Category: Home

Editors’ Note

Issue 91, Summer 2016, GENDER.

Gender is a term that is still up for discussion. So is feminism. One thing that is sure,

Discourse by Alireza Nurbakhsh—

I first learned about the Sufi view of rationality and the role of reasoning during my adolescent years.

St. John of the Cross’s Noche oscura and a Trace of Love
by Mary Gossy—

St. John of the Cross
Dark Night
Noche oscura

Oh, night that guided me,
Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,
Oh, night that joined
Beloved with Beloved,

A Conversation with Carol Lee Flinders interviewed by Mary Gossy and Safoura Nourbakhsh—

Carol Lee Flinders is the author or co-author of at least twelve books, beginning with the iconic Laurel’s Kitchen

by Dominique Butet with Photographs by Olivier Adam—

Throughout my travels in the Himalayan region since 2008, I have witnessed the gradual emancipation

Deconstructing a Legend

by Safoura Nourbakhsh—

For centuries, the name Rabi’a has been synonymous with Sufi women. It is not only that Rabi’a

Interview with Alex Wilson
interviewed by Safoura Nourbakhsh—

For most people it is difficult to conceive of gender and sexuality as social constructions

by Mary Lane Potter—

When the Hebrew slaves fleeing Mitzrayim (Egypt), literally “the narrow place,” on the way

Page 2 of 3