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The Sufi practice of sama produces ecstasy in the participant. An ecstasy unique to the practice itself. This ecstasy is different than what we know because of its religious context. Sama is the religious practice of Sufism that drives the participant to listen deeply to music and through their concentration, achieve an ultimate oneness–ecstasy–with god. […]

We commonly associate the might and awe of Allah with light. In this picture, I played with the idea of God as light. In the image we see a woman reading from the Qur’an, which in the image is, the source of light. Everything surrounding her is dark and blurred, however the text is illuminated […]