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Mekaal Hasan played at the festival
Pakistan sent famous Sufi musicians to the United States. The idea is to portray the “true face of Sufi Islam” to an audience that often sees Pakistan as a haven for terrorists. Madiha Tahir has today’s Global Hit. Download MP3
Upon hearing this report, there was a beautiful melody i cant get out of my head and im desperately trying to find out the proper spelling of the musician so that i can buy the music. Can someone help me?
Around -3:26
“…Bushtun Girl band, Zabian Hana..” (sorry for the horrid spelling)
Is the name correct for the band/group? if not, can someone inform me of so. thx so much!
Waqqas
The bands name is Zeb and Haniya. One of their songs is “Bibi Sanam Janem”
Buccaneer
Pakistan sending Sufis to represent Pakistan’s version of Islam is like Northern Ireland sending the Quakers to represent their Christianity. 70% of Pakistan is Sunni. Nearly 30% is Shi’a. Propaganda is propaganda. Great music, but not a realistic portrayal of the country.
Salman
Sufism is not a faction or a sect; it was and continues to be a social and personal approach to the practice of religion irrespective of the sect. The comparison of Sufism with Sunni or Shia sects in percentages is therefore inappropriate. Sufi shrine pilgrimages, poetry & music, folk-stories and their characters; their influence on language and cultural practices are much larger than the influence of any other religious form within Pakistan. I would like to understand how expression of Sufism through music is interpreted as Propaganda.
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