: a Muslim mystic
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At its heart, The Sufi Storyteller is about how stories save us.
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Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
That period saw the revival of several Sufi orders that came to be associated with new social classes, including industrial magnates, newly urbanizing artisans, and shop owners.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Islamic graffiti identified as part of the project includes an inscription, and a drawing of a scorpion, that honor the Sufi cleric Sheikh al-ʿAǧamī, who was appointed to serve as the first religious overseer of Ottoman Jerusalem.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Fahad Shah In Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, papier-mâché art adorns the walls and ceilings of everything from Sufi shrines and mosques to homes and hotels.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
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Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
That period saw the revival of several Sufi orders that came to be associated with new social classes, including industrial magnates, newly urbanizing artisans, and shop owners.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Islamic graffiti identified as part of the project includes an inscription, and a drawing of a scorpion, that honor the Sufi cleric Sheikh al-ʿAǧamī, who was appointed to serve as the first religious overseer of Ottoman Jerusalem.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Fahad Shah In Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, papier-mâché art adorns the walls and ceilings of everything from Sufi shrines and mosques to homes and hotels.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Sufi
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“Sufi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sufi. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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