The Qawwali Project - An Untold Story
Mustafa Quraishi
Sufi Kathak Foundation
New Delhi, India
Safipur is a town in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The original name of this small town was Saipur, the town's name Safipur comes from the name of the Muslim Sufi Saint, popularly known as Hazrat Maqdoom Shah Safi. His complete given name was Khwaja Abdus Samad Al Marukh and his physical death is recorded as 17th June 1538. The silsila or the Sufi order in Safipur is kept continued till date by the family and its unbroken traditions.
The Qawwali Project, is an initiative conceptualized by Manjari Chaturvedi where the untold story of Qawwali unfolds through the eyes of photographers. The practitioners are photo-documented with their performance art, their lives and their association with the Sufi shrines where they perform. Qawwali is the performance art and Qawwal is the practitioner. This is an attempt by the Sufi Kathak Foundation to document the traditions as they exist at the shrines itself.
- Title: The Qawwali Project - An Untold Story
- Creator: Mustafa Quraishi
- Location Created: Dargah Hazrat Maqdoom Shah Safi, Safipur
- Original Language: Text: Manjari Chaturvedi
- Type: photo
- Contributor: Sufi Kathak Foundation
- Rights: Mustafa Quraishi
- Region: Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
- Photographer's biography: Mustafa Quraishi is a New Delhi based photojournalist. In the past, Mustafa has worked with the Associated Press (2004-2013) and the Indian Express (1999-2004). Mustafa currently works independently with NGO’s and aid organisations and has been published in newspapers and magazines like The Newsweek, Time Magazine, Der Spiegel, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Geo, The Guardian, etc. See more at https://www.mustafaquraishi.com/
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