When the unfogettable qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in Pakistan in 1997, be left a musical vacuum into which stepped his two teenage nephews. Despite their tender age, they were determined that their group Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali should continue their uncle’s pioreering
efforts to transcend cultural, language and religious barriers, bringing to the world the devotional and vibrant Qawwali music of the Sufi mystics. The music is steeped in the Sufi tradition with some of the poetry over 800 years old.
A short performance by the legendary Pakistani Sufi Muslim singer, composer and musician during America-based Qawwali band Fann Fi Allah's tour through Pakistan in December 2014.
This is a trailer for a film documentary twenty years in the making, culminating in the ultimate Qawwali documentary series. Three hours of carefully curated, never before published material.
Follow the unique journey of the only Western-born Qawwali ensemble as they travel between India & P...
In Iran, female singing voices are deemed to be too provocative, and women are prohibited from performing as solo artists by religious law. Demoted to backing singers, many women try to remain active despite the restrictions placed upon them, and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb's documentary sympathetically c...
