not just devotion, but romance, comedy and even social commentary in its fold.

We are committed to the purest form of Sufi qawwali that is the classical form and we take immense pride in our 700-year-old legacy,” says Sultan Hussain Niyazi, one of the brothers from the group ...